The Northern Wei "Ancient Pagoda Inscription of King Xiuzhi of Runan" was carved in the fifth year of The Northern Wei Zhengguang (524 AD), excavated in modern times in Luoyang, Henan, and is now in the Luoyang Ancient Art Museum, which is one of the representative works of Northern Wei stone carvings. Bluestone, height 31 cm, width 47.5 cm, thickness 5.5 cm, bounded grid. There are 26 lines in total, 17 characters in the full line, 22 lines in the book, and 4 lines in the last empty space grid. The pagoda inscription is not large and very unremarkable, but since it was discovered by Mr. Shen Peng, the former chairman of the China Book Association, and other Jinghua calligraphers in 1986, it is considered to be another Wei book that is different from Fang Wei and Yuan Wei, which has aroused great concern in the domestic and foreign book circles, and has set off an enduring boom in writing.
Why did the King of Runan, allow people? This was the sixth son of Emperor Yuanhong of Northern Wei, one of the Five Kings of Xiaowen, and the half-brother of Yuan yi, the King of Qinghe. Yuanyue, the King of Runan, was born in the eighteenth year of Taihe (494 AD) after Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei (YuanHong) moved the capital to Luoyang. He and his brother Yuan Yi were both extremely Buddhist. Book of Wei? Biography of the King of Runan: "Wang Yue of Runan, good at reading Buddhist scriptures and reading history." For sexual immorality, it is unpredictable. ...... There are Cui Yanxia, who take the left path and Yueyou, and take the genus of the Immortal Medicine Pine Technique. Shi Qing and Chu Zhi, staying in the place of villains outside the city. So he cut off the wine, meat, corn, and rice, and ate only wheat rice. And "In July of the first year of Zhengguang (520 AD), Liu Teng forced Emperor Suzong to be in the Xianyang Palace, and the Empress Dowager was imprisoned in Menxia Province, falsely accused and killed. And "(Yuan) yue has no intention of hatred, but serves him with sangluo wine, does his best to do his best, and rejoices, and takes Yue as a waiter and a lieutenant." It was also during the period of Yuan Qi's abuse of power that Yuan Yue daxing Buddhist affairs and built the pagoda in the third year of Zhengguang (522 AD) and the fifth year of Zhengguang (524 AD). This "Ancient Pagoda Inscription" is the inscription of the second repair of the pagoda.
Regarding the reason for the repair of the ancient pagoda by Yuanyue, the king of Runan, some clues can be seen in the "Luoyang Galan". Luoyang Jianyang Li "Sometimes there was a hermit Zhao Yi, Yun was a jinwu (Jinwu Emperor Sima Yao) shiren, the old affairs of the Jin Dynasty, many records, Zhengguang Chu, came to the Capital Division, saw (Du) Zi Xiu Residence, sighed: "This house in the middle of the Dynasty Taikang Temple, when the people did not believe, so asked the reason for the temple. Yi Yun: "After the general Wang Maoping Wu of Longhua, this temple was established. This has a three-layer floating map, made of bricks. The finger said in the garden: "This is the place." Zi Xiu dug and tested it, and the result was hundreds of thousands of bricks, and there was also a stone inscription: "Jin Taikang six years, years of yi shu, September Jia Shuo Shuo, August Xin Shuyi and the third division xiangyang marquis Wang Mao Jingzuo." ’”...... And "The infantry lieutenant Li Cheng asked: 'The brick floating map in front of the Taiwei Mansion is very ancient, it has not collapsed, and it is unknown whether it will be built sooner or later?' Yi Yun: "Twelve years of Jin Yixi, Liu Yufa Yao Hong, made by soldiers." 'The king of Runan, hearing of this, worships him as a righteous father. "Because he asked, 'What bait is taken for years?' Yi Yun: 'I am not idle and healthy, naturally live a long life. Guo Pu (字景淳, Jin Shimiao in the luni-yang calendar) tasted Wu Zhengyun, with a life expectancy of five hundred years, and now half of the year. "This King of Runan, Yuan Yue, worshiped his righteous father and sought a long life, perhaps the cause of the King of Runan's Xiuzhi Ancient Pagoda."
Fu Wei stele calligraphy is generally nothing more than Fang Wei (early Fang Pen Wei Shu) and Yuan Wei (later Yuan Pen Wei Shu), or it is said that both are both Fang Yuan and Ji. And this pagoda inscription calligraphy, contrary to the rules of the past three, and another way, unique. From the perspective of the knot, the whole text has no rules, or is extremely open, or extremely rigorous, and the combination of this opening and rigor constitutes the artistic beauty of opposition and unity. From the perspective of using the pen, this kind of pen that uses the pen at will, dots and strokes, thick and beautiful coexists, and the arbitrary bias in the center of the text when writing, or left or right, or up or down, without a fixed frame, and the natural rules of the book without a law and a law have been formed. The strokes in this kind of writing are long or short, seemingly careless, arbitrary, and moving with the trend, and make the inscription calligraphy characters pearls, quaint and flexible, full of children's books and simple, but also contain mature elegance and vigor, and the resulting visual impact is the true meaning of the art of the glyphs that are small, but also grand and intriguing.
Northern Wei Dynasty "Ru Nan Wang Xiuzhi Ancient Ta Ming"
The inscription is dated to the fifth year of Zhengguang (524 AD), and the stone is 31 cm high, 47.5 cm wide, 5.5 cm thick, 27 lines, and 17 characters. Although the handwriting is not large, but the knot body is compact, it seems to be leaning on the real and upright, dashing and vigorous, clumsy and clever, which is the unrestrained road in the Northern Wei dynasty. The King of Runan, yuan yue, was the son of Emperor Xiaowen Yuanhong, and "read the scriptures well and read the history of books". Some commentators believe that the Book of Northern Wei by Zhao Zhiqian in the Qing Dynasty is quite similar to this inscription.
Commentary:
The Ancient Pagoda of the Prince of Runan, the Prince of Runan, was built at the age of thirty-one. / Husbands who are not good can not worship hong karma, and those who are not evil cannot fall into suffering. It is necessary to be impressed by /eye excitement, false practice and karma, and confusion and Goku. / Ju Yi Realm to Know the Truth, Greedy Door to Enter the Gods, Xi Zheng Road and Shrugging / Thinking, Mu Shan Seeing the Asceticism, Relying on The Attainment and Wealth, Faith and Affection / Remembering that although there are few births in the heart, Qiangong Changyu Kunting should be proud / Self-indulgent and strict, how ambitious and fierce / Can abandon Bo Rong, exclusively with greed and no grinding, Tan Yue Qing believers / Serving Zhong Tai Wei Gong Runan Wang Yuan Yue Repair ancient pagoda destroyed the form / statue, more powerful in making new envoys such as chu Yan Ben Shi or / With merit Pu Zhi Li Honorable Appearance Yan Yan Zhen Zhen Zhen and other wonderful orders / Taoist sentient beings increase goodness, Yi Wei Yin, Yang Zi / Emperor Gaozu Xiaowen wishes the spirit to fly in ten directions, the gods out of the three realms, the face of the Bong / Ci clan, the smell of the Fa Wukong, the super life and death of the master roar, the value of the dragon flower / sitting times, may the Emperor His Majesty the Emperor and The Empress Dowager Two Saint Qin Ming / Zhi Tong Sanguang, long live no boundaries, down and squirm stupid all the Fa / Realm sentient beings forever cut off the five evil interests, Chang Liu Dao Form, Quick Hair Shan Ti / Heart, Sudden □ Fa Jin, Rong Xian Meng Mercy Wish So Puteng Zheng Jue Ming Ning / World Ru Kong Ann Happiness Constant Does Not Fall Beyond the Hundred Non-Table Sitting Nirvana / Chengzhan Erchang is full of spiritual wisdom and solid peace. / Great Wei Zhengguang 5th leap month 10 / Wei General Runan's King Shilang Song Pu GuanZuo.