In the Qing Dynasty, in the 268th year of the Tenth Emperor Calendar, there were six titles in Shandong Province: two in Jining, two in Liaocheng, and two in Weixian. Weixian these two, one is Cao Hongxun of The Second Year of Guangxu (1876) and the other is Wang Shoupeng of the Twenty-Ninth Year of Guangxu (1903). Because Wang Zhonghui soon broke out in the Xinhai Revolution, the opportunity to enjoy great scenery was not great. And Cao Hongxun was promoted to the rank of Inspector of Shaanxi, a feudal official, and Wei Yi was arrested. If you take the personal skill, Cao Hongxun has a better skill than Wang Shoupeng, that is, calligraphy, Cao wrote a hand almost than the chaotic "Ouyang Inquiry Body", blue out of blue.
Cao Hongxun (1848-1910), also known as Zhongming, lansheng, was a native of Guanxin Lane, southwest of Weixian County, Shandong Province. In the second year of Guangxu (1876, Chengzi Enke) won the first rank of the first class, and the official was sent to Shaanxi Province. On the ninth day of September in the second year of Xuan reunification (1910), he died of illness in Jinghua at the age of sixty-two. Cao Hongxun is good at calligraphy, specializing in Ouyang Quan's "Jiucheng Gong Liquan Ming", and is also a worker of Han Li, and occasionally works as an ink bamboo and good. The "Inscription on the Restoration of the Yuqing Palace" in the Yuqing Palace in the north of Weixian County is a representative work of Cao Hongxun's European calligraphy. This post, folk call it "Four-Sided Stele". Because its inscription is more than 3,000 words long, the façade of Cao Shu is four, and the inscription is on four sides, becoming an obelisk, so it is called. When Cao Shu made this monument, he was forty-eight years old, in his prime, and his majesty was heroic.
As for the background of the monument of the "Reconstruction of the Inscription of the Yuqing Palace", Cao Hongxun appended a "Trek" at the end of the main text, the context of which is very detailed. He said: "The "Reconstruction of the Inscription of the Yuqing Palace" written by Youshan Yin Hu Zhengjun Tianyou is contained in the "Collection of Shizheng Mountain Houses". Nowadays, the KaoYi Zhi and the stele in the temple, the Yuqing Palace was repaired twice in Qianlong, and the text of the Conquest of the King was not as good as it was. Yiren Guo Xuanzhi, Zhang Zai, Chen Zhiheng, Guo Youzhi, Liu Ying, Chen Jinkang, Chen Fu, Guo Huanzhi, Gao Hongjie, Ding Yugeng, Liu Jiasen, Yu Changchun, Liu Jiaying, Guo Encheng, Ding Lianggan, Zhang Hesheng, Chen Yan, Liu Binbin, Guo Enjian, Liu Jiajun, collect anecdotes, remember the former philosophers, and use cutting stones to make up for the past, in preparation for yiyi's death. Those who practiced the ZhiSheng (志乘) after shuhou had some consideration. Twenty-two years of Guangxu, years of Bingshen, Xia June, Cao Hongxun book and record".
Compared with European calligraphy, that is, Cao Shu's "Four-Sided Stele", and Ou Shu's "Jiucheng Palace", people are not only surprised by the causal inheritance relationship of the two stele, but also see that Cao Shu's strokes are all from "Jiucheng Palace", and there are personal uniqueities, and can not help but marvel at its meticulousness and natural charm. "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Ming", originally written by Wei Zheng, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and Ouyang Inquiry Book. Ouyang Zhen (557-641), a native of Linhu, Tanzhou (present-day Changsha, Hunan). After the three dynasties of Chen, Sui and Tang, Zhenguan Chu, the official to the crown prince rate more order, Hongwenguan bachelor, sealed bohai county south. His calligraphy is high and profound, rich and upright, with both the charm of the Jin people and the new atmosphere of the Tang people. Its "Jiucheng Palace" inscription tells the story of Tang Taizong Li Shimin discovering Liquan when he was taking refuge in Jiucheng Palace. This stele was erected in the sixth year of Tang Zhenguan (632), and the whole stele has 24 lines of calligraphy, each line is 49 characters. At the time of this monument, Ou Shu was seventy-six years old, and his art had reached the realm of pure fire and perfection. Former People Yun: Whoever learns books must first learn Kai; whoever learns Kai, he must first learn Ou Zhao. There are four Dharma treatises in the Kai Shu: Ouyang Inquiry Book "Jiucheng Gong Li Quan Ming", Liu Gongquan Book "Xuan Secret Pagoda", Yan Zhenqing Book "Duo Pagoda", and Zhao Mengfu \Book "Shou chun Tang".
The ancient European calligrapher, summarizing the stroke characteristics of European calligraphy, has a song trick cloud:
The point is circling the pen sharpening, and the right is first left.
If you want to go down, there is no straight, and the hanging is two clear.
Don't bend like a peck, a wave of three folds begins.
The hook suddenly came out, and the heart and hand corresponded to the 100-day work.
It is known that in the field of literary studies, there is a "comparative literature" category. Move this to the field of calligraphy, engage in a "comparative calligraphy", or when appropriate. On the book case, Jun can list two treasure posts, one is "Jiucheng Palace" and the other is "Four-sided Stele". With a leisurely mind, compare and read, chew. Exploring the source of the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, the so-called long-standing, deep-rooted and leaf-deep,those who must have a divine understanding, can understand, can not be said. Between Ouyang Inquiry's magic, Cao Hongxun's Junqi, and the Divine Thought Games, such as entering the Qibao Tower, the Zen machine suddenly came out, and it was overwhelmed.
Unfortunately, the four-sided stele of the good end was completely destroyed in the special context of the "Cultural Revolution", and some people secretly regretted it at that time. After the end of the Cultural Revolution, it was gradually mentioned and hoped that someone would rebuild it. However, in the past 40 years, no one has been able to implement it.
In 2006, Mr. Chen Zuguang, who was enthusiastic about the excavation and protection of ancient cultural heritage, decided to rebuild the four-sided monument at his own expense. He invited Zhou Qingyuan, Zhuang Yuejiang and Ding Baoquan, who were interested in this, to study and prepare together. They overcame many difficulties and spent nearly two years to finally complete the reconstruction of the monument. At the same time as preparing for the construction of the monument, Zhou Qingyuan wrote and Chen Zuguang edited the book "Zhong Lingyu Xiu Yu Qing Palace".
