Letter from Mi Fu to Su Shi on Reclaiming a Purple-Gold Inkstone
Ink on paper
紫金研帖 米芾
台灣
蓋米芾曾借紫金研（硯）予蘇軾，欲索還紫金研之信札。凡七行，四十四字。帖中以「清靜圓明本來妙覺真常之性」來借代蘇軾，雖是米芾遊戲性格的展現，亦可見當時文人以佛門所講相互稱譽的一面。
米芾為北宋（960～1127）書畫家，精於行草，其書信翰札雖短短數語，但自然率真之處，往往勝於長篇書作。此帖線質豐厚且有多樣的提按轉折，迅捷與穩重兼具，字字大方開展，章法變化自然無刻意矜慎之氣，是米芾晚期的重要書作，亦是其行書翰札代表作品之一。
參考釋文：蘇子瞻携吾／紫金研去囑其子／入棺吾今得之不以／歛傳世之物豈可／與清靜圓明本來／妙覺真常之性同／去住哉
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 126.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Letter from Mi Fu to Su Shi on Reclaiming a Purple-Gold Inkstone." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 126.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Letter from Mi Fu to Su Shi on Reclaiming a Purple-Gold Inkstone" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:126.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Letter from Mi Fu to Su Shi on Reclaiming a Purple-Gold Inkstone. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 126).
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