C8 祝允明：祖允暉慶誕記

祝允明: 祖允暉慶誕記

祝允明（1460－1526），長洲人。字希哲。生而枝指，故號枝山、枝指生。詩文多奇氣，尤工書法，與同鄉唐寅、文徵明、徐禎卿合為吳中四才子。是幅為慶賀友人祖允暉三十歲誕辰作。楷書而帶有行草筆意，筆致輕鬆自如，有圓潤秀逸的韻味。

祝允明：祖允暉慶誕記

祝允明は五歳にして大字を書し、九歳にして詩を草したと伝え、長じては万巻の書物を読んで文章に秀で、書に才能を発揮しました。本幅、小楷・行書に古法を得たと評される祝氏の三十一歳の作。親友祖允暉の誕生祝いに贈ったもの。のびやかな筆致が比類なく魅力的な作です。

Chu Yun-ming : On Tsu Yun-hui's Birthday

Chu Yun-ming (1460-1526), Hsi-che by style name, was a native of Ch'ang-chou (Soochow). Because he was born six-fingered on the right hand, his sobriquets were Chih-shan and Chih-chih-sheng ("Chih" means "six-fingered"). He demonstrated his best talent in calligraphy, was close to T'ang Yin from the same district, and is called the Four Talents in the region of Wu along with Wen Cheng-ming, T'ang Yin and Hsu Chen-ch'ing. This work was produced to celebrate the thirtieth birthday of his friend Tsu Yun-hui. The keynote of this piece is the small standard script which is intermingled with the semi-cursive script indicating the freedom of brushstrokes.