The manuscript "Zichuan Stone Carvings", which he bought from Boss Liu of Laishan on December 10, is 27.1 centimeters high and 17.7 centimeters wide. The cover does not have a title inscription. On the first page of the main text, there is an inscription: "The Zichuan Stone Carving Sketch was purchased on June 20, 2016 of the Republic of China, and I think there is no engraved copy in the market, which is particularly valuable." "The lower Zhu Wenyin "Zhang Huang", the white Wenyin "Yushan Seal". Text title: "Zichuan Stone Carvings Sketch", "Tobu Liu Xihai Yanting editing." Later, it was recorded in stone carvings, and a total of 38 stone carvings were recorded. 8 lines per leaf, the number of words per line varies from 13 to 18 words. There are two seals in the lower right corner of the first page of the main text, one is the white text "Zhang Lun's Seal" and the other is the Zhu text "Shu □".
The book has two auction experiences: the first was the 2013 Beijing Poly "Eighth Anniversary Spring Auction", estimated at 15,000 to 18,000 yuan, and the auction was streamed. The second time was the "2016 Spring Art Auction" in Shanghai Boguzhai with an estimated price of 2500 yuan and a transaction price of 5750 yuan.
This book is not a single book, the Fudan University Library has a volume, entitled "Zichuan Stone Carvings A Few Volumes", written by Gao Tingmou and qing manuscripts.
After buying this manuscript, I carefully read the content twice, trying to find out whether the author of the book was Liu Xihai or Gao Tingmou. The final conclusion is Gao Tingmou. In addition to the annotation of the Fudan University Library, the basis is in the main text.
Basis 1: "Chang Qing Jing Jing Building." On April 21 of the second year of Zhenming, The Township Gongsheng Fu Zhou Xuanshu. In the forty-fifth year of Qianlong, Gao Ting obtained his stone in the eastern Guo field. (The following small print is marked) The remaining remaining home has not yet been built. ”
Basis 2: "The Heart Sutra Incense Building." On the second day of the first month of May in the second year of Yongxi, the book people que. Originally in the Kaiyuan Temple, Gao Tingmou and Chang Qingjing were built as small stone buildings. (The following small print) exists at home and has not yet been built. ”
The content of the above two small characters is obviously Gao Tingmou's self-annotated. The more powerful evidence is the following three: "The monument of the Lang Gong monk recording the Tao, there is yin." ...... The first waiter read the Donggong poem Cloud: "The bitter letter is a fool, and the inscription on the ancient stele is deceitful." It was clear that it was changed to Banyang Province, and now Shi WenYu Nai is unknown. "The first waiter" refers to the ancestor of the writer. Cha Nian Dong Gong (1612 ~ 1697), the character Onion Pei, the number Nian Dong, the late zixia Daoist, Shandong Zichuan people. Ming Chongzhen was a sixteen-year soldier. Shunzhi Dynasty Shengguozi supervised the sacrifice of wine, the official left shilang, the punishment department left shilang. Gong poems, written in his life, no less than 10,000. He is the author of the books "Persuasion of Kindness" and the "Collection of Qiyun Pavilion".
Gao Tingmou, "Shandong Provincial Scientific Expedition Directory" has a record, the word praise Yu, Qianlong period of tribute. From the basis of three, it can be seen that he is a descendant of Gao Heng.
As for Liu Xihai, the words "Tobu Liu Xihai Yanting Editor" on the homepage already indicate that he is the editor, not the author. This person is more famous, and is a Qing Dynasty epigrapher, guquan scholar, and bibliophile. The characters Yanting, Yanting, Yanting, Jifu, alias Sanbazi. He was born in the fifty-eighth year of Qianlong and died in the second year of Xianfeng. A native of Zhucheng, Shandong. Jiaqing was promoted in the 21st year, Daoguang was the official Tingzhou Taishou in the seventeenth year, and Daoguang served as the envoy of Sichuan in the 25th year according to the history of Chashi and later Zhejiang, and the inspector of the bureau. His uncle was the Qianlong courtier and calligrapher Liu Yong. The collection is very rich, with 5,000 hand-compiled Golden Stone texts and more than 1,400 kinds of books. Compiled the 12-volume "Tianyi Pavilion See Cun Bibliography", and wrote "Haidong Jinshiyuan Supplement", "Chang'an Ancient Compilation", "Guquan Garden", "SanbaQi Ancient Zhi" and so on. I think that Zhucheng was called Dongwu during the Han Dynasty, and Zichuan was close to Zhucheng. When Gao Tingmou Qianlong discovered the "Changqing Jingjing Building" in the forty-fifth year, Liu Xihai had not yet been born. Gao wrote the "Zichuan Stone Carvings", and after Liu became famous, the editor even supplemented this book, which is possible.
The preamble to the book is the reporter Zhang Huang (1852-1929), the character Yushan, a native of Nanhui, Jiangsu. He joined the Jesuits in 1893, a newspaperman of the Republic of China, the editor-in-chief of the Hong Kong Journal of the Sacred Heart, and the president of the Hong Kong Numismatic Research Society. The "Sinology Series" is a book and periodical founded by Xia Minglei, a Catholic missionary who came to China in the late Qing Dynasty, and has a great influence. Zhang Huang published three books in this book. This manuscript, cover and cover one, are stamped with the same seal, the lower part of the seal is "Xu Jiahui" three words, the upper part is "bibliotheca. Major", with "JHS plus cross" in the middle. After investigation, this chapter is the seal of "Xujiahui Library". The predecessor of this library is Xujiahui Catholic Church. Based on the above circumstances, it can be inferred that Zhang Huang purchased the book on June 20, 1917, the sixth year of the Republic of China, and later donated it to the Xujiahui Catholic Church. Perhaps after the founding of the country, the book was dispersed from the church to society.
There is also the question, who is the scribe of this book? Is it Liu Xihai, or Zhang Lun, the first leaf sealer? Zhang Lun is not in the bibliography, he and Zhang Huang have the same surname, whether there is a relationship, it is not known. The paper used in this manuscript is not a high-grade paper, the color is not too old, and many brown fibers are obvious. The ink clay color is old. Some pages have insect moths. The book has been reloaded with a rice paper fold in each page. Zhang Huang's inscription is written on the rice paper page, and it seems that he is a heavy person. The cover cover is blue old paper, and the aging marks are obvious. The calligraphy is large in diameter and centimeters, with a Wei style. According to the above, it is impossible to judge the scribe.
As Zhang Huang said, there is no engraving of this book, and only one volume of the manuscript is in the library of Fudan University. It is certain that it was written by Gao Tingmou, a Qianjiashi man, and recorded the carved stones in Zichuan in modern times. To this day, most of these carved stones are damaged. For Zichuan and professional historians, this manuscript has very important local historical materials, documents, and archaeological value, which is rare.
December 15, 2010