Horizontal Scroll of Boundless Serenity《隶书通旷清恪横披》

Jing Hengyi (1877–1938)
Jing Hengyi, courtesy name Ziyuan, pseudonym Shichan, and later Yiyuan, was from Shangyu, Zhejiang. He was a renowned modern educator, calligrapher, and painter. In the 28th year of the Guangxu reign (1902), he studied in Japan and returned to China to help establish the Zhejiang Provincial Normal School. After the Xinhai Revolution, he became the principal of the school and concurrently served as the president of the Zhejiang Provincial Education Association. During the May Fourth Movement, he encouraged and supported patriotic democratic struggles, advocated for the New Culture Movement, and boldly reformed education. Due to the opposition of conservative forces, he left his position. In 1925, he participated in the First National Revolution and held positions such as a standing member of the National Government, a member of the Education Administrative Committee, and vice president of Sun Yat-sen University.

Jing Hengyi was deeply influenced by the Stele School of thought, focusing on clerical script in his calligraphy, particularly favoring the “two types of Cuan.” This work, created in the “Cuan style” of large characters, features slow and substantial lines, blending a sense of grandeur with elegance, showcasing his exceptional skill.

Translation of the inscription: “Broad and clear.” Inscription: “For Yunmen, by Hengyi.” Below the inscription are the white seal “Chanzi Jushi” and the red seal “Jingshi Hengyi.”

经亨颐（1877—1938），字子渊，号石禅，晚号颐渊，浙江上虞人。近代著名教育家、书画家。光绪二十八年（1902）留学日本，回国参加筹建浙江官立两级师范学堂，辛亥革命后任校长，并兼任浙江省教育会会长。“五四”运动时期，鼓励支持爱国民主斗争，倡导新文化运动，大胆改革教育。因遭守旧势力排挤而离职。1925年参加第一次国内革命战争，曾任国民政府常委、教育行政委员会委员、中山大学副校长。

经亨颐深受碑学思想影响，书法主攻隶书，尤喜“二爨”。此作即以“爨体”所作的擘窠大字，线条迟缓朴厚，奇崛之中不失儒雅，力能扛鼎，是他的精品之作。

释文：“通旷清恪”。款署：“云门属，亨颐。”款下钤白文石“禅居士”、朱文“经氏亨颐”二印。