"Yi He Ming" was originally carved on the stone wall at the western foot of Jiaoshan Mountain in Zhenjiang. It was recorded after the middle Tang Dynasty, and then it was struck by lightning and fell into the Yangtze River. Found a work in the period of cherishing spring in the Southern Song Dynasty. Later generations commented that "the font of the right army has changed. Its heroic spirit is natural, so it is considered to be a model from ancient times to the present. " Therefore, calligraphers of all ages regarded Preface to Lanting as "the best running script in the world". There are more than 20 words of residual stones. In the fifty-two years of Kangxi, 5 pieces of residual stones with more than 70 words were found.
Calligraphers of all ages spoke highly of the remains of steles in Yi He Ming in the Song Dynasty. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Huang Tingjian thought that "there is nothing wrong with big characters" and "it is ugly to win", and was known as the "ancestor of big characters". Song Cao Shimian praised it as "the wonderful brushwork, the crown of calligraphers". The reason why this monument is respected is because of its calligraphy charm in the Southern Dynasties, especially the penetration of pens in the seal script center; Coupled with the effect of wind and rain erosion, it also enhances the majestic and profound charm of the lines.
The calligraphy of Yi He Ming is graceful and elegant, and it is called a masterpiece, which is a very artistic inscription. The rubbings and copybooks of this monument have been circulated internationally for a long time and are well-known at home and abroad. They are important materials for studying the art of calligraphy, which is not only a mature calligraphy, but also an important material for us to understand the development history of seal script and official script in the development of regular script.
The influence of later generations
Yi He Ming is one of the most important stone carvings in the stone carving calligraphy of the Southern Dynasties. Its calligraphy art has a great influence on later generations, and it is one of the models of regular script since Sui and Tang Dynasties, and it has been praised as the "ancestor of big characters" by calligraphers in past dynasties.
Yi He Ming is an important inscription in the history of the development of Chinese calligraphy art and a treasure in calligraphy and stone carving. Of all the stone carvings in Jiao Shan Forest of Steles, "Yi He Ming" is the first stone tablet. It is the treasure of Zhenjiang Jiao Shan Inscription Museum, and it is also the key cultural relic of the national cultural relics protection unit. Among the numerous stone carvings in China, only Jiao Shan's Yihe Ming and Shaanxi's Shimen Ming are known as "the king of monuments".