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Lingbi stone "Yanshan" reference map (picture from the Network)
Speaking of "Kenshan Ming" we cannot fail to mention "Lingbi Kenshan". For thousands of years, a strange stone called "Yanshan Mountain" has fascinated generations of stone lovers, and in the long history of Chinese stone appreciation culture, there are three collectors of this "Lingbi Yanshan Mountain", and they are Li Yu, Mi Fu and Zhao Tuo.
Our story begins with Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty. According to the "Iron Walled Mountain Series Talk":
Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, had a strange stone "Lingbi Yanshan" (referring to the Lingbi Stone with ink ponds) that was long and long, and the thirty-six peaks in front of it were as large as fingers, and the high one was called HuaFeng. The jagged ones are square altars, followed by sun rocks, jade shoots, and so on. Each peak has its own name, and there are three folds of the lower cave and the upper hole. The left and right sides are chiseled into bricks in the middle of the pit bull on both sides of the strait.
Li Yu cherished this stone very much, and when the soldiers approached the city and the country changed hands, he still returned to the palace, preferring to be a prisoner and take the "Lingbi Yanshan" to escape, the city was destroyed, Li Yu was eventually captured, and since then the Yanshan stone has disappeared.
A map of the mountains in the Nancun Shu Farming Record
So, how did such a treasure get into Mi Fu's hands?
According to legend, on the wedding night of the great calligrapher Mi Fu in the Song Dynasty, his wife Li Shi gave the heirloom to Mi Fu. Why does Lady Mi have this treasure? It is said that Li Shi was the grandson of Li Yu. When giving the "Lingbi Yanshan" to each other, the third chapter of the Law "shall not transmit this to others". There are three reasons why Mrs. Mi gave this "Lingbi Yanshan" to Mi Fu: one is because Mi Fu loves the stone as her life; second, because Mi Fu is a calligrapher and painter, and can be appreciated and available for "Ling Bi Yan Mountain"; third, the Ling Bi Stone is an eternal and unchangeable thing, symbolizing the eternal love of husband and wife.
Mifu worship stone figure
Mi Fu has loved stones, hidden stones, and appreciated stones all his life, and the world knows it. Therefore, it is called "stone idiot", and it has left a legendary story of "rice worship stone". Mi Fu was very fond of the "Yanshan Mountain" of the old Tibetan Lingbi stone "Yanshan" by Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty. "Shi Wei ZhiLin" records that he "slept for three days" and was extremely ecstatic, leaving behind a legendary treasure " Kenshan Ming".
Kenshan Ming Northern Song Dynasty, Rice Roll Hand Scroll, Ink on Paper
36x138cm Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
"Kenshan Ming" is a representative work in the fine works of Mi Fu calligraphy. This post is deep and majestic, with ups and downs, the knot is free to go, not restricted by the laws of the predecessors, expressing the natural interest, and is a rare treasure in the works of Mi Fu in large characters.
This hand scroll was circulated in an orderly manner and once entered the courts of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty. During the Southern Song Dynasty, it was collected by the Right Chancellor Jia Xiangdao. It was passed down to the Yuan Dynasty and collected by Ke Jiusi, the most prestigious calligraphy and painting connoisseur of the Yuan Dynasty. During the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, it was collected by Yu Teng, a connoisseur of calligraphy and painting and the prefect of Chengdu, Sichuan. In modern times, it is lamentable that they have been exiled to Japan. There are more than 20 seals such as neifu shuyin (three times), Xuanhe, Shuanglong Yuanyin, Jia Xiangdao, Yutang Keshi Jiusi private seal, etc. Former Japanese Prime Minister Inuyasha Yoshitomo's title begins with "Iris Flying Fish Leap, Kido Old Man Yi", and the whole volume is divided into three parts.
The first part is that Mi Fu wrote thirty-nine large characters on Southern Tang Chengxintang paper:
Kensan Ming
Five-colored water floating Kunlun
The pool is at the top of the black cloud
Hanging dragon monsters with lightning marks
Under the shock thunder Ze Hou Kun
Pole change Gate
Bao Jin Shan Qian Xuan Shu
In the pen is strong and strong, with the momentum of galloping, the strength of the bones, the endless changes. On the knot, it is free to reach, and there is stability in the tilt, so it is graceful and graceful, strong and galloping, and it is a mature work of rice calligraphy, which is the best in rice calligraphy.
Mr. Qi Gong wrote a poem praising:
Envy Xiangyang a pen, Linglong eight sides to write autumn depth.
The second part draws a map of the mountain
The inscription of the seal book is:
Baojin JaiYan Mountain Map
No fake carvings are natural
"Kensan" is a mountain-shaped yantai, and in each part of the Kenzan Stone Map, it is marked with a letter of affiliation:
Huagai Peak, Yueyan, FangTan, Cuiluan, Jade Shoots Under the Cave Entrance, Lower Cave Three Folds Upper Cave, Yu Taste God Swim in it, Dragon Pond, In case of Heavenly Desire Rain, Jinrun, Dripping Water in the Pool, Inexhaustible.
Part III
The inscription of Mi Yujin, the son of Mi Fu:
Right Yan Shan Ming, Xianchen Mi Fu True Handwriting, Chen Mi Yuren Identification Gong Bao.
Mi Fu's nephew Wang Tingjun of the Jin Dynasty inscription:
Bird traces are finch-shaped, the meaning of the characters is extremely ancient, the perverted shape, the bottom of the pen has a god, huanghua old man Wang Tingjun.
Qing Dynasty Chen Haoba:
Yanshan Ming is the old object of Li Hou's main body, and Mi Lao Ping is a good stone, and he has obtained this strange inscription to pass it on. Yi qi also wrote its handwriting, xi Dong Si Weng Ji Zong yang mi shu, and slightly felt that it was not indifferent. The magic of the rice book is like a whimsical situation, uncontrollable, so it can look at the ages alone, and there is no need to seek it in vain. Falling into this volume is simple and thin, and when it is proud, it is forgotten by hand, and it is obtained by chance, so that Si Weng can see it, when it is not to say anything. Qianlong Pengzi November, Changping Chen Hao title.
Zhou YuLibao:
Yan Shan Ming, arrogant and arrogant, rice old nature, such as so. Also Garden Week in ceremonial questions.
"Yanshan Ming" is a representative work of the top masters of Chinese calligraphy. Together with Su Shi, Huang Tingjian and Cai Xiang, Mi Fu is known as the "Four Houses of Song", and is a calligrapher of the Kaizong Founding School. In the past five thousand years, there have been only a few such figures, including Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, Ouyang Qian, Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, Yan Zhenqing, Zhang Xu, Liu Gongquan, Huai Su, Mi Fu, Zhao Mengzhao page, and a few dozen others. Among them, Mi Fu has changed extremely well with his penmanship of "eight sides out of the front", which is the most difficult to write and the most expressive personality, which is unique. Su Shi had sincerely admired the "parallel" of Mi Fudang and Shusheng Wang Xizhi. Among the few works that mi fu only existed in the world, the "Yanshan Ming" is considered to be the most representative, and it is said to be the "first book under the world" and "The First Book of Lanting", which is "the first difficult book in the world".
Mi Fu Codex Boutique Copy Word Card
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