The full name of "Sacrificing a Nephew" is "Sacrificing a Nephew for Ji Ming", which is one of the three major calligraphy posts of China and one of the top ten famous ones handed down from generation to generation in China. This book was written in the first year of Tang Dynasty (AD 758). Hemp paper book, running script? Length 28.2 cm? 75.5cm across, 23 lines, 11 words per line, * * * 234 words. The clock has the seals of "Zhao Gongzi's Name", "Elegant", "Qingxinli", "Pivot", "Qingxinli Uncle" and "Qingxinli". It was once collected by Song Xuanhe's Neifu, Yuan, Xian Yushu, Ming, Qing, Xue, Wang and Qing Neifu, and is now in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. ?
The Draft for Sacrificing a Nephew was written by Yan Zhenqing in memory of his nephew Yan Jiming who died in the Anshi Rebellion. ? In the 14th year of Tang Tianbao (775), An Lushan rebelled, and Yan Zhenqing, the prefect of Pingyuan, contacted him from his brother Yan Gaoqing, the prefect of Changshan, to fight against the rebels. In the first month of the following year, the rebel Shi Siming captured Changshan, Yan Gaoqing and his youngest son were arrested and killed one after another, and Yanshi's family was killed more than 30 times. In the first year of Gan Yuan, Tang Suzong (AD 758), Yan Zhenqing ordered Ji Ming's first skeleton to be transported back to Hebei, and wrote this immortal eulogy with tears in his eyes.
As a memorial to his nephew, the author's mood when writing can be imagined. The whole volume is not fresh and clean, the handwriting is sloppy and hasty, and it is smeared and deleted. ? Throughout the whole article, the spirit of compassion and generosity floats at the end of the paper. At the beginning, the author can control his feelings, and his writing is well-balanced and heavy, and he can't restrain his mixed feelings of anger until "the thief and the minister don't save him, and the city is surrounded", such as a volcano, where the waves pour, the fonts are big and small, the line spacing is wide and narrow, the ink is dry or moist, and the nib is hidden until "alas". The dignified beginning of the article and the forgetfulness at the end are all natural expressions of the author's mood.
This post is a manuscript, which was not originally written as a calligraphy work, but it was because it was not intended to be a book, so the words were written with flying agility and ups and downs. The eternal value of "Sacrificing a Nephew" lies in its sincere feelings, unrestrained and unrestrained regardless of work, full of passion and blood and tears. Sacrificing my nephew is the most wonderful running script of Yan Zhen-Cha Te, and it is called "the second running script in the world". Yuan Xian wrote in the postscript: "The manuscript for my nephew Ji Ming is the second best in the world." ? Chen Yuanshen Day: "The manuscript of my nephew Ji Ming is 1000 miles long; It is very energetic sometimes. Mixed flow: Or if you seal the brush, or if you carve words? The wonderful solution, almost a pie in the sky? At that time, I was not interested in writing, calligraphy and painting, and I didn't go to work. What about antipode work? "
As a famous "three manuscripts" in Yan Shu, "offering sacrifices to my nephew" (the other two manuscripts "compete for seats"? ,? The manuscript of Tell Uncle? ), one of which has been included in the engravings of Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and imitators of all previous dynasties are full of praise.