Portrait of Wen Tianxiang,

1794 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)

Portrait of Wen Tianxiang

1794 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)

Qin Ying 秦嬴 , encomium, carving agent

Hanging scroll; ink rubbing on paper

image: 34 x 90.2 cm. (13 3/8 x 35 1/2 in.) 38.3 x 103.8 cm. (15 1/16 x 40 7/8 in.)

Gift of George Rowley

y1958-232

Asia, China

Title: 宋文信國小像 Right: Qin Ying 秦嬴 (act. late 18th century) 右文信國公遺像，余官京師時，朱舍人 承寵所貽也。越二年，余以分巡駐溫州， 游江心寺。寺故有公祠，盖公以德祐二 年夏四月航海來此，欲與陸公秀夫、張 公世傑同立益信二王，至則二王已行， 公上表益王，動進，留一月始去。以是，郡 人即于寺左建祠以祀公。余瞻謁祠下， 既賦七言律詩一首，復鐫公像于石，嵌 置祠壁，繫之以贊，以當招魂之辭。贊曰： 天水運阻，六龍墜轡，慟哭中川，公時未 死。杜宇化蜀，精衛填海，銕衣泪染，玉帶 血漬。一劍崎嶇，孤琴顦顇，勤王閩嶠，畢 命幽薊。諸葛遺像，伍胥留祠，薾雲上征 金支翠羽，歘其來思，精靈仿佛。 乾隆甲寅[1794]四月既望，浙江分巡溫處 兵備道江左後學秦嬴謹識 【A slightly different version of this inscription is recorded in the Guangxu period edition of the Yongjia xian zhi 光緒《永嘉縣誌》gazetteer: http://diglweb.zjlib.net.cn:8081/zjtsg/dfz/dfzd.jsp?record=1063&back=-6&searchword=%D5%F3%CD%F6&presearchword=%BF%B9%C8%D5&channelid=91361 秦瀛《赞跋》：右文信国公遗像，余官京师时，朱舍人承宠所贻也。越二年，余以分巡驻温州，游江心寺。寺故有公祠，盖公以德祐二年夏四月航海来此，欲与陆公秀夫、张公世杰同立益信二王，至则二王已行，公上表益王，劝进，留一月始去。以是，郡人即于寺左建祠以祀公。余瞻谒祠下，既赋七言诗一首，复镌公像于石，嵌置祠壁，系之以赞，以当招魂之辞。赞曰：天水运阻，六龙坠辔，恸哭中川，公时未死。杜宇化蜀，精卫填海，銕衣泪染，玉带血渍。一剑崎岖，孤琴顦顇，勤王闽峤，毕命幽蓟。诸葛遗像，伍胥留祠，籋云上征，翠羽金支，精灵仿佛，歘其来思。乾隆甲寅四月既望，江右后学秦瀛识。新纂。】 【A slightly different version is also included in Sun Tongyuan 孫同元, comp., Yongjia wenjian lu 永嘉聞見錄 (1888).】 Left: Chen Guangning 陳廣寧 (d. 1814), zi: Jinghou 靖侯, hao: Mozhai 默斋齋. He inherited the office of 雲騎尉 and climbed to the position of 雲南騰越鎮總兵。Author of《壽雪山房詩稿》。 Qian Yong 錢泳 (1759-1844), a scholar and calligrapher. zi: Liqun 立群，Meixi 梅溪，hao: Meihuaxi jushi 梅花溪居士, native of Jingui county 金匮县, 泰伯乡, 西庄桥 (present-day Wuxi 无锡市, 鸿山镇, 后宅西庄桥). 江心寺謁文信國公祠 飄零丞相歷艱辛，絲[鬚]風霜老 戰塵，南渡山川餘一旅，中原天 地識三仁，誓登祖逖江邊揖，憤 激田橫島上人，卻望西臺更蕭 瑟，杜鵑啼罷六陵春。 。。。甲寅[1794]六月廿日。。。 金匮錢泳、山隂陳廣寧同拜觀。

Arranged horizontally, at right is title in seal-script calligraphy and a portrait of Wen Tianxiang 文天祥 (1236-1283), a scholar, poet, and official in the last years of the Southern Song dynasty, who became a popular symbol of patriotism and righteousness for his resistance against the Mongol forces. Shown from the waist up, Wen wears an official robe with a rank badge and official’s hat with stiff side flaps (futou 襆頭, also known as the wushamao 烏紗帽) that anachronistically are in a Ming dynasty style. Left of the portrait is a 1794 inscription with an encomium by Qin Ying 秦嬴 (act. late 18th century), who recounts that the portrait had been given to him and that while serving in office at Wenzhou 溫州, he composed the encomium and had the portrait carved in stone and mounted in a wall of a shrine to Wen Tianxiang standing next to the Jiangxin Si 江心寺 temple. Qin Ying’s contemporaries, Chen Guangning 陳廣寧 (d. 1814) and Qian Yong Qian Yong 錢泳 (1759-1844) viewed the portrait together and added an colophon in 1794 that was also engraved on the stone that is the base for this rubbing. The engraved stone is said to survive at the shrine.

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