On the fourth day of February in the second year of the reign of Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty (AD 699), Wu Zetian went from Luoyang to Songshan to meditate. When she came back, she lived in the Prince Xiansheng Temple in Songshan. At this moment, she wrote an inscription there and personally became a book Dan. On the surface, the inscription describes the story of Zhou Lingwang's ascension to immortality, but in fact it praises the prosperity of Wu Zhou. The brushwork is graceful and smooth, and the meaning is vertical and horizontal. The inscription "Monument to the Immortal Prince" is written in "flying white" with white strokes. There are 33 lines of inscriptions, each with 66 words.
Running script and cursive script alternate with each other and approach cursive script. Famous calligraphers in the Tang Dynasty, Xue Ji and Zhong Shaojing, wrote the inscriptions You Xian Pian and You Xian Pian. Calligraphy lovers throughout the ages regarded the Monument to the Immortal Prince as a treasure of calligraphy art.
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Wu Zetian boldly reformed the writing, adding and subtracting the strokes of predecessors, and once created nineteen Chinese characters, which were widely used all over the world. There are many Chinese characters created by Prince Sage in the tablet. Some calligraphers praised his cursive script, which is vigorous and upright, strict in statutes, vigorous and natural in style, smooth in brushwork, wide and strict in structure, loud and clear in writing and has its own face. There is a manly heroism between the lines, which is absolutely the best in the world.
Wu Zetian wrote the book Immortal Monument to the Prince. It still stands at the top of Lushan Mountain in Fudian Town, and is the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
The Monument to the Ascending Prince is 6.55 meters high, with a head height of 5.25 meters, a monument width of 1.60 meters, a lower body width of 1.74 meters, a thickness of 0.55 meters and a pedestal height of 1.3 meters.
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