Calligraphy Works Lishu Cao Quanbei

Cao Quanbei

Open classification: cultural relics, national treasures, official scripts, Xi 'an forest of steles.

In the second year of Zhong Ping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (185), it was established in October, and it was unearthed in the old town of Hexian County, Shaanxi Province in the early years of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. Now it is in the forest of steles in Xi 'an. The content is Wang Chang's account of Cao Quanping. This monument is one of the representative works of the Han monument and a typical example of a beautiful school. Its structure and brushwork have reached a perfect state. Qing Wanjing's evaluation of this monument is: "Beautiful and vivid, not bound, not hasty, but also fascinating."

Cao Quanbei (National Treasure Cultural Relics)

The second year of Pinger in Hanzhong (AD 185)

It is 272 cm high and 95 cm wide.

Unearthed in Xinli Village, Heyang County during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, 1956 is collected in Xi 'an Beilin Museum.

Lishu is also called "Lishu" and "Zuo Shu". It is a font evolved from the simplification of seal script, which changes the round strokes of seal script into square folds, and changes pictographs into strokes in structure in order to write conveniently and quickly. It was widely used in Qin, Han and Wei dynasties. Wei Heng's "Four-body Book Situation" in the Jin Dynasty said: "Since the Qin Dynasty used seal script, there have been many things in Qin Dynasty, and seal script is difficult to achieve. Even officials (referring to petty officials, that is, petty officials who handle documents) have asked them to write books and call them official characters." In other words, official script was originally a simple and quick writing method of Xiao Zhuan, but in the Han Dynasty, it developed into a font with artistic value after processing. Qin Li is also called "Guli", which is not far from the Biography; Han Li is also called "Jinli", which is different in style and structure. There are also great differences between the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty in Han Li. The strokes of the official script in the Western Han Dynasty are simpler than those in the Qin Dynasty, but there are no waves. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, with Bos, people later called it "Eight Points". The structure of official script broke the tradition of six scripts, laid the foundation of regular script and improved the writing efficiency. Its appearance marks a turning point in the development history of Chinese characters. Cao Quanbei in the Eastern Han Dynasty displayed in Xi 'an Beilin Museum is a representative of official script and a masterpiece of Han stele.

"Cao Quanbei" is called "Heyang makes Cao Quanbei". Engraved in the second year of Zhong Ping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (A.D. 185). It was unearthed in Cuili Village, Heyang County (now Heyang County, Shaanxi Province) during the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty. This monument is a vertical square, with a height of 273 cm and a width of 95 cm. There are 20 rows with 45 characters in each row. The inscription records Cao Quan's suppression of the Yellow Scarf Uprising at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the peasant uprising led by Zhang Jiao spread to Shaanxi. It also reflects the momentum of the peasant army at that time and the loyalty of the Guo family in Heyang County, and provides important historical materials for studying the history of peasant uprising struggle in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. This monument is as black as grease, and the light can be used as a guide. Calligraphy is written in official script. The handwriting is clear, the structure is stretched, the font is beautiful and flying, the calligraphy is neat and fine, beautiful and powerful, and the style is elegant and colorful, which fully shows the maturity and elegance of Han Li. This stele is delicate and complete. This is the masterpiece of Han tablet and Han Li. It is also one of the few works with relatively complete preservation and clear fonts in the inscriptions of the Han Dynasty in China.

Title: Cao Quanbei

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Cao Quanbei's full name is Cao Quanbei, the Knights of Heyang. Engraved on October 21st, the second year of Zhong Ping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (185). In the early years of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, this tablet was unearthed in Shencun, the ancient city of Heyang, Shaanxi Province, but the seal amount has been lost. When it was unearthed, it was well written, without missing a word. After the 11th year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1672), some cracks appeared. Nowadays, there are many missing words in the Han stele, and there are fewer intact ones. After being unearthed, it moved to the east gate of Confucius Temple in Heyang County, facing west. 1965 moved to the third room of beilin, Shaanxi Provincial Museum.

Cao Quanbei in the National Library is a complete copy of Xi in Ming Dynasty. The monument is 253 cm high and 123 cm wide. Cut out the framed book, and the inner frame is 25cm high and11.5cm wide; The outer frame is 3 1.5cm high and 2 16cm wide. Official script, 20 lines, 45 words. Five columns of steles: the first column is a row; Two columns and twenty-six rows; The three columns of Jin Bian are eight lines, and Ouyang Fu's Collection of Ancient Events is five lines. The four columns of Jin Bian are eighteen lines, and Ouyang Fu's Collection of Ancient Events is seventeen lines. Five columns and four rows.

Cao Quanbei was written by Wang Chang in Jin Dynasty to commemorate Cao Quan's achievements. Wang Min, Wang Bi, etc. Cao Quan, Zi Jingwan, is from Xiaogu, Dunhuang. The inscription tells that Cao Quan shared his worries for his younger brother, abandoned his official position, returned to his hometown, met a shift, lived in seclusion at home, and worked as a doctor for seven years, reflecting the peasant uprising headed by Zhang Jiao from the side, which was surging and magnificent. There are three lines in the inscription, three words are sentences, three lines are empty, and one line is at the end of the inscription. The names inscribed on the tablet include Chu Shi, the three elders in the county, the three elders in the township, the wine offering under the door, the discussion under the door, the history of Du You and your legend.

Cao Quanbei, the headquarters, is an extension of the old collections of Zhu Yizun and Weng Fanggang in Qing Dynasty, and the word "noted" is intact. Zhu Yizun, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, was born in Xiushui (now Jiaxing, Zhejiang). He is knowledgeable and versatile, especially in writing, and he is a great man in Qing Dynasty. Weng Fanggang, whose proper name is Zheng San, was named Qin Xi, a scholar in Qing Dynasty. He is good at textual research and epigraphy, and he is meticulous in the study of epigraphy in Han Dynasty. The foreign title is Liang Qichao's title, "Zhu Zhu An's old collection of Cao Quanbei is now an ice house. The self-ugliness in the first month was inscribed by Weng Fanggang as "Cao Quanbei Exposed Book Pavilion Collection" and stamped by Zhu Wenchang. "Zhu Yizun, Weng Fanggang, Liang Qichao's collected works, Liang Qichao's and Weng Fanggang's inscriptions, Zhao Huaiyu's and Li's views. There are,, Liang, Zhu Yi, treasures handed down from generation to generation, Weng Fanggang, Han Xi, library captain Weng Fanggang's collection, Su Zhai, Rong Zhai and Qing Yue inscriptions. The word "dry" in the first line of the "dryer" is not worn, and the word "noted" in the ninth line is not damaged.

The inscription on the tablet is even and beautiful, with vertical and horizontal lines, straight posture, sparse row spacing and elegant appearance. The Qing Wan Jing commented that "beauty is flying, non-binding and fascinating". People praised him as "a romantic and self-admiring Sanjiang teenager, a gentle and lovely blue boudoir girl", which is a typical Han Li's round pen.

Cao Quanbei is one of the famous Han steles. Among the existing Han steles, it is a stele that preserves many official script characters of the Han Dynasty. Although the extension method is not good, it is still fascinating and lovely compared with the extension at that time. It not only has high artistic value, but also contains important historical value. This paper not only records Cao's life, achievements and pedigree, but also records the peasant uprising led by the Han Dynasty, which can be used as a reference for the revision of history. This inscription has many different characters, and later generations suspect it is an imitator. But in terms of its simplicity, it is beyond the reach of Han people.

I choose three photos to open, that is, the inscription opens first, "the word' noted' is intact", and the inscription opens at the end. References:

Cao Quanbei Baidu Encyclopedia