File:Letter on Government Affairs - Zhu Xi.jpg

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Summary

The National Palace Museum lists two titles:
  • Letter on Government Affairs 致會之知郡尺牘
  • Letter to the Commandery Administrator Huizhi (In the Depths of Autumn) 致會之知郡尺牘 (秋深帖)
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Author
Zhu Xi
朱熹
Title

The National Palace Museum lists two titles:

  • Letter on Government Affairs
    致會之知郡尺牘
  • Letter to the Commandery Administrator Huizhi (In the Depths of Autumn)
    致會之知郡尺牘 (秋深帖)
Description

Zhu wrote this letter in the eighth lunar month of the Shaoxi fifth year (1194) after leaving his post as Administrator of Tanzhou (modern Changsha, Hunan) and on his way back to the capital. In it, he mentions the government affairs to be addressed in Tanzhou. Near the beginning of the letter, he relates the sad news of "national mourning," referring to the death of Retired Emperor Xiaozong in the sixth month of that year. However, in the following month, after Emperor Guangzong abdicated in favor of Ningzong, Zhu Xi had the opportunity to go to court and serve as an Instructor, bringing him joy as well.

— National Palace Museum
Date Eighth lunar month of the Shaoxi fifth year (1194)
Medium Album leaf, ink on paper
Dimensions 33.3 x 47.8 cm
institution QS:P195,Q540668
Accession number
故-書-000151-00000
Place of creation China during the Song dynasty
Object history In April 2011, the Ministry of Culture verified and declared this work as an Important Historic Artifact.
Inscriptions

Text of the letter (comprising two leaves), in cursive script:

八月七日。熹頓首啟。比兩承 書。冗未即報。比日秋深。涼燠未定。緬惟 宣布之餘。 起處佳福。熹到官三月。疾病半之。重以 國家喪紀 慶霈。相尋而至。憂喜交并。忽忽度日。殊無休暇。茲又忽叨 收召。衰病如此。豈堪世用。然聞得是 親批出。不知誰以誤 聽也。在官禮不敢詞。已一面起發。亦已申之祠祿。前路 未報。即思歸建陽俟 命。昨日解印出城。且脫目前疲冗。而後日之慮無涯。無由 面言。但恨垂老入此鬧籃。未知作何合殺耳。本路事合 理會者極多。頗已略見頭緒。而未及下手。至如長沙一郡。事之 合經理者尤多。皆竊有志而未及究也。 來喻曲折。雖有已施行者。但今既去。誰復稟承。如寨官之 屬。若且在此。便當為申明省併。而補其要害不可闕處之 兵。乃為久遠之計。未知今日與後來之人。能復任此責否耳。學官 之事可駭。惜不早聞。當與一按。只如李守之無狀。亦可惡也。劉法 建人。舊亦識之。乃能有守。亦可嘉也。李必達者。知其不然。前 日奉諉。乃以遠困之耳。得不追證甚喜。已復再送郴州。令不得憑其虛詞。 輒有追擾。州郡若喻此意。且羈留之。亦一事也。初聽其詞固無 根。而察其夫婦之色。亦無悲戚之意。尋觀獄詞。決知其妄也。 賢表才力有餘。語意明決。治一小郡。固無足為。諸司亦已 略相知。但恨熹便去此。不得俟政成。而預薦者之列耳。目痛 殊甚。草草附此奉報。不能盡所懷。唯冀 以時自愛。前迓 休渥。 閤中宜人及諸郎各安佳。二子及長婦諸女諸孫。一一拜問 起居。朱桂州至此。欲遣人候之。未及而去。因書幸為道意。有 永福令呂大信者。居仁舍人之親姪。謹愿有守,幸其詧 之也。熹再拜啟。 會之知郡朝議賢表。
Notes

The letter comprises these two leaves (read from right to left):

References
  • Cultural Invigoration. Dynastic Renaissance: Art and Culture of the Southern Song (exhibit). Taipei: National Palace Museum.
    文化振興. 文藝紹興-南宋藝術與文化特展 (展覽). 臺北: 國立故宮博物院.
  • Descriptions of the Works. The Making of a National Treasure: Select Masterpieces of Painting and Calligraphy in the Museum Collection (exhibit). Taipei: National Palace Museum.
    展件介紹. 國寶的形成-書畫菁華特展. 臺北: 國立故宮博物院.
  • 宋朱熹尺牘 冊. 書畫典藏資料檢索系統. 臺北: 國立故宮博物院.
Source/Photographer Cultural Invigoration. Dynastic Renaissance: Art and Culture of the Southern Song (exhibit). Taipei: National Palace Museum.

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