The Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China announced the fifth batch of ‘National Catalogue of Precious Ancient Books’ on 24 May 2016 in Beijing. Eight pieces of ancient rubbings from the collection of the Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) were on the list. All of them were donated by the Bei Shan Tang.<\/p>
This catalogue was proposed by the Ministry of Culture and approved by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. It imposes strict selection criteria. Listed materials are of historical, ideological and cultural significance, or rare books written in the languages of ethnic minorities. They should be written or printed before 1912, compiled or bound in the traditional manner. The first batch was announced in 2008. The current batch is the first time that items from a Hong Kong institution has been included.<\/p>
Begun 4 decades ago, the collection of the Art Museum, CUHK now comprises over fifteen thousand works of art. The world-renowned rubbings from the Museum’s collection have been exhibited in Beijing and Japan. The selected eight ancient rubbings for ‘National Catalogue of Precious Ancient Books’ include:<\/p>
To complement the announcement of fifth batch of ‘National Catalogue of Precious Ancient Books’, the Ministry of Culture and The State Administration of Cultural Heritage will host a special exhibition from June to August at the National Museum of Classic Books, Beijing. From the eight pieces, Model Calligraphies from the Chunhua Era (Chunhua ge tie<\/em>) and Lanting Preface, Imperial Court version with the ling<\/em> character topped by a shan<\/em> radical (Yufu lingzicongshn ben<\/em>) (No.2) will be exhibited. <\/p>","show_as_achievement":false,"achievement_category":[],"show_as_clarification":false,"show_as_announcement":false,"photos":null,"attachments":null,"video_source":null,"video_file":null,"add_play_button":false,"video_caption":"","show_migration":false,"original_id":"2271","photos_original":[{"photo":"5744338788a28.jpg","caption":"1. The Stele of Huashan Temple \t\t\t\r\nClerical script\r\nEastern Han dynasty, dated 165\r\nInk rubbing on paper, 11th \u2013 12th century\r\nAlbum of 27 leaves, each leaf 25 x 17.6 cm \r\nGift of Dr. Lee Jung Sen, Art Museum Collection, CUHK \r\n1973.0678"},{"photo":"574433a0f1404.jpg","caption":"2. The Stele for Xia Cheng \t\r\nClerical script\r\nEastern Han dynasty, dated 170\r\nInk rubbing on paper, 11th \u2013 12th century\r\nAlbum of 42 leaves, each leaf 26.4 x 14.6 cm \r\nGift of the Bei Shan Tang, Art Museum Collection, CUHK\r\n1981.0126"},{"photo":"574433a163f1f.jpg","caption":"3. Inscription on the Sweet Spring in the Jiucheng Palace\t \r\nCalligraphy by Ouyang Xun (557-641)\r\nTang dynasty, dated 632\r\nInk rubbing on paper, 12th century\r\nAlbum of 36 leaves, each leave 28.3 x 13.3 cm\r\nGift of the Bei Shan Tang, Art Museum Collection, CUHK\r\n1992.0024"},{"photo":"574433a1b01e7.jpg","caption":"4. Stele for Li Sixun \r\nText and calligraphy by Li Yong (678-747)\r\nTang dynasty, dated 739-740\r\nInk rubbing on paper, 12th \u2013 13th century\r\nAlbum of 76 leaves, each leaf 29 x 15.7 cm\r\nGift of the Bei Shan Tang, Art Museum Collection, CUHK\r\n1993.0263"},{"photo":"574433a21b321.jpg","caption":"5. Model Calligraphies from the Chunhua Era (Chunhua ge tie) \r\nQuanzhou version, parts of juan 6\u20138\r\nText and calligraphy by Wang Xizhi \r\nRunning and cursive scripts\r\nRecut of the prototype produced in 992\r\nInk rubbing on paper, 12th century\r\nAlbum of 68 leaves, each leaf 25 x 13.6 cm\r\nGift of the Bei Shan Tang, Art Museum Collection, CUHK\r\n1988.0033"},{"photo":"574433a26b2d9.jpg","caption":"6. Lanting Preface, Imperial Court version with the ling character topped by a shan radical (Yufu lingzicongshn ben) (No.2)\r\nText and calligraphy by Wang Xizhi, Eastern Jin dynasty, dated 353 \r\nFree hand copy of Emperor Gaozong (r. 1127-1162) of the Southern Song dynasty\r\nRunning script, ink rubbing on paper, 12th century\r\nAlbum of 7 leaves, each leaf 26.2 x 12.5 cm\r\nGift of Dr. Lee Jung Sen, Art Museum Collection, CUHK \r\n1973.0618"},{"photo":"574433a34883f.jpg","caption":"7. Lanting Preface, Qiantang Xu\u2019s version (No. 15)\r\nText and calligraphy by Wang Xizhi, dated 353\r\nRecut of Dingwu version\r\nInk rubbing on paper, 12th century\r\nAlbum of 7 leaves, each leaf 25.4 x 11 cm\r\nGift of Dr. Lee Jung Sen, Art Museum Collection, CUHK\r\n1973.0626"},{"photo":"574433a3b328b.jpg","caption":"8. Lanting Preface, unknown origin version (No.73)\r\nText and calligraphy by Wang Xizhi, dated 353\r\nRecut of Dingwu version\r\nInk rubbing on paper, 12th century\r\nAlbum of 7 leaves, each leaf 26.2 x 11.4 cm\r\nGift of the Bei Shan Tang, Art Museum Collection, CUHK\r\n1973.0627"}],"attachments_original":null},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/49253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/49253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}