何紹基(1799-1873),字子貞,號東洲居士,晚號蝯叟,一作猨叟。湖南道州(今道縣)人。書法學自顏真卿,上溯周、秦、兩漢篆隸,下至六朝南北碑,晚年日課尤勤,將篆隸筆意融合行楷中,卓然自成一家。 本幅聯文:「山春初和可以放帶,蘭氣極靜為之不觴。」結字運筆法顏真卿,在圓潤渾樸中,也有疏瘦輕快的筆意。行字安排敧斜不拘,顯現不羈之感。 呂佛庭先生捐贈於民國95年。 (20120106)&* He Shaoji (style name Zizhen, sobriquet Dongzhou jushi, late sobriquet Yuansou) was a native of Daozhou (modern Daoxian) in Hunan. In calligraphy he studied the style of Yan Zhenqing and went back further to the Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties, even to the Northern and Southern steles of the Six Dynasties. In later years he worked diligently every day, incorporating seal and clerical manners into semi-regular script to create an outstanding style of his own. This couplet reads, “Early spring in the mountains can loosen one’s belt, the orchid’s fragrance so serene as to not raising a cup for it.” The character form and brush method here are both from Yan Zhenqing’s style. In the round richness and mature simplicity is also a light and airy brushwork. The arrangement of the lines slants unconfined, revealing an unbridled manner. Mr. Lü Fo-ting donated this work to the National Palace Museum in 2006. (20120106)