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Posted By: I.Nagy Posted Date: Sep 26, 2020 (02:28 AM) |
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Message The inscription is a seventeen character per line poem, here composed of two phases of 272 characters (instead of 276 characters - 4 characters short) This type of poetry was popular during the Ming Dynasty. There is no title.The content is fundamentally lamentation on the bitter life of a the high official of the defeated Chu state. Colophon, 王畿壬寅 - Wang Ji in Summer of the Year of Water-Tiger (1542) (Wang Ji 1498-1583 philosopher, writer and poet in the Ming Dynasty - Presumably, the above poem was written by him in 1542) 崧甫賢宅相稚之属 －With homage to my nephew Song Fuxian 謙吉 呉衍祥 - By the propitious Wu Yanxian (Name of calligrapher) With regards, I.Nagy Post a Response |
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