呂世宜(1784-1855),字可合,號西村,泉州金門人,道光二年(1822)舉人,因周凱(活動於十九世紀前半)推薦,應聘板橋林家,協助收集金石書畫,所購得之書籍及金石拓本,立下臺灣金石學基礎。 此幅行書內容為「茶香禪榻味,瘦竹古梅居。」古拙中帶逸氣的書風,別有韻緻,對於臺灣清領末葉和日治時期書壇具重要影響。 林誠道先生捐贈於民國91年。(20110204)&* Lü Shiyi (style name Kehe, sobriquet Xicun) was a native of Kinmen (then part of Quanzhou) and became a Provincial Graduate (juren) in 1822. He was recommended to assist in the collecting of painting, calligraphy, and inscriptions on bronze and stone for the Lin Family of Banciao by Zhou Kai (fl. 1st half of 19th c.). The books and rubbings he bought became the basis of Bronze and Stone School studies in Taiwan. This couplet in running script reads, “Fragrance of tea, aroma of a meditation seat; Slender bamboo, an old plum studio.” The archaic and untrammeled style has a unique harmony that would have an important influence on calligraphic circles of the late Qing dynasty and Japanese colonial period in Taiwan. Mr. Lin Ch’eng-tao donated this couplet to the National Palace Museum in 2002.(20110204)