Portrait of Zhang Jiuling
Zhang Jiuling posted
Lingnan roots
In the exhibition of Guangzhou Museum "City Biao, City History - Guangzhou History Exhibition", there are many precious exhibits. Among them, the Tang and Song dynasties added a collection of Tang Zhang Jiuling portrait stele to the top of the paper and Zhang Jiuling to carve the body of the party. These two kinds of cultural relics related to the famous Guangdong sage Zhang Jiuling have been stored in the warehouse for a long time, and they are rarely displayed. What are they worth? Chen Hongjun, deputy research librarian of the Guangzhou Museum, explained the story related to it to reporters in detail.
Guangzhou Daily all-media reporter Bu Songzhu
Zhang Jiuling was born in Qujiang (present-day Shaoguan), Shaozhou, and was a representative of Lingnan culture and the last famous figure of the Kaiyuan prosperous world. As a first-class figure in the Sheng Tang Dynasty, he had a profound influence in the political arena and the literary world. The four "Feelings" at the beginning of the "Three Hundred Poems of Tang Dynasty" that we are familiar with today are from his handwriting. In "Looking at the Moon and Huaiyuan", the two sentences "The sea is born of the bright moon, and the end of the world is at this time" is recited through the ages. The only Lingnan nationals who were officials to prime ministers in the Tang Dynasty were Zhang Jiuling and Liu Zhan.
The reporter saw in the exhibition hall that the portrait of Zhang Jiuling on display was expanded, the seal forehead "Tang Qujiang Zhang Wen gong", the line painting Zhang Jiuling stood with his hand, the official clothes were belted, the eyebrows were fluttering, and the look was detailed. The inscription on the top of the portrait reads: "Tang Qujiang Gong Zhang Clan Nine Ages." The deer entered the deep palace to relieve their sorrows, and the cattle ascended to the top of the wounded Hugh. At that time, if you listened to the frost, would you have reached the end of Mount Emei... Chun Hee Thirteen Years March Heon Shuo". The inscription engraved at the lower right end of the portrait cannot be recognized due to obscurity. The lower left end of the portrait is engraved with the "Zhongshu Provincial Seal" seal. There is also an inscription by Zhang Yue (Zi Wei Qiao), a descendant of Zhang Jiuling, who said that the painting was purchased by Jiajing Jiachen (1544) in Xia Yue, Jiangxi Province, and how the Zhao and Song court gave preferential treatment to Yunyun, a descendant of a famous Tang Dynasty courtier.
Chen Hongjun pointed out: "During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Guangdong Xuezheng Weng Fang gang wrote the "Golden Stone Sketch of Eastern Guangdong", visited the golden stone inscription in Guangdong, and saw the silk portrait and stone carving of the Zhang clan at the Zhang Wenwen Ancestral Hall in Shaozhou, which is said to be 'passed down as Wu Daozi pen'. ”
What Weng saw was the blueprint for this stone carving of Zhang Jiuling. According to Weng Fanggang's records, it can also be known that the inscription at the upper end should be written by Zhao Xuan of Song Xiaozong. The thirteenth year of Chunxi is 1186, and "walking frost" refers to stepping on the frost and knowing that winter is coming, which is used as a metaphor or to indicate that the development of events will have the possibility of serious consequences. Zhang Jiuling once reminded Tang Xuanzong that An Lushan had the intention of rebellion, but Tang Xuanzong did not pay attention to it, which eventually led to a catastrophe. "Deer into the deep palace" and "cow ascend to the top" all refer to the life story of Zhang Jiuling. However, if the blueprint of this pioneering stone is said to be Wu Daozi's work, Chen Hongjun believes that other materials are lacking to support it.
Zhang Jiuling's body post on display next to the portrait Tuoben, 33 cm long and 26 cm long, black stone, stone solid, smooth stone surface, 5 lines of the book with a total of 46 characters, the text is as follows: "Zhiyin Qingguanglu Doctor, Shouzhong Shuling, Jixian Academy Scholar Zhiyuan Zhiyuan, Concurrently Xiu Guoshi, Shangzhu Guo, Qujiang County Founding Man Zhang Jiuling was made of books such as right, Fu to the practice." ”
So what exactly is "confession"? Chen Hongjun pointed out that the confession, that is, the letter of the ancient official, is similar to the appointment letter of later generations, which was already called in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the Song was also called "official notice". In the text of Zhang Jiuling's confession, "Yinqing Guanglu Doctor" is one of the senior titles of the scattered officials, and "Yinqing" refers to the official seal of the conferred as silver green silk. The Zhongshu Ling (中書令) is the deacon who performs government affairs, i.e. the de facto prime minister. The "JixianYuan" is a civilian institution that compiles the history of the country and prints the scriptures. "Shangzhu Guo" is the highest rank of the second product. "Qujiang County Founding Man" is the title of Food Lu, which stipulates that the founding male food yi is 300 households. Later, Zhang Jiuling was also given the title of Founding Son and Founding Uncle by Jin. The title of Lu was only sealed after he seized the love and returned to worship, with the "Zhongshu Order" life, indicating that the imperial court had a special respect for him for his high moral integrity.
Chen Hongjun pointed out that according to the collection book of cultural relics of the Guangzhou Municipal Cultural Management Association, the stone was found in 1980 in a pile of broken bricks and tiles in the "Xilai Chudi" of Guangzhou City and collected and placed in the Guangzhou Museum. Each line of the stone carving is literally stamped with the seal of the "Seal of the Shangshu Official", and only the word "book-making" indicating the imperial will is not stamped. The same is true of Yan Zhenqing's self-written "Confession" that has been passed down from generation to generation. Engraved next to this stone are two fly-headed small kai of "Chun San", which is speculated to be engraved by the Song Dynasty's "Chun Xi Secret Cabinet Continuation" according to the Song Dynasty when the Guangdong Cong Ti was engraved during the Period from Daoguang to Guangxu.
Chen Hongjun said that the remnants of this complaint were suspected to be Zhang Jiuling's self-written book. In the Tang Dynasty, which attached great importance to calligraphy, Zhang Jiuling's calligraphy was also very famous. However, most of the inscriptions he wrote on record are dead, which is a pity. Although this post has been engraved more than once, it may still retain some information about Zhang Jiuling's calligraphy.
Source: Guangzhou Daily