Four Poems (古詩四帖)
Zhang Xu (張旭, ca. 675–750), Tang Dynasty (618–907)
Ink on paper, 29.5 x 195.2 cm, Liaoning Provincial Museum, Shenyang
All of the four poems are on Daoist deity themes. The former two poems were originally composed by Yu Xin (庾信, 513–581), while the latter two poems were composed by Xie Lingyun (謝靈運, 385–433).
釋文:
東明九芝蓋,北燭五雲車。飄飖入倒景,出沒上煙霞。春泉下玉霤,青鳥向金華。漢帝看桃核,齊侯問棘(原詩為棗)花。應逐上元酒,同來訪蔡家。
北闕臨丹水,南宮生絳雲。龍泥印玉簡(原詩為策),大火練真文。上元風雨散,中天哥(原詩為歌)吹分。虛(原詩為靈)駕千尋上,空香萬裏聞。
謝靈運王子晉贊
淑質非不麗,難之以萬年。儲宮非不貴,豈若上登天。王子復清曠,區中實譁囂。喧既見浮丘公,與爾共紛繙(翻)。
巖下一老公四五少年贊
衡山采藥人,路迷糧亦絕。過息巖下坐,正見相對說。一老四五少,仙隱不別可?其書非世教,其人必賢哲。