Relating the Studies of Metal, Stone and Model Calligraphy: A Cultural History of the Sung Dynasty Model Inscriptions from Ritual Bronzes in History
Resource
美術史研究集刊, 24, 067-146
Journal
美術史研究集刊
Journal Issue
24
Pages
067-146
Date Issued
2008-03
Date
2008-03
Author(s)
Chen, F.M.
Abstract
In the mid-twelfth century, after the conquest in the second year of the Ch’ingk’ang era (1127), the Northern Sung literati and imperial court collected at least a thousand bronzes from Three Dynasties. Although many of the bronze vessels had already been lost, their inscriptions and materials were already in Northern Sung collections. Upon distribution of writings on the collections, the items were acquired in the Southern Sung by Hs?eh Shang-kung of Chien-mu, Ting-chiang, in the Chiang-hsi region. His vast and systematic assemblage of five-hundred and eleven inscriptions on ritual vessels accounted for the style of stele carvings, and was divided into twenty-four sections with chronological arrangement and discussion. The title of his writings and materials for the publication of carvings evidenced their precious materials, and also their move away from the tradition of “model calligraphy” that was promoted by the Northern Sung imperial family. Moreover, it reveals the relationship between the studies of metal, stone, and model calligraphy. At that time, Hs?eh Shang-kung’s stele was established in Ting-chiang to commemorate his position as a local official. This not only reflected the local resources of this Southern Sung official, praised his cultural achievements, and officially recorded his cultural investments, but it also demonstrates a new material used for inscribing Hs?eh Shang-kung’s collection of Three Dynasties bronzes. By assembling these methods of carvings, including their standard script explanations, it establishes the world of a public individual in the public realm while conveying the objectives of carved inscriptions.
Subjects
金學
石刻
法帖之學
宋石本殘葉
metal
stone
model calligraphy
Sung stone rubbing
Type
journal article
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