Calligraphy, after Shimensong Stele in Clerical Script (Translation)
隸書節臨石門頌四屏 清晚期 張祖翼 紙本 (Primary Title)
Zhang Zuyi 張祖翼, Chinese, 1849 - 1917 (Artist)
The Eulogy at Stone Gate (Shimen Song) is a memorial tribute written by Han dynasty court official Wang Sheng in honor of Yang Mengwen, who oversaw the construction of a tunnel through a rugged mountainous area. The 655-character text was engraved in the clerical script in 148 AD on a huge cliff at the tunnel entrance in Shaanxi Province. This set of four scrolls by official scholar Zhang Zuyi represents the balanced structure, square form, and thin and graceful strokes of Shimen Song, one of the most treasured Chinese calligraphic styles, created nearly 2,000 years ago.
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
張祖翼 Zhang Zuyi
張祖翼 Zhang Zuyi, 乙未 yiwei
Full text (scrolls 1-4): 其辭曰：君德明明，炳煥彌光。刺過拾遺，厲清八荒，奉魁承杓，綏億衙(禦)強。春宣聖恩，秋貶若霜。無偏蕩蕩，貞雅以方。寧靜蒸庶，政與乾通，輔主匡君。循禮有常，咸曉地理。 乙未清和節臨石門頌應少梅老姻長大人雅屬 侄張組翼
Scroll 1: 其辭曰：君德明明，炳煥彌光。刺過拾遺，厲清八
Scroll 2: 荒，奉魁承杓，綏億衙強。春宣聖恩，秋貶若霜。無
Scroll 3: 偏蕩蕩，貞雅以方。寧靜蒸庶，政與乾通，輔主匡
Scroll 4: 君。循禮有常，咸曉地理。乙未清和節臨石門頌應少梅老姻長大人雅屬 侄張組翼
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment and partial gift of Y.T. Bay 裴元俊 Collection
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