Appreciation of Taishan Stone Valley

On a 3000-square-meter stone step of the Xi Zhong tributary in the northeast of Doum Palace, some classics of Moeller's "King Kong Prajna Paramita" more than 400 years ago are engraved, with a word diameter of 50 cm and more than 2,500 words, and now there are 1067 words. Gu Zhuo, with strong Chinese characters and the combination of seal script and calligraphy, is known as the "originator of Chinese characters" and "ancestor of calligraphy lists" and is a treasure of Buddhist culture in Mount Tai. Feng, a Qing Dynasty man, praised in "Golden Stone Lock": "Everything is ready, such as printing mud and painting sand, with a sense of grass and rhyme." Wang Keyu believes that the stone carvings in Taishan Mountain Valley, the murals in the Temple of Heaven and the cliff in the Tang Dynasty at Daiding are the three treasures of Mount Tai.

The Diamond Sutra of Stone Valley Mount Tai was originally carved on a large flat rock under the small waterfall of Mount Tai. It has been hidden underwater for about 1000 years, and it emerged after being diverted by the spring water.

There is no date and year of the stone carving, and there is no name of the sculptor. Who did it is also inconclusive. In the Ming Dynasty, Wang Shizhen thought that "the book of Wang Youjun was untrue, but the ancient times were vigorous, and it was necessary to flourish in the Tang Dynasty". Sun Ming's Inscription of Ancient and Modern Stone Inscriptions says: "Today's test of his brushwork is the same as that of the Northern Qi and Wei Dynasties in Zou County, and there is no doubt that Wei Zhi."

Later generations speculated that it was written by Wang Zichun. In the Qing Dynasty, Nie Jianguang's "Taishan Daoli Ji" recorded: "In the Northern Qi Dynasty, my father, Prince Liang Mingchun, usually mastered the internal canon, tasted the second volume of the stone carving of Culai, and added the names of the buddhas, with magnificent handwriting, no less than himself. It was also done by Dangzichun. " Ruan Yuan's Zuo Shan Shi Ji in Qing Dynasty was written by Tianbaojian in Northern Qi Dynasty (550-559 AD). In the second issue of Calligraphy (1989), Wang and Lai Fei wrote "Preliminary Investigation and Research on Tieshan (Turquoise)". It is believed that at this moment, it was carved by a cliff-like person in Tieshan, Zou County, and the word diameter, style and style are very consistent, so it is concluded that it was written by a monk from Dongling. All the above theories are inconclusive, and most people think that Beiqi people write books according to their style of writing.

There are some uncommon vulgar characters in the Diamond Sutra of Taishan Mountain Valley, among which the words "Wan" and "Wu" are actually the same as the simplified characters now. This letter is of great value for studying the historical evolution and artistic achievements of China's calligraphy.