Preface to the Orchid Pavilion by Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty, source: "An Suxuan Stone Carvings" of the Qing Dynasty, folded and bound, half-open, 32.5 cm long and 15.1 cm wide. Collection of the Palace Museum.



"An Suxuan Stone Carvings" was compiled by Bao Shufang of She County in the first year of Jiaqing. Shufang had the courtesy name Xi Fen and was signed by An Suxuan. From the Tang Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, the stone carvings were all copied with ink. There are no scrolls and several numbers. Each volume is named in official script An. Suxuan stone carvings. In the fourth year of Daoguang's reign, his son Zhi Pavilion and Yueting were engraved; Jiangdu Dang Xiling copied it.



Song Gaozong (1107-1187), named Zhao Gou, was the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty and was once named "Kang Wang". Zhao Gou was politically incompetent, but he was good at calligraphy. Tao Zongyi of the Ming Dynasty said in "History of Calligraphy": "Gaozong was good at writing in truth, line, and cursive. God gave him the power to create wonderful things." His calligraphy influenced and dominated the calligraphy world of the Southern Song Dynasty. His ink writings handed down from generation to generation include "Cursive Script Luo Shen Fu", "Thousand Character Essay", etc.


Song Gaozongshu


In the ninth year of Yonghe, when he was in Guichou, at the beginning of late spring, he met at the Orchid Pavilion in Shanyin, Kuaiji, to do bad luck. All the talented people have arrived, and the young and old have gathered together. This place has high mountains, lush forests and bamboos, and clear and rapid streams, which reflect the water to the left and right, making it look like a meandering stream.



Sit next. Although it is not as prosperous as silk and bamboo orchestral music, one drink and one chant are enough to express the secret love.


It's a sunny day, the air is clear, and the wind is gentle and gentle. Looking up at the vastness of the universe and looking down at the abundance of categories, wandering your eyes and wandering your mind is enough to provide you with great visual and auditory entertainment, which is a joy to believe.


Madam's greeting and admiration




A generation. Either you can take it into their arms and realize it within a room; or you can let it go outside your body because of the entrustment you have placed in it. Although there are many different interests, tranquility and restlessness are different. When you are happy with what you encounter, you are temporarily satisfied with yourself, and you are content with yourself quickly, not knowing that old age is coming; Where to go



Xin, between looking up and down, it has become an old trace, but you can't help but feel happy about it. If it is short-lived, it will change, and it will eventually end! The ancients said: "Death and life are also big things." Isn't it painful?


Every time I look at the reasons for people's interest in the past, if they are combined into one, I will not fail to express my condolences in writing, which cannot be expressed in my heart. Knowing that life and death are empty




Birthday, Qi Pengshang was arrogant. The future looks at the present, just as the present looks at the past, sad man! Therefore, I listed people from that time and recorded what they said. Although things are different in different times, I am interested in them and they are consistent. Those who view it later will also feel the elegance.


This post is engraved in "An Suxuan Stone Carvings", and the name of the single post is "Song Gaozong Shu" in official script; there is a boundary column between the lines, and the inscription is: "Given to Chen Kangbo in the summer of the 19th year of Shaoxing in May." The calligraphy of this calligraphy is graceful, free and easy, natural and smooth, and has the charm of Wei and Jin calligraphy.



The inscription on Chen Fanbao reads: "The treasure of the minister Chen Fan on the fifth day of the ninth lunar month in Gengwu, Shaoxing." and the postscript engraved by Xu Youren.