Yanzhou Shanren tiba 弇州山人題跋

Yanzhou Shanren tiba 弇州山人題跋 is a collection of accompanying words (ti-ba 題跋) on calligraphies written during the Ming period 明 (1368-1644) by Wang Shizhen 王世貞 (1526-1590).

The book consists of 3 juan, the first of which includes 38 poems of dedication on calligraphy (mo 墨) from the beginnings to the Song period 宋 (960-1279). The second fascicle covers, with 32 poems, calligraphy of the Yuan 元 (1279-1368) and Ming periods, but the significant part of the artworks was created by Zhao Mengfu 趙孟頫 (1254-1322). The last section of 56 poems mainly praises the calligraphic works of Zhu Yunming 祝允明 (1461-1527). The last juan assembles Wang's laudatory comments on stele inscriptions (beike 碑刻).

The text is included in the series Yanzhou sibu gao 弇州四部稿, in which accompanying texts to miscellaneous writings (zawen ba 雜文跋), calligraphies (moji ba 墨跡跋), printed calligraphies (moke ba 墨刻跋), paintings (hua ba 畫跋), and Buddhist writings (Fojing ba 佛經跋) are gathered. However, the wording of calligraphy notes in the Sibu gao and that in the separate Yanzhou Shanren tiba is not identical, which means that the stand-alone version was perhaps a kind of draft or excerpt.