Zhongnanshan: Brick Pagoda Inscription (detail)
Zhongnanshan: Brick Pagoda Inscription (detail)
王居士磚塔銘 敬客
中國
陝西省西安市終南山楩梓谷出土。原十七行，行十七字。明（1368～1644）末出土，時已斷為三截，繼裂為五，再裂為七，故無完整的拓本。上官靈芝製文，敬客書。敬客未見於文獻，清代（1644～1911）王澍說：「名不顯於時。然此書特為瘦勁，大似褚公，則知唐世能書人多，不免為巨公掩耳。」
磚銘盛行於魏晉（220～420）六朝，製作方式有模印、刻劃和書寫三種，字體和書法變化豐富；隋（581～618）唐（618～907）以後，逐漸減少，書法亦少變化。此銘點畫瘦勁秀逸，酷似褚遂良之書寫作風，且刻工精美，用筆頓挫、使轉、提按等動作精細，使原書重現，具華美靈動的風采，是唐磚的精品。
參考釋文：大唐王居士塼塔之銘／上官靈芝製文／敬客書／居士諱公字孝寬太／原晉陽人也英宗戚／邁遠胄隆周茂緒遐／昌鬱冠後魏樂府歌／其載德天下挹其家
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 281.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Zhongnanshan: Brick Pagoda Inscription." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , vol. 17, 2016, pp. 281.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Gary Edson. 2016. "Zhongnanshan: Brick Pagoda Inscription" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy , 17:281.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Edson, G.. (2016). Zhongnanshan: Brick Pagoda Inscription. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy (Vol. 17, pp. 281).
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