The Song dynasty emperor Taizong ordered Wang Zhu to engrave the tie (inscriptions) of the Chunhua Pavilion on stone in the third year of the Chunhua era (992). The engravings, which were actually carved on wood, consisted of examples of calligraphy from the imperial collection and made up ten volumes. This was the first compilation of a group of tie. After a short time, the engraved wooden boards became damaged, and the cracks were repaired with silver nails. In subsequent years the location of the boards was unknown. By the Song dynasty many recarvings had already been made and the examples from the jujube wood originals were very rare.
Four other original rubbings of the Chunhuage Pavilion Copybook have been sold in these rooms (volumes 4,6,7, and 8). The present copy of volume six is comparable to the same volume once owned by Jia Sidao (1213-1275, sold in September 1995, lot 55) in terms of the paper quality, ink tone, and the fact that it was made before the cracks were repaired with silver nails. Judging by the size of the cracks, this example was made slightly later than the previously sold copy.