Tang Ren Yue Yi Tie

Author: Shanghai Fine Arts Publishing House
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Publishing Date: 2001-10-01
Features: The original copy of Kang Ren's "Monthly Calendar" is now preserved in the Taipei Palace Museum. Made of yellow hemp paper. Early missing subtitles and parts of January, February, and May. "Monthly Calendar" is a cursive calligraphy work. Interlinear regular script annotations are included, also known as "Twelve Friends' Mutual Greetings," which was identified by Xie Jin in the early Ming Dynasty as a Tang Dynasty work. "This album is divided into twelve monthly orders and arranged as letter forms," its content being the customary phrases for friends' greetings at the time, arranged according to the lunar calendar. It is quite interesting to read. The front subtitle page is inscribed by Zhao Bingchong with the imperial edict: "The 'Monthly Calendar' traces back to the Tang, ink and paper aged a thousand years; letters align with the four seasons, hearts cherish good friends. Forget not the days apart, deep thoughts linger in the mind. Jin Dynasty scrolls are long lost, Zhi Yong's work follows behind. The Song imperial collection passed down, every fragment deserves to be treasured. Meaningful yet unretained, archaeology is inscribed at the album's start." It can be said to provide a concise summary and explanation of this album. Regarding its artistic value, Xie Jin once said in his inscription: "I once thought that no surviving works of Jin Dynasty calligraphy exist, and while many Song Dynasty works are seen, Tang Dynasty works surpass the Jin in quality, with only a few preserved to this day. The words are precise, the brushwork refined, penetrating and divine, with the annotations equally elegant." Wang Wenji also discussed this album in his inscription: "The brushwork is round and strong, delving into the realm of the Jin masters. The small annotations are dynamic and ever-changing, beyond comprehension. No one after the Song Dynasty could achieve this, and it must be the work of a single hand, both in calligraphy and cursive script." As a concise introduction, the Palace Museum once used to photoprint this album. It is now reprinted in a new edition to delight readers.