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Portrait of Ouyang Xiu,
1794 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)
Su Shi 蘇軾, attributed to, 1036–1101
Hongli 弘曆, calligraphy, 1711–1799
Li Zhiyi 李之儀, calligraphy, 1048–after 1117
Chao Yuezhi 晁說之, calligraphy, 1059–1129
Zeng Yu 曾燠, carving agent, 1751–1831
Shao Tinglie 邵廷烈, viewer, active late 18th–early 19th century
Hongli 弘曆, calligraphy, 1711–1799
Li Zhiyi 李之儀, calligraphy, 1048–after 1117
Chao Yuezhi 晁說之, calligraphy, 1059–1129
Zeng Yu 曾燠, carving agent, 1751–1831
Shao Tinglie 邵廷烈, viewer, active late 18th–early 19th century
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1958-230
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Title
Portrait of Ouyang Xiu
Dates
1794 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)
Maker
Su Shi 蘇軾 , attributed to
Hongli 弘曆 , calligraphy
Li Zhiyi 李之儀 , calligraphy
Chao Yuezhi 晁說之 , calligraphy
Zeng Yu 曾燠 , carving agent
Shao Tinglie 邵廷烈 , viewer
Hongli 弘曆 , calligraphy
Li Zhiyi 李之儀 , calligraphy
Chao Yuezhi 晁說之 , calligraphy
Zeng Yu 曾燠 , carving agent
Shao Tinglie 邵廷烈 , viewer
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink rubbing on paper
Dimensions
image: 125.3 x 51 cm. (49 5/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
145 x 54.5 cm. (57 1/16 x 21 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of George Rowley
Object Number
y1958-230
Place Made
Asia, China
Inscription
Top:
Hongli 弘曆 (1711-1799; Qianlong emperor 乾隆帝, reigned 1735-1795), calligraphy
侍郎裘曰修，典試江南道，滁州見醉翁亭故跡，彼有藏歐陽修小像者，攜以來，舉沈德潛為乞文徵明題辭故事，允其請，書以還之。
是誰三鬣儼圖諸，
太守風流憶治滁。
題詠名高宋人物，(有李之儀晁悅之所題贊)
操弦韻軼古樵漁。(謂蘇軾醉翁操)
翁之樂者山林也，
像點何妨水月如。
使節新從釀泉過，
依然鄉井下風餘。
乾隆壬申[1794]初夏御題
【Elsewhere in most other sources the last quatrain and signature line are differently recorded. Ex.:
https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/歐陽修集/附錄四
乾隆十七年壬申，高宗純皇帝《題宋臣歐陽修遺像》詩並序：
醉翁樂匪山林也，
遺像逸真水月如。
使節新從釀泉過，
依然鄉井下風餘。
寧國府知府臣 歐陽衡 敬錄】
Middle, right:
Li Zhiyi 李之儀 (1048-after 1117), zi: Duanshu端叔
賢哉文忠，直道大節。知進知退，既明且哲。
陸贄議論，韓愈文章。李杜歌詩，公無不
長。當世大儒，邦家之光。 李端叔
Middle, left:
Chao Yuezhi 晁說之 (1059-1129)
惟我
昭陵，公乃得升。天下無朋，
國有魏公。 公乃得容，不朋
以忠。風波旣散，高山𤢜
見。小人是嘆，㫺賢在是。
寧論厥似，聞其百世。
元豐三年[1080]孟夏
晁悅之
Left, bottom:
Zeng Yu 曾燠 (1751-1831)
乾隆五十九年[1794]秋八月，兩淮監軍使臣曾燠恭勒上石。
Shao Tinglie 邵廷烈 (act. late 18th-early 19th century)
鎮洋邵廷烈敬觀。
Notes:
1. Shao Tinglie 邵廷烈, zi: Zi子顯，Boyang 伯揚，hao: Tuixian waishi 退閒外史; native of Zhenyang 鎮洋. In 1839, he served in an education post (jiaozhi 教職) in Yangzhou.
Description
Standing figure in a long-sleeved robe of Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修 (1007-1072), also known as Old Drunkard (Zuiweng 醉翁), an essayist, historian, poet, calligrapher, politician, and epigrapher of the Song dynasty. The image is said to be modeled after a portrait by Su Shi painted for the Erxian Tang 二賢堂 shrine to Ouyang Xiu and Wang Yucheng 王禹偁 (954-1001) built in Chuzhou 滁州, Anhui province, in 1095. This painting had inscriptions by Li Zhiyi 李之儀 (1048-after 1117) and Chao Yuezhi 晁說之 (1059-1129) of the Northern Song dynasty. This painting entered the Qing imperial collection and received an inscription and poems from the Qianlong emperor in 1752. The portrait was then carved into stone in the late 18th century and was located in the Zuiwen Ting 醉翁亭 pavilion in Chuzhou during the Jiaqing reign (1796-1820). In 1794, Zeng Yu 曾燠 (1751-1831) was serving in office at Yangzhou 揚州 and he had the image on the Chuzhou stone recut and installed it in the Pingshan Tang 平山堂 hall in Yangzhou. Unfortunately, this stone and the hall were both destroyed during the Xianfeng reign (1851-1861). This rubbing was taken from the Yangzhou stone and includes an inscription in the lower left 1794 identifying the carver as Zeng Yu, and a viewer as Shao Tinglie 邵廷烈. Before the destruction of the Yangzhou stone, in 1849 a rubbing of that stone was used to recut the portrait and erected it in the Sixian Ci 四賢祠 shrine in West Lake 西湖, Yingzhou. This stone included the Qianlong emperor and two Song dynasty inscriptions, as well as the Zeng Yu and Shao Tinglie inscriptions (at lower left). It added an 1849 inscription by Cheng Yu (lower right). Today, this stone is in the Huilao Tang 會老堂 hall in the old district of West Lake, Yingzhou.
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