Calligraphy Appreciation Zhang Jizhi'S "Shuangpine Tuge Volume"

28/05/2023 88 Views

Zhang Jizhi's "Twin Pines Song Scroll", paper, regular script, 33.8×1196cm, collected by the Palace Museum, Beijing. This volume is also called "Du Fu's Opera as a Song of Two Pines". It was written by Zhang Jizhi after drinking in his later years, and his regular calligraphy is vigorous and powerful.

"Shuangsong Tu Gejuan" is sealed with "Zhang" (Zhu Wen), "Zhang's" (Bai Wen), and "Jizhi" (Zhu Wen), and is signed: "Written by Zhang Jizhi when he was seventy-two years old", that is, Baoyou of the Southern Song Dynasty Five years ago (1257), it was written in his later years. Later generations all said that Zhang Jizhi was "known all over the world for his ability in writing", "his large calligraphy is elegant and powerful, and his fine calligraphy is especially handsome and strong". There is a forged painting of ancient cypresses in the name of Su Dongpo in the front of the volume, and later there are postscripts by Chen Xin and Xia Yanliang in the Ming Dynasty: "Yuyilu" and "The First Edition of Xingqu Baoji". This volume was written in his later years, with large characters. The spirit is full of energy, the energy is strong and vigorous, and the state of danger and strangeness can be seen from time to time.