Abstract:

There are two editions of Zhou Bowen’s Siti Qianziwen published in Japan, namely “SakaiBen”and “Honzenji Ben”. The base books used in these two books were written by Zhou Bowen for hisdisciple Jiang Mian in the 20th year of the reign of the Zhizheng Emperor. However, after comparing thedetails of the two Japanese publications, it is found that there is no direct inheritance relationship betweenthem. In addition, the existence of the original copy of the Siti Qianziwen in the early Edo period in Japanbroke the inherent understanding of the origin of the “Karayo” calligraphy, which proved that at that time, inaddition to Nagasaki, people in Kinki had begun to learn seal script and official script. In our country, whenthe editions published in the Yuan Dynasty have disappeared, the existence of the two kinds of publishededitions in Japan not only has important reference value for the study of Zhou Bowen’s calligraphy and sealscript thoughts, but also has considerable value and status in the study of the history of Japanese calligraphyand the history of Chinese-Japanese cultural exchanges.