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Lot Essay
In Pursuit of Antiquities: The Importance of Fu Shan’s Shuang Hong Kan Notes
A native of Yangqu, Shanxi province, Fu Shan (1607-1684), was a great scholar during the late Ming and early Qing period. Born into a scholar- official family, he was proficient in Classics, Buddhist and Taoist teachings, Masters’ writings, poetry and verses, calligraphy and painting, medical science and martial arts.
Accompanied with a tailor-made wooden box and four book sleeves, Fu Shan’s Shuang Hong Kan Notes comprises eleven books with a total of one hundred and sixty leaves, stipulated more than two hundred forty pieces of manuscripts by the artist. The notes are organized according to the four traditional categories: Classics (e.g. The Rites of Zhou, The Book of Songs), Histories (e.g. Records of the Grand Historian, Discourses of the States), Letters (e.g. Encountering Sorrow) and Masters (e.g. The Writings of Zhuangzi). There are also notes and quotes on other books, like Huangdi Neijing, the oldest medical classic of ancient China, as well as various poems and verses.
Many of Fu Shan’s manuscripts had been lost due to political chaos throughout his early years. Thanks to the efforts of his grandson, Fu Liansu in preserving his works, this very rare and important Shuang Hong Kan Notes has been kept in private hands for more than a hundred years.
A native of Yangqu, Shanxi province, Fu Shan (1607-1684), was a great scholar during the late Ming and early Qing period. Born into a scholar- official family, he was proficient in Classics, Buddhist and Taoist teachings, Masters’ writings, poetry and verses, calligraphy and painting, medical science and martial arts.
Accompanied with a tailor-made wooden box and four book sleeves, Fu Shan’s Shuang Hong Kan Notes comprises eleven books with a total of one hundred and sixty leaves, stipulated more than two hundred forty pieces of manuscripts by the artist. The notes are organized according to the four traditional categories: Classics (e.g. The Rites of Zhou, The Book of Songs), Histories (e.g. Records of the Grand Historian, Discourses of the States), Letters (e.g. Encountering Sorrow) and Masters (e.g. The Writings of Zhuangzi). There are also notes and quotes on other books, like Huangdi Neijing, the oldest medical classic of ancient China, as well as various poems and verses.
Many of Fu Shan’s manuscripts had been lost due to political chaos throughout his early years. Thanks to the efforts of his grandson, Fu Liansu in preserving his works, this very rare and important Shuang Hong Kan Notes has been kept in private hands for more than a hundred years.