Segment of Zhenguan Zhengyao
- Date
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制作年 AD8
- Title
- ジョウガンセイヨウダンカン
- Materials, techniques and shape
- Ink on paper
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
Zhenguan Zhengyao (Chen-Kuan Cheng-Yao;Jap. Jogan Seiyo) is a vivid account of the court of Emperor Taizong (Taitsung, 598-649; reign: 627-649; Jp. Taiso) of the Tang Dynasty which was compiled by the court historian Wu Jing (Wu Ching) into 10 volumes, comprising 40 chapters. It is a collection of calligraphic records of correspondence between the emperor and his courtiers, as well as discussions on politics, administration and other matters. As an idealized account of the emperor and his government, Zhenguan Zhengyao was favorite reading for policy-makers in China and Japan.An excerpt from the First Volume (Chapters 5 of Volume on Government & Political administration) is calligraphed on green (though now faded to tan) hemp paper (mashi) and decorated with brownish shell-white pigment. This segment was likely one of the colored, square-shaped shikishigata papers inscribed with verses that had been pasted on the byobu folding screen brought back to Japan by the government mission to the Tang court. The thick, heavy and somewhat lengthened hand shows the dynamism true to the Tang spirit in China. This segment is the only extant piece today with no similar segments, and therefore is regarded as priceless.
朕以天下至広千端万緒須合変通委百司商量宰相籌画於事穏便方可奉（奏）行豈得以一日万機独［断］一人之慮若詔勅頒下有未穏便者必須執奏不得順旨便即施行［務］尽臣下之意
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- Title (EN)
- Segment of Zhenguan Zhengyao
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- Weights and quantities
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Quantity 1幅
- Attachments
- 外箱（二重箱）、墨書、巻止め
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