<p>“自有仙才自不知、十年常梦采华芝、西风动地黄云暮、归去嵩阳寻旧师”——张照</p>

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2012-01-07T00:58:17.423Z
2012-01-07T00:58:17.423Z
xiecheng127
<p>It's hard to read such works if you don't get trained with calligraphy knowledge. For me, I could only read some characters in this work. I.e., I read "歸去嵩陽" in the last line, so I used this word and 张照 as key word to search more info on the internet, and I found this on "<a href="http://baike.baidu.com/view/3339882.htm" rel="nofollow">baike.baidu.com</a>". xiecheng127 is right, and I would like to paste the traditional version, since they are really traditional characters.</p>

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  <p>自有僲*才自不知，十年常夢採華芝。西風動地黃雲暮，歸去嵩陽尋舊師。</p>
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<p>*Actually, 仙 is also used in traditional system, and 僲 (or 僊, more standard) is another form in old times. Here, it seems that the 舛 part was replaced with 升. I think this happens in calligraphy (some characters look "wrong" in calligraphy when compared to the standard form).</p>

<p>If you want to see more his works, "<a href="http://artist.artxun.com/13022-zhangzhao/zuopin/" rel="nofollow">artist.artxun.com</a>" may be a good site.</p>

<p>By the way, when searching on some Chinese topics, google is not as good as baidu 百度, though you will get more ads with 百度. </p>

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2012-01-09T14:17:20.270Z
very nice answer. i like how you gave an explanation of the different variant forms of 仙. i knew it was used in traditional chinese, but i wasn't aware that 僲 was a variant!
magnetar
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Huang
<p>I can make out bits of this calligraphy, but not enough to <a href="http://www.shicimingju.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">look up the poem</a>. The first line (and the poet, which I assume is the last two characters) should suffice for the purposes of using a search engine to find the entire thing...</p>

<p>The calligraphy is by 張照 of the Qing dynasty. I particularly like his style of grass script, but have not managed to find many images of his calligraphy.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ZKwml.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Click here to see the image (279KB)</a></p>

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2012-01-06T23:24:28.627Z
Magnetar, I replaced the image with a link that lets you see the image separately (in a new tab, for example). I thought that big image would be too long when scrolling down, and resizing it would make it harder to read it properly, so I chose that solution. Obviously feel free to rollback, but I thought this would help more to the readability of your question. :)
Alenanno
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2012-01-08T00:55:53.603Z
How about just resizing the image? Why do you edit so much!
Village
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2012-01-09T14:15:59.477Z
I was divided about the edit. On the one hand, I sorta see the point -- on the other hand, I seldom click through on other stuff. The question got answered, that's the main thing. Now I know it off by heart. =)
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What does this calligraphy by 張照 say?
# What does this calligraphy by 張照 say?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-01-06)

I can make out bits of this calligraphy, but not enough to [look up the poem](http://www.shicimingju.com). The first line (and the poet, which I assume is the last two characters) should suffice for the purposes of using a search engine to find the entire thing...

The calligraphy is by 張照 of the Qing dynasty. I particularly like his style of grass script, but have not managed to find many images of his calligraphy.

[Click here to see the image (279KB)](https://i.sstatic.net/ZKwml.jpg)

**Tags:** character-identification

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: username_0, I replaced the image with a link that lets you see the image separately (in a new tab, for example). I thought that big image would be too long when scrolling down, and resizing it would make it harder to read it properly, so I chose that solution. Obviously feel free to rollback, but I thought this would help more to the readability of your question. :)  
> **username_2**: How about just resizing the image? Why do you edit so much!  
> **username_0**: I was divided about the edit. On the one hand, I sorta see the point -- on the other hand, I seldom click through on other stuff. The question got answered, that's the main thing. Now I know it off by heart. =)  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2012-01-07. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

It's hard to read such works if you don't get trained with calligraphy knowledge. For me, I could only read some characters in this work. I.e., I read "歸去嵩陽" in the last line, so I used this word and 张照 as key word to search more info on the internet, and I found this on "[baike.baidu.com](http://baike.baidu.com/view/3339882.htm)". username_3 is right, and I would like to paste the traditional version, since they are really traditional characters.

> 自有僲\*才自不知，十年常夢採華芝。西風動地黃雲暮，歸去嵩陽尋舊師。

\*Actually, 仙 is also used in traditional system, and 僲 (or 僊, more standard) is another form in old times. Here, it seems that the 舛 part was replaced with 升. I think this happens in calligraphy (some characters look "wrong" in calligraphy when compared to the standard form).

If you want to see more his works, "[artist.artxun.com](http://artist.artxun.com/13022-zhangzhao/zuopin/)" may be a good site.

By the way, when searching on some Chinese topics, google is not as good as baidu 百度, though you will get more ads with 百度.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: very nice answer. i like how you gave an explanation of the different variant forms of 仙. i knew it was used in traditional chinese, but i wasn't aware that 僲 was a variant!  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2012-01-07. Score: 3

“自有仙才自不知、十年常梦采华芝、西风动地黄云暮、归去嵩阳寻旧师”——张照


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