Author: Xu Xianzhu
Hong Mai, a famous writer of the Southern Song Dynasty, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, a senior doctor, and a deputy prime minister, said in the "Rong Zhai Essays": "The scribes are exaggerated and exaggerated for the text, although the Korean Wengong cannot be exempted." For example, in the "Song of the Stone Drum", the matter of the Emperor Xuanwang was great, and zhiyun said: "Confucius could not go west to Qin, and he was the widow of Xi'e. The Ugly Confucian compilation of "Poems" is not cleaned up, and the "Erya" is forced to have no snake. It is said that the three hundred are like the stars, and the only poem is like the sun and the moon. The phrase 'Erya' is especially inappropriate. The words of the stone drum that have been preached in this world are still there, how can they be the right of "Auspicious Day" and "Car Attack"? ”
HongMai (source | Baidu Encyclopedia)
Hong Mai means that Han Yu's "Stone Drum Song" is "excessive", is it really "excessive"? Let's start with the Stone Drum Song.
Han Yu (Source | Oriental IC)
"Stone Drum Song" is a long poem by Han Yu, with a total of 66 sentences, of which "the words are strict and the meaning is difficult to read, and the font is not similar to the tadpole." In the depths of the year, there is no shortage of paintings, and the fast sword cuts off the raw dragon. Under the immortals, the coral and green trees intersect. Ugly Confucian poems are not included, and Erya is forced to have no snake. Confucius traveled west to Qin, and he swept the stars and left Xi'e. "Maundy Crown bathes in sacrificial wine, so much treasure remains." The felt-wrapped mat can be immediately wrapped, and the ten drums carry only a number of camels. Recommend the Temple of The Great Temple to be better than Gao Ding, and the price of light is more than a hundred times greater. The poem says: The stone drum is difficult to read, the font is not a book, nor is it like a seal book, although there are missing strokes, but the fast sword is broken, the luan xiang phoenix, the coral and green trees, the intertwined knots, it is really the "most precious treasure"! It should be wrapped in felt mats at once, transported to the Taimiao Temple with a camel, and treasured like Gao Ding, which is worth a hundred times more valuable than Gao Ding!
Yu Youren's cursive "Stone Drum Song" (source | Baidu Encyclopedia)
What stone drum is so valuable? Stone drum, shaped like a drum, thick top micro-circle, a total of 10, more than 2 feet high, between 1-2 feet in diameter, each stone is engraved with four poems, 10 poems 718 words, excavated in the early years of the Tang Dynasty in Tianxing Sanyuan (Chen Cang, Baoji City, Shaanxi), the content is first thought to be an account of the Zhou Xuanwang hunting scene. Shiguwen is the earliest stone carving script in China, Han Yu with the unique keen vision of writers and historians, saw the importance of Shiguwen for the study of ancient literature, history, philology, calligraphy, the imperial court at that time only attached importance to Yiding, the mossy stone drum contemptuously regarded as several stones, did not know its great value, "ugly Confucian poetry is not income, Erya forced snake." Confucius traveled west to Qin, and threw himself at the relics of the stars and stars, "Here exaggerated and metaphorical techniques are used, in the hope of attracting the attention of the imperial court!" Emphasize the great significance of preserving and studying the stone drum and the stone drum script. It is considered to be the "most precious treasure", and it should be immediately transported back from the field and collected in Taixue for "all beings to explain and discuss", and play its role to avoid sun, rain and weathering.
Shi Guwen (Source | Baidu Encyclopedia)
After the research of later generations, it is known that the "Stone Drum Text" is a grand ceremony of round pen books! It is a classic representative of the transition period from the big seal to the small seal! Wei Yingwu wrote the "Stone Drum Song" specifically for Shi Guwen: "Suddenly the volume is full of unrecognizable, and the shock is moving to sting and walk." The wheezing is wrong, but it is the work of Shi Lu, the minister of King Xuan. A book is left behind in this heaven and earth, and the essence lives on forever. The Qin family ancestral dragon also carved stone, the traces of the stone. The world is good at the ancient Judas, and it is more than this. Wei Yingwu said that compared with Shi Guwen, the gap between the two was too great, and it was simply not worth mentioning!
Small seal (source | Baidu Encyclopedia)
ShiGuwen is the precursor of Qin Seal, the glyph is square and generous, the horizontal and vertical folding pen is in the circle, and the wind and bones are rugged and Chuchu wind. With the pen, the beginning and end are all Tibetan fronts, blending and rounding, and the knots promote length and extension, and the symmetry is moderate. Ancient Mao Xiongxiu, the crown of ancient and modern. It is the first to set the big seal and open the small seal, and plays a major role in the history of calligraphy. Successive generations of calligraphers regarded it as an important model for xi seal books, so it has the reputation of "the first law of calligraphers". In the calligraphy of ancient characters, it is a unique and unique wind god. Kang Youwei called it "like a golden tungsten, a cloud of sesame grass, not bothering me, and having its own strange harvest.". Shiguwen's calligraphy font is mostly rectangular, the posture is neat, dignified and dignified, the pen strength is steady, the stone and the shape, the poem and the character are integrated, and it is full of simple and majestic beauty. It is one of the handwritings of the Great Seal that has been passed down to future generations, and has a relatively complete preservation and a relatively large number of words. On January 1, 2013, the magazine "National Humanities and History" launched the "Qinshi Drum Text" as a national treasure of the nine major towns in China (because the ninth drum has no word left).
The treasure of the Nine Towns and The National Treasure - Qin Shi Guwen (source | Baidu Encyclopedia)
Su Xun, an official at the time of Zhenguan, praised Shi Guwen: "The survivor of the world's handwriting, Li Si is the oldest, and he does not know the traces of Shi Zhen, near Guanzhong."
The calligrapher Li Sizhen of The Time of Emperor Gaozong also said in his "Later Works of the Book" that Shi Guwen was "Shi Lu was extinguished, and Chen Cang was even more so".
Zhang Huaihuan, a calligrapher during the Kaiyuan period, said in the "Book Break": "According to the writers, the works of the Zhou Taishi Shi Zhen are also", "Its traces have stone drum texts preserved." He praised the calligraphy of the stone drum: "The body is outstanding, the present and the ancient; the falling pearls and jade, the fluttering group; The heir of Cangjie, the ancestor of the small seal; the book of names, the relic stone drum. ”
Du Fu's "Li Chao's Eight-Point Small Seal Song": "The traces of the Cangjie bird are vague, and the font changes like floating clouds." Chen Cangshi drum has been blackmailed for a long time, and the size of the two seals is eight points. "Kaiyuan has come to count eight points, eight points a word straight to a hundred gold", "Wu County Zhang qiang exaggerated cursive, cursive writing is not ancient and majestic." Du Fu compared the eight points of Kaiyuan with Zhang Xu's cursive writing with the stone drum text, explaining the value of the stone drum text!
Du Fu (source | Oriental IC)
Mei Yaochen of the Northern Song Dynasty wrote a poem "Lei Yi's Old Visit to the Stone Drum Wen See the Relic, Because of the Sacrifice of Wine Wu Gongzuo": "The stone drum ... Zhi Bao Yi Lie Confucius Hall, night view Kui Bi is spitting mang. The heavens have river drums and boiling glory..." Words of praise to the fullest!
Ouyang Xiu said in the "Collection of Ancient Records": "Yu Suo Jilu, the ancient of Wen, did not precede this. "The drum text is thin and shallow, its words are ancient and law-like, and its words are the same as those of Ya and Ode, and in addition to the poems and books, the authentic handwriting of the three generations of articles is only that." Although it is questioned, it is also admired.
Ouyang Xiu (Source | Oriental IC)
Su Shi also wrote "Song of stone drums": "Literature yulu jiao snake walks, and carefully looks at the first time to draw the belly with fingers." The whole poem is 60 sentences, and the chant, narrative and lyricism are integrated, with a magnificent atmosphere and a far-reaching artistic conception. His praise for shiguwen had a great influence on later generations.
Su Shi (Source | Figureworm Creative)
The 60 sentences of "Stone Drum Song" written by Su Rui: "Please see that the stone drum is not in vain, and the long smile Taishan carved qin language." "Compare the stone drum with the Taishan carved stone, and praise the high and elegant stone drum."
Tarzan carved stone (source | Oriental IC)
Zhang Qian's "Clay YiShi Drum Song": "Stone Drum Rock Rock Wanfu Chisel. Making ancient shapes and singular carvings", further praising the stone drum text.
Emperor Huizong of Song issued an edict to Fengxiang Province in the second year of Daguan, and the imperial edict carried the stone drum to the Yong of Beijing, and ordered that the stone drum script be filled with gold to protect the stone drum from being damaged. This makes the stone drum a hundred times more valuable!
Emperor Huizong of Song (source | Baidu Encyclopedia)
The influence of Shiguwen on the book world was the most prosperous in the Qing Dynasty, such as the famous seal calligraphers Yang Yisun, Wu Dacheng, Wu Changshuo, Wang Fu'an, etc. they relied on the Shiguwen to form their own style.
Wu Changshuo (Source | Oriental IC)
In summary, countless literary masters in history praised Shi Guwen and supported Han Yu, and it turned out that Han Yu was not "exaggerated". Moreover, because his poems emphasized to the world for the first time the historical, cultural, artistic and great significance of the stone drum as a historical relic, the world even Song Huizong attached great importance to it, so that this cultural treasure was protected and circulated (the palace museum is now in existence). This poem was selected by later people to be included in the "Three Hundred Poems of Tang Dynasty", which also has historical and literary value. So, is Hong Mai's "exaggerated text" a misrepresentation?
Author: Xu Xianzhu (Creator Group of "Out of the Dragon Shu People")
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