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Good Day Forum,

Please may I ask for assistance with translation of the scrolls and the chop?

Many thanks
JJ

It took a while for me to begin to understand this couplet (which I might point out should be changed in position - the one on the right should be on the left). For clues as to meaning, I suggest that interested parties should Google the calligrapher DuFu.

The couplet involves four allusions about the essential elements for ancient literati:
工部文章 Gongbu's composition
Refers to the literary composition of Gongbu　(Du Gongbu 杜工部　a.k.a. Du Fu)
建安骨　Jian'an style
Refers to the vigorous style of poems by the　Seven Scholars of Jian'an era during the Han and Wei dynaties.
米家圖畫　Mijia paintings
Refers to Mi Fu's calligraphy and painting
鄴侯書　 Books of Ye Hou
Refers to the famous collector of books during the Tang Dynasty
Colophon;
壬申初夏 子玉　呉佩孚　In Early Summer of the Year of Water-Monkey (1932) by Ziyu、 Wu Peifu

Wu Peifu 呉佩孚　1874-1939
Courtesy name;　Ziyu
First-level general of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army
He was proficient in poetry, calligraphy and painting.At the time he was known as the pinnacle of warlord calligraphy.

With regards,
I.Nagy

I do not know how to thank you for your time, generosity and knowledge.
Many Thanks
JJ

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