ZHONG CHENG

Provenance：

Illustrated："A Collection of the First Auction of Duo Yun Xuan Chinese Paintings", Shanghai ShuHua Publishing, 1993, page 110

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Exposition：

Drum-shaped stone characters are known as inscriptions on drum-shaped stone blocks, it was discovered in Shan Xi province Feng Hsiang County in the early years of Tang dynasty, they are also known as the Yong Yi inscription, the oldest form of Chinese characters and also called the ancestor of stone inscription. Each of the ten drum-shaped stones records poems about King’s outing and hunting, they are also known as “Lie Ya”. It was discovered in the wilderness so it’s also named as the ten discoveries of Chen Cang. It was widely known by people until great poet Han Yu’s
“Song of the Stone Drum”. Wu Chang Shuo referred to the bronze inscription of Zhou Dynasty and the stone inscription of Chin Dynasty. With techniques of the seal cutting and interpretation of “Zuo Yuan” and “Er Shih” (Zuo Yuan is a poem admiring the ruling of Chin Hisao Gong and relocating the capital Xian Yang; Er Shih admires King Hui Wen of Chin Dynasty and foundation of King Si and KingWu.) Through the artist’s imagination, he represented the historical stories on the drum-stone in a form of art.