An Qi is a salt merchant of the rich side of the Qing Dynasty, the Gushui Caotang built by him is the representative of the private gardens of the Qing Dynasty in Tianjin, An Qi made friends with the people of the world, tasted calligraphy and paintings, appreciated antiques, he collected a lot, especially calligraphy and paintings, at that time there was a reputation of "half of the country".
An Qi once said to himself: "Since Shao Ling, the silent color is good, only love ancient and modern calligraphy and painting famous, widely search for celebrities Han Mo, all fine products are purchased at a heavy price, and several yi catering." "Kangxi forty-five years (1706), An Qi found the famous Tang Dynasty calligrapher Sun Guoting 'Book Genealogy' inkblot, "Book Genealogy" is one of the most important works in the history of Chinese calligraphy, its author Sun Guoting, born in a humble background, more than 40 years old to join the army, but because of his high personality was rumored to go to the official, so he focused on the study of calligraphy, he "good ancient boya, gongwen, named in Han Mojian", good at Kai, Xing, grass and other bodies, especially famous for cursive, especially focused on the study of Wang Xizhi's cursive, and the penmanship is skilled, Song Ren Mi Fu in the "Han Mo Jian", good at kai, xing, grass and other bodies, especially famous for cursive, especially focused on the study of Wang Xizhi's cursive writing, and the penmanship is skilled. Haiyue's Famous Sayings mentions: "Sun Guoting cursive "Book Genealogy". There is even a right military law. The writing is settled, the difference is close to the front and straight, this court method. Where the world is called the Right Army Book, there are such words, all Sun Pen also. Fan TangCao has obtained the Law of the Two Kings, which is unparalleled. Mi Fu was quite harsh on the previous generation of calligraphers, but he was satisfied with Sun Guoting's cursive writing.
In the practice of calligraphy for decades, Sun Guoting believes that since the Han and Tang Dynasties, the commentators on books have "been involved in flashy things, not only in their shapes, and inwardly confused by their reasoning", and he elaborated on the yunbi commentary, so the Tang and Song dynasties were also called "the theory of yunbi". The "Book Notation" is beautifully written and meticulous, and is an important material for the study of calligraphy theory, which has had a profound impact on future generations. The original manuscript of the "Book Genealogy" has the seals of "Xuanhe" and "Zhenghe" and the inscription of The Song Huizong, which was hidden by the Song Inner Province, and later handed over to Sun Chengze, Liang Qingbiao and others. When Anqi bought the Book, he was only 23 years old, and he held the scroll in his hand, such as receiving the most precious treasure. In order to make this masterpiece last for a long time and for future generations of scholars to refer to it, Anqi decided to ask the famous masters to copy the original text of the book and engrave it in stone, in view of the difficulty of cursive writing, everyone could not fully understand it, coinciding with the forty-seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1708), the calligrapher Chen Yixi promoted the southwestern an prefectate of The River, false Daojin Gate, stopped the boat for ten days, and used the calligraphy of the "Holy Order" as a volume of interpretation, attached to it. In order to engrave the "Book Genealogy", An Qi first carved a wooden plank to test the craftsmanship, and then invited the stonemasons Gu Tingru and Gu Xiaohou's father and son from Wuzhong to Jinmen for five years, and fang was carved. The two sets of wood and stone engravings are as they are, and the carving work is excellent, which shows the original appearance of the original handwriting of the "Book Genealogy".
The original manuscript of Sun Guoting's "Book Genealogy" was later collected by the Qing Inner House, and is now in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, China, and the An's engraving is also very famous, and it is rare to have a surviving Tuoben. (Sun Qi)
Source: Tonight's Newspaper