A Study On Su Shi’s Calligraphy On Stele Carvings

Su Shi makes great achievements in poetry,Song Ci,prose and calligraphy.For Su Shi’s calligraphy,scholars in successive dynasties pay more attention to running script,but there is little systematic research on his calligraphy on stele inscriptions handed down from generation to generation.This paper mainly discusses from three aspects:the study of the inscription works,the study of rubbings and the stages of the inscription calligraphy.According to incomplete statistics,105 kinds of stele inscriptions handed down by Su Shi have been sorted out.According to the form of existence and the size of the font,there are 70 types of inscriptions on tablets,mainly including famous inscriptions handed down to posterity,such as the Tablet of Biaozhong View,Record of the Feng Le Pavilion,Record of the Tippler’s Pavilion,the Inscription on the Stupa of Qizhou Zhenxiangyuan.There are 22 types of inscriptions and titles,mainly including Su Shi’s Autograph in Longhua Cave,Chen Xiang and Others’ autograph in Shiwudong Cave,The Inscription of Zhou Xiaogong’s Cutting the Jiaoqiao,Su Shi and Zhang Dun’s Autograph in Zhongnanshan,The Inscription of Su Shi and others travel together from Tianzhu to Mailing.There are 13 kinds of big-character list books,mainly including“Reading Hall”,“De Youlin Hall” and “Wu Xiezhi” “Three Big Characters Jiuchengtai” and Six big Charcters Sumen Mountain Yongjin Pavilion etc.Many rubbings of Su Shi’s stele inscriptions have been passed down to this day.As far as we can see,the Song editions are few,and most of them are reprinted from the Ming and Qing dynasties.Because there are more Song Tuo,original engravings,and editions,this paper selects "Luo Chi Temple Stele","Sima Wen Gong Shrine Tablet" and"Record of the Feng Le Pavilion" for a brief study.Through the sorting of literature,the comparison of stone flowers and tablet marks,it can be roughly concluded that: First,the publication time of "Luochi Temple Stele" should be Jiading thirteenth year instead of Jiading tenth year.The time sequence of the rubbings handed down should be: “Liu Quanfu’s book in the Sansu Temple”,“Wang Yirong’s book in the Palace Museum”,“Su Shi’s poem tablet in Luochi Temple Which Welcome and See God off(photocopy)",“Su Wenzhong’s Luochi Temple stele in Song dynasty(Ke Luo Edition in the Republic of China).Second,the sequence of the five rubbings handed down from the Sima Wen Gong Shendao Stele should be as follows: “Liu Qi’Edition in Jin dynasty”,“Havard Edition”,“Sansu Temple Edition”,“Northern Picture Edition”,“Private Collection Edition”.Among them,“Liu Qi’Edition in Jin dynasty”,“Havard Edition”,“Sansu Temple Edition” should be from the same original stone.Third,there are a lot of rubbings handed down from Record of the Feng Le Pavilion by Su Shi.Through analysis and research,it can be considered that the Sansu Temple edition and Luo Zhenyu’s edition should have originated from the same ancestor.Regarding the study of the stages of Su Shi’s calligraphy in stone inscriptions,according to the style evolution of the "early","middle" and "late" inscriptions(single character comparison)and the sequence of writing time,Su Shi’s handed down inscription calligraphy is divided into "early"(Xining tenth)Years(before 1077)","Mid(Yuanfeng first year(1078)-Yuanyou 6th year(1091))","Late period(Yuanyou 7th year(1092)-Jianzhong Jingguo first year(1101))".The representative works of early inscriptions mainly include: "Six Big Characters of Sumen Mountain Yongjin Pavilion"in the 5th year of Jiayou," Chen Xiang and Others’ Autographin in Stone House Cave"in the 6th year of Xining,"Record of Drunken White Hall" in the 8th year of Xining,"Record of Re-engraving of Mizhou Changshan Spring Yu " in the 9th year of Xining,"Reading Hall" list,etc.in the 10 th year of Xining.The subjects of the method are mainly Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan,and the main features of the overall style are round strokes and charming.The representative works of the mid-term inscriptions mainly include: the Tablet of Biaozhong View in the First Year of Yuanfeng,the Inscription of Zhou Xiaogong on Cutting the Jiaoqiao in the fourth year of Yuanfeng,the Inscription on the Stupa of Qizhou Zhenxiangyuan in the second year of Yuanyou,and the Stele of Zhao Qingxiangong in the fourth year of Yuanyou,and Record of the Tippler’s Pavilion,The Stele of the Palace of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty in Qunyutang and the Stele of Chenkui Pavilion,etc in in the sixth year of Yuanyou.Its object is still based on Yan Zhenqing,and the overall style is mainly characterized by vigorous and handsome.In the late period,the representative works of stele inscriptions mainly include: Chaozhou Hanwen Gong Temple Stele,in the seventh year of Yuanyou,Xuelang Stone Basin Inscription in the first year of Shaosheng and Luochi Temple Stele written after the first year of Shaosheng,Remnant Stele of Luohan Pavilion of Zifu Temple in the third year of Yuanfu,and the Inscription of Sanzhouyan Dongpo in the third year of Yuanfu.And its overall style is mainly full of strength and quaint elegance.If you understand the achievements of Su Shi’s stele inscription calligraphy,it is crucial to make an in-depth study of the above surviving stele inscriptions.