The stone statue is an inscription attached to Twenty Articles of Longmen, which is called the Inscription of Stone Statue when Bi Qiuhui became his dead father. Twenty pieces of Longmen is a rubbings of inscriptions on twenty statues in Longmen Grottoes and a masterpiece of Weibei calligraphy.
In the 22nd year of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty (498), a statue of Shiping was carved on the north wall of Guyang Cave in Longmen, Luoyang, Henan Province. The inscription was written by Meng Da, and Zhu Yizhang wrote it in regular script. The difference between this monument and other monuments is that the whole monument is carved from Yang, and the boundary between words is unique in the statue. The content of the inscription embodies the sculptor's religious feelings.
Stone Statue is an early work in the heyday of calligraphy in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The words used in the whole tablet are rigorous and elegant, which makes the book style of the Northern Dynasties rigorous and simple, smooth and elegant. For example, Yang Shoujing's Ping Shu says: History wins with leniency. In particular, breaking away from the official pen, boldly innovating, turning softness into rigidity, and turning hiding into dew are really the splendor of the stone carvings in the North Monument.
The National Library has a collection of rubbings of the Stone Statue, which is 90 cm high and 40 cm wide. It was originally hidden in the lake pen mountain and inscribed in the ninth year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (1859). The text says: the font is as big as the scattered stars in the sky, and the shape is like a fish playing in the water.
Zhu Yizhang's introduction:
Zhu Yizhang, a calligrapher of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The works are genuine, and the style of the works is Jun Fang-style heroic, open but not strong, dignified and not stagnant. The book has the inscription "Stone Statue", which is one of the famous "Longmen Twenty Products" in Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang and is highly respected by the world.
This tablet is an early work in the heyday of calligraphy art in the Northern Wei Dynasty. The words used in the whole tablet are rigorous and elegant, which makes the rigorous and simple style of calligraphy in the Northern Dynasties smooth and elegant. In particular, it breaks away from the official style, boldly innovates, turns softness into rigidity, and turns concealment into exposure, which is really the splendor of the North Monument stone carving.