The first allusion: a plaque is missing.
Lin Zexu's name is well known to all children, especially his pioneering work of destroying opium in Humen has been unanimously praised by future generations and has the reputation of "national hero".
However, after Lin Zexu banned smoking in Guangdong, he was quickly defeated in the lawsuit. 184 1 In July, Lin Zexu was demoted to Yili, Xinjiang. On his way through Xi 'an, he accomplished a feat and wrote two popular words on a pavilion-"Forest of Steles".
Surprisingly, however, the word "stele" in Lin Zexu's Forest of Steles is a typo because it lacks an apostrophe. Some tour guides even listed this word as a "famous typo" in China's historical sites.
Lin Zexu is brilliant. He was admitted to high school at the age of 20 and at the age of 27. How could he make such a low-level mistake?
In fact, Lin Zexu meant to write typos and deliberately omitted the "monument". The moral is also clear: Lin Zexu hinted that he could not display his ambition, lost his job and could not serve the country.
In addition, some experts pointed out that Lin Zexu's words are not wrong, because judging from the evolution of Chinese characters, the word "tablet" should be written with less than an apostrophe, which is understandable. Why do you say that?
In fact, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, you can see the word "tablet" in the seal of "Xiyue Huashan Temple Tablet". The "A" of the word "tablet" is just "slightly out of line" when writing, which is just in line with the brushwork style of changing the square into a circle and the angle into an arc.
From this point of view, since the upper right part of the word "tablet" is an "A", it is certainly unnecessary to add an apostrophe.
The second allusion: no more, no less.
There is a famous monument in Pingshan Hall in daming temple, Yangzhou, because it was written by Liu Kunyi, governor of the two rivers in the early years of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty. Liu Kunyi wrote the word "romantic". Unexpectedly, there are two typos in these four words, because the word "flow" is a little less and the word "present" is a little more.
In fact, the reason why Liu Kunyi wrote this is not because of negligence, but because of ulterior motives. Because the four words he waved ironically mean that Yangzhou is too romantic for Ouyang Xiu. Although Ouyang Xiu is a brilliant celebrity, he is also a romantic genius, leaving many affairs in Yangzhou. When Liu Kunyi wrote Romantic Wandering, he deliberately wrote less "flow" and more "being". On the one hand, he criticized Ouyang Xiu's indecent behavior, on the other hand, he hoped that future generations would be less romantic and more practical.
Of course, aside from this moral factor, in fact, from the perspective of calligraphy, it is no problem to write like this.
First of all, let's look at the word "Liu", which was not originally created by Liu Kunyi. The word "Liu" in the Preface to the Lanting Pavilion by the great calligrapher Wang Xizhi, the word "Liu" in the inscription of the spring in Jiucheng Palace by the great poet and the word "Liu" in the poem of falling flowers by the great genius are all missing a little. At the same time, this unadorned vulgar "flow" is more favored and loved by the ancients.
Secondly, let's take a look at the added word "in". This kind of character is common in ancient calligraphers and rubbings. There is no special provision for adding or not, and it can be written according to actual needs.
So Liu Kunyi's "romance" seems a little too much, a little less, but it's not too much. It's just that we modern people look at it differently from the ancients and mistakenly think it's a typo.