石沉碑 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	石沉碑
品名（英）	Stele for Shi Chen
入馆年号	1992年，1992.166.2a–ff
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者	Unidentified artist
创作年份	公元 1800 - 公元 1899
创作地区
分类	拓本（Rubbing）
尺寸	图像: 10 7/8 x 5 5/8 英寸 (27.6 x 14.3 厘米) 整体 with mounting: 13 7/8 x 7 7/16 英寸 (35.2 x 18.9 厘米)
介绍（中）	近一千八百年来，这块拓印的石碑一直矗立在山东曲阜圣人出生地附近的孔庙里。石碑上刻有孔子记忆中庙宇仪式的文字。公元168年，官员石琛抵达曲阜时，亲自出资举行了一场包括祭祀祭品在内的精心祭祀仪式。然后，他向灵帝（168-69年在位）提交了一份纪念碑，要求资金支付每年春季和秋季的仪式费用。石碑上的书法是汉代文书文字的一个例子。这种文字类型最初由抄写员和官僚为日常书写而开发，后来广泛用于需要严格、有序书写形式的石刻。在文书脚本中，块状字符适合虚构的网格，笔画往往粗细均匀。一些水平描边以清晰界定的棱角笔尖结束，而弯曲和向下展开的笔触则显示复杂的形状。文字的宽敞布局和笔画的间距均匀，营造出一种与石碑在寺庙区域内的位置相称的尊严感。
介绍（英）	For nearly eighteen hundred years, the stone stele from which this rubbing was taken has stood in the Temple of Confucius, adjacent to the sage's birthplace in Qufu, Shandong Province. The stele bears engraved texts concerning rituals conducted at the temple in Confucius's memory. When the official Shi Chen arrived in Qufu in A.D. 168, he personally financed an elaborate ritual that included sacrificial offerings. He then submitted a memorial to Emperor Ling (r. 168–69) requesting funds to pay for the rituals each year in the spring and autumn. The calligraphy on the stele is an example of Han-dynasty clerical script. Originally developed by scribes and bureaucrats for everyday writing, this script type came to be widely used for stone inscriptions requiring strict, orderly forms of writing. In clerical script, blocky characters fit into an imaginary grid, and strokes tend to be of even thickness. Some horizontal strokes end in sharply defined, angular tips, while curved and downward-flaring strokes display complex shapes. The spacious layout of the text and even spacing of the strokes create a sense of dignity appropriate to the stele's placement within the temple precinct.