Calligraphic Works Are Transmitted Because of Their Authors'Fame:A Study of the Letter of Zhu Juchuan's Appointment Attributed to Yan Zhenqing,with a Discussion on the Authorship of Xu Hao's Version
Calligraphic Works Are Transmitted Because of Their Authors'Fame:A Study of the Letter of Zhu Juchuan's Appointment Attributed to Yan Zhenqing,with a Discussion on the Authorship of Xu Hao's Version
There is more than one ancient calligraphic work with the title Letter of Zhu Juchuan's Appointment.In addition to Xu Hao's well-known version,there are two works with the same title that,since the Song Dynasty,have been attributed to Yan Zhenqing.These two exemplars of the Letter of Zhu Juchuan's Appointment were collected and carved into calligraphy model-books in the Ming dynasty and then entered the Qing Palace in the Qianlong period when,together with colophons and inscriptions to this calligraphic piece by literati of various dynasties,the two specimens of the Letter of Zhu Juchuan's Appointment were once again merged and carved.Although the original piece does not exist,we can reconstruct the process of its transmission on the basis of the ink rubbings of these carvings.Looking at its calligraphic features and the ancient regulations regarding appointment letters,we can also conclude that these two calligraphic works bearing the Letter of Zu Juchuan's Appointment have nothing to do with Yan Zhenqing,but were written by copyists from the Ministry of Personnel and ascribed to Yan Zhenqing by later connoisseurs.Another version,written by Xu Hao,has also been subject to this kind of misattribution.This paper elaborates on the concept that"calligraphic works are transmitted because of their authors'fame"and points out that the enduring influence of ancient attributions of anonymous calligraphic works means that even present-day researchers still tend to attach them to famous calligraphers.
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告身/書以人傳/刻帖/鑒藏史/鑒定
Key words
letter of appointment/calligraphic works are transmitted because of their authors'fame/calligraphy model-books/history of connoisseurship/connoisseurship
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