In the third year of Tang Huichang (843), Tang Wuzong Li Yan ascended the throne soon. At that time, how to repair the relationship with eunuchs was a problem before Wu Zong.
After Dezong in the Tang Dynasty, eunuchs were in charge of the imperial army-Shence Army, and the authoritarian situation gradually formed. Previously, Wenzong, the brother of Wuzong, had ordered the court officials to plan "the change of nectar", which triggered a fierce conflict between the court officials and eunuchs, and Wenzong was therefore placed under house arrest by eunuchs. Wu Zong was founded by eunuch Chou Shiliang. Therefore, since Wu Zong decided to patrol the Zuo Shence Army, his intention was to show his kindness to eunuchs, and Chou Shiliang just obeyed the holy will and then requested to establish a monument to praise Shengde in response. Therefore, the tablet of Shence Army stands.
The inscription on the tablet of Shence Army records the events such as the demise of the Uighur khanate and the failure of Anji to surrender, which has important historical value in itself. This monument was written by Cui Xuan, a bachelor of Hanlin, and written by Liu Gongquan, a bachelor of Jixian College, which added to the artistic value of this monument. The inscription written by Liu Gongquan, with its neat calligraphy structure, fully embodies the characteristics of "Liu Ti" regular script with open bones and smooth symmetry. In addition, this inscription is exquisitely carved, and its rubbings are no different from the original works, so it is regarded as a masterpiece of willow script in later generations.
according to the convention, this tablet extension was originally awarded to ministers, but it was not widely circulated. The original monument was probably destroyed by the war at the end of Tang Dynasty, and later generations could not spread it. So far, only the existing orphan of the National Library has been handed down. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Mingcheng recorded a two-volume rubbings of Shence Army Monument, which is exactly the same as the national map collection. Therefore, it has always been speculated that this book was once treasured by Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao. Looking back on the day of Chengping, Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao entertained themselves with poems and stones, and this rubbings of Shence Army Monument were among the treasures they enjoyed, which was really fascinating.
most of Zhao's collection was lost after the war in Jingkang, and the rest of it flowed into the powerful family. The National Library treasures Zhu Wenyin, an "autumn valley book", followed by the word "Feng", which is known to be hidden by Jia Sidao, the powerful minister of the Southern Song Dynasty. After Jia's family property was confiscated, it became a royal collection in the Southern Song Dynasty. Today's rubbings were mounted in the inner library of the Song Dynasty, and were reloaded at this time. When the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty, it was returned to the Hanlin National History Institute, and Zhu Wenyin, the official book of the Hanlin National History Institute, was written in regular script. In the Ming Dynasty, the income of Hongwu in the sixth year was collected in the treasury. At the end of the rubbings, there was a line with the title of "Harvest on November 18th in Hongwu in the sixth year". Soon Zhu Yuanzhang gave his son Zhu, the king of Jin, so there were "the seal of calligraphy and painting in the Jin Dynasty" and "the book in the Jin Dynasty" Zhu Wenyin at the beginning and end. In the late Ming Dynasty, it belonged to the great collector Sun Chengze. In Qing Dynasty, it was collected by Liang Qingbiao, An Qi, Zhang Rongfang and Chen Jieqi.
This extension originally consisted of two volumes, but I don't know when I lost the second volume. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong in Qing Dynasty, An Qi's "The View of Ink Margin Meeting" recorded in the first volume is still complete, with 56 pages. When the descendants of Chen Jieqi transferred this extension in the late Qing Dynasty, they found that two pages were lost after the 42nd page, leaving only fifty-four pages. In the Republic of China, it was collected by the famous southern bibliophile Chen Chengzhong. In 1949, Chen Chengzhong and his wife settled in Hong Kong with some precious books. Two years later, it was rumored that Chen would sell his books, and there was news that the Japanese wanted to buy them. When Zheng Zhenduo, then director of the Cultural Relics Bureau of the Ministry of Culture, was informed, he decided to spend a lot of money to buy back these precious ancient books. He immediately negotiated with Zhao Wanli and Chen, an expert in edition bibliography of the National Library, through Fei Yimin, president and collector of Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao. Until 1965, he successfully bought back the rare books hidden in "Zhai Zhai" and entered the Beijing Library at that time, including "Shen Ce Jun Bei". Now, as a rare treasure, The Monument of the Shence Army is still hidden in the stacks of the National Library.