The Book of Odes to Five Blessings Made by Emperor Qianlong in Yongyan Regular Script

[Yongyan Regular Script: Odes to the Five Blessings of the Emperor Qianlong]

“Odes to the Five Blessings of the Emperor Qianlong”, Qing Dynasty, Yongyan Regular Script: 14 centimeters vertically and 26.6 centimeters horizontally. This page is 8 open
The inscription on this page is “Zi Chen Yongyan’s Letter of Responsiveness”, stamped with “Zi Chen Yongyan”, Bai Fang, and “Responsive Letter”, Zhu Fang< "Yongyan, namely Aixinjueluo Yongyan (1760-1820), was the name of Emperor Renzong Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty, the 15th son of Emperor Qianlong of the Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, and his mother, Wei Jia, took the family name.". In the 38th year of Qianlong's reign (1773), he was secretly established as the Crown Prince. In September of the 60th year of Qianlong's reign (1795), he was officially established as the crown prince. On the first day of the first lunar month of the following year, he received the Inner Zen of Emperor Qianlong, that is, the throne, and the year was Jiaqing
This volume contains the full text and preface of the “Ode to the Five Blessings” written by Emperor Qianlong in 1776, and its text is published in Volume 37 of Emperor Qianlong’s “Collection II of Imperial Writings”. The five blessings refer to longevity, wealth, well-being, good virtue, and ultimate destiny. Emperor Qianlong elaborated on this one by one in accordance with Confucian classics, and believed that longevity, wealth, well-being, and ultimate destiny were all bestowed by heaven and should not be imposed. Only “You Haode” can be achieved by human power, so he paid special attention to “cultivating virtue” in order to pray for others. Emperor Qianlong lived a lifetime of 80 years and lived together for five generations. He believed that during his reign, the country was peaceful and the people were prosperous, realizing the wishes of the five blessings in the Ode to the Five Blessings. At that time, there were often royal sons and ministers in the Qing palace who wrote this article, which was the ink of the Jiaqing Emperor when he was the emperor’s son (before the age of 36). In calligraphy, although Emperor Jiaqing was difficult to compare with Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong, he also wrote in a regular and dignified manner, with a gentle, clear and peaceful style, not harsh but not harsh



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