石渠寶笈初編(養心殿),上冊,頁461-464 &*故宮書畫錄(卷三),第一冊,頁160-164 &*故宮歷代法書全集,第十一冊,頁118-157、202-208 &*蔡京(1047-1126)北宋書法家。字元長,仙遊(今屬福建)人。官至司空,拜太師。工書,字勢豪健,自成一格。《鐵圍山叢談》論其書法:「始受筆法於君謨,既學徐季海(浩),為幾棄去,學沈傳師。及元祐末,又厭傳師而從歐陽率更(詢),由是字勢豪健,痛快沈著。迨紹聖間,天下號能書,無出公之右者。其後又厭率更,乃深法二王(羲之、獻之),……遂自成一法,惟海內所宗焉。」清代周星蓮《臨池管見》稱:宋四家蘇、黃、米、蔡,蔡非蔡襄,而是蔡京。「後世惡其為人,乃斥去之,而進君謨(蔡襄)書」。傳世墨跡有《節夫帖》、《官使帖》、《鶺鴒頌跋》等。&*蔡京(西元1047-1126年),福建仙遊人,熙寧三年(1070)進士,歷神宗、哲宗、徽宗、欽宗四朝。徽宗時拜尚書左丞、右僕射,權勢甚隆,傾輒舊黨。欽宗立,貶官衡州,行至潭州死,年八十。 蔡京書法初學蔡襄,後來受徐浩、歐陽詢影響,字勢豪健,痛快沉著,其後又師法二王,自成一家。明代評論家認為「蘇、黃、米、蔡」四家中的「蔡」,是指蔡京,後世惡其為人,乃改為蔡襄。本幅選自「宋諸名家墨寶」冊。&*Ts'ai Ching was a native of Hsien-yu, Fukien, In 1070, he received his chin-shih civil service degree and servedin the reigns of four emperors-Shen-tsung, Che-tsung, Hui-tsung, and Ch'in-tsung. In that of Emperor Hui-tsung(r.1101-1125), he served as Minister of the Left and Director of the Right, using his power to attack his opponents. However, when Ch'in-tsung assumed the throne in 1126, he lost favor and was banished to Heng-chou, He died along the way in T'an-chou at the age of 79. Ts'ai Ching began his study of calligraphy following Ts'ai Hsiang(1012-1067), but was later influenced by the styles of Hsü Hao(703-782) and Ou-yang Hsün(557-641). His calligraphy is powerful and firm, full of energy and penetrating. Later, he studied the styles of the Two Wangs(Wang Hsi-chih 【ca.307-ca.365】 and Wang Hsien-chih【344-386】) and formed his own. Critics of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) considered the "Ts'ai" referred to in the Four Sung Masters as originally having been Ts'ai Ching. However, his condemnation by historians led later generations to change the figure to another calligrapher of the same surname—Ts'ai Hsiang. This letter is from the album "Ink Treasures by Famous Sung Masters"