长沙博物馆藏谭延闿《麻姑仙坛记》书作时间考

Examining the Date of Tan Yankai’s Writing of Magu Xiantan Ji Collected by the Changsha Museum

谭延闿被誉为近代颜体大家,其楷书如贤者正襟端坐,深得庙堂之气,有一种位高权重的森穆气象。谭延闿曾集八年时间专临《麻姑仙坛记》数通,主张“取法乎上”的崇古观,期望达到“襟期直与昔贤齐,古意今情一时并”的书法审美理想。长沙博物馆收藏的谭延闿临《麻姑仙坛记》,末署“丁未二月十一日临一百有五通,奉八琅先生正”,经过考证应该完成于己未年,而非丁未年。

Tan Yankai is known as the modern master of Yan style calligraphy.His regular script is like a sage sitting on his front,with a touch of serenity of a high official.Tan Yankai spent eight years copying Magu Xiantan Ji,advocating the view of respecting the ancient times and hoping to achieve the calligraphy aesthetic ideal of“standing in line with the past sages,incorporating the ancient sense and the present feeling”.Tan Yan-kai’s Magu Xiantan Ji collected by the Changsha Museum has at its bottom the line,“Completed 105 copies on the 11th day of the second month in the Year of Dingwei and dedicated to Master Balang for criticism”.The correct date has been determined to be the Year of Jiwei rather than the Year of Dingwei.