Li Bai, a heroic poet, is known as a poet. It is precisely because his poems are too big that his calligraphy achievements are covered up. Today, Li Bai's only original calligraphy, Shangjietie, is still praised by all previous dynasties.
How is this "Shangjietie" written? Li Bai left Shu at the age of 25 and met his Taoist friend Sima Chengzhen in Jiangling. Although Li Bai has studied hundreds of schools, he loves Taoism the most. They hit it off and became friends. Later, Li Bai, Du Fu and Gao Shi swam to the balcony palace of Wuwangshan in Tianbao for three years and wanted to visit Sima Cheng town again. However, Sima Cheng Town has passed away, so Li Bai wrote a four-character poem "Coming to Power":
The mountain is high and the water is long, and things are different.
Unless you have an old pen, you can be strong or poor.
18, superior book, Taibai.
This 25-word "Post on the Stage" is vigorous and powerful, which can be said to be an excellent portrayal of Li Bai's character.
These only 25 words have made many people in history unforgettable. In front of the post, there are the words "Tang Shangjie" written in thin gold, the inscriptions of Zhang Yan, Du Ben and Ouyang Xuan in Yuan Dynasty, and the words "Qinglian" in the regular script of Emperor Qianlong.
Huang Tingjian, a great calligrapher in the Song Dynasty, commented on Li Bai's calligraphy like this:
Looking at his manuscripts and books, we can classify his poems and make people want to be generous. White is between Kaiyuan and Zhide, and it is not spread by books. Today, it has no less movements and grass than the ancients. It can be seen that Li Bai's calligraphy skill is quite deep, but it is covered up by his poems.
It's over a thousand years since the Tang Dynasty, so how did this "superior tie" come down?
During Song Xuanhe's reign, this post was accepted by the inner government; After that, it flowed into the hands of Jia Sidao, a powerful minister at the end of Song Dynasty. In the Yuan Dynasty, it passed through Zhang Qian's office, and in the Ming Dynasty it was hidden in Xiangtian Pavilion. In the Qing dynasty, in order to collect everyone's income from Angie, it was later incorporated into the internal affairs of the Qing court.
19 1 1 year, the upper stage iron was taken out of the palace by Pu Yi. Due to the social chaos at that time, this post flowed into the people and was obtained by Guo Baochang, an antique dealer. 1937 during the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, in order to prevent the outflow of national treasures, Mr. Zhang Boju, a famous minister, bought it for 60,000 silver dollars, which saved "Shangterraced hillock" from war and has been passed down to this day.
At present, the "Shangtaitie" is hidden in the Palace Museum. How this peerless calligraphy entered the Palace Museum is also a story.
Mr Zhang Boju worships Zu Mao Xi very much. 1956, he submitted "Shangjietie" to Zu Mao Xi through Bing Xu, Minister of United Front Work Department. The letter said: "Now I will present the unique" Upstairs Desk Post "by Li Bai and Mo Bao to xi, Zu Mao, for viewing only ..." Mao Zuxi likes calligraphy, and after receiving this post, he cherishes it and appreciates it repeatedly. He just couldn't put it down.
In 1958, Zu Mao Xi made his own rules: all gifts received by party and state leaders should be given to the public. So this "upper column" was handed over to the Palace Museum for collection, and it is still intact.