Eight pillars of Lanting monument

What do people mean by "Lanting Eight Pillars"? In addition to the above three volumes for three columns, there are: Liu Tang Gongquan's book Lanting Poetry (the fourth column); Xihongtang Block-printed Poem of Liu Gongquan Lanting (Five Columns) in Qing Dynasty; In the Qing Dynasty, Yu Minzhong edited Tang Hong Drama and engraved Liu Gongquan's Poems without Writing in Lanting (column 6). Liu Gongquan and Dong Qichang's Preface to Lanting Collection in Ming Dynasty (the seventh series); Lanting Poetry by Dong Qichang and Liu Gongquan in Qing Dynasty (the eighth column). The fourth column was written by a famous calligrapher in Tang Dynasty. Its brushwork is clear, the spirit is clear and the bones are beautiful, and it is repeatedly suppressed. The ink color is getting thicker and lighter, and the lines are dense and beautiful, giving people a beautiful enjoyment.

So, why is it called "Eight Columns"? It turned out that there was a pavilion in Yuanmingyuan, which was located in the northwest of Beijing in the Qing Dynasty, and was called the Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens. The stone tablet in the pavilion is engraved with the restoration map of Lanting and the poems of Emperor Qianlong. Eight stone pillars in the pavilion are engraved with Wang Xizhi's Preface to Lanting Collection and Liu Gongquan's Preface to Lanting Collection, so people call it "Lanting Eight Column Pavilion", hence the name. 1860, the British and French allied forces burned the Yuanmingyuan, 19 17, and the state moved the burned Lanting monument and stone pillars to Zhongshan Park. 197 1 At the beginning of the year, the state restored the pavilion of the original stone pillar in the west of Tang Hua dock in Zhongshan Park. The inscription on the pavilion reads "natural scenery" and the monument is placed in the pavilion.

Yu Shinan copied the first column completely.

Chu Suiliang Lin Ben Second Column

The complete third column of Feng Chengsu's copy

The fourth column of Liu Gongquan's Lanting poems in Tang Dynasty

The fifth column of Liu Gongquan's Lanting poem was carved in Xihongtang in Qing Dynasty.

The Sixth Column of Yu Minzhong's Tang Hong's Engraving Poem of Liu Gongquan Lanting in Qing Dynasty

The seventh column of Dong Qichang's Lanting Poetry in Ming Dynasty, such as Liu Gongquan.

The Eighth Column of Dong Qichang Liu Gongquan's Lan Shu Pavilion Poems in Qing Palace