ADAM'S Fine Asian Art 25th June 2025

FINE ASIAN ART | 97 271 A ZITAN AND GILT-BRONZE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL ‘YU BI YANG ZHENG TU SHI’ BOOK COVER 清代紫檀嵌掐丝珐琅云龙海水江崖《御笔养正图诗》盒盖 China, Qing dynasty Size.30.8x19.2x8cm € 10,000 - 12,000 Note A complete set of the Imperial Painting Album of Cultivating Uprightness (Yubi Yangzheng Tu Shice) in the same format, along with its box, is housed in the Palace Museum in Beijing, catalogued under the artifact number (Gu 00072816). The full dimensions of the set are 30.5 x 19 x 9 cm. The Cultivating Uprightness Painting (Yangzheng Tu), also known as the Illustrations of Imperial Virtues (Shenggong Tu), is an educational work with an enlightening nature. It compiles legendary stories and historical anecdotes from King Wen of Zhou to the Song dynasty, promoting loyalty to the sovereign, filial piety, brotherly respect, honesty, and other Confucian ethical principles and codes of conduct. It elabo- rates on Confucian doctrines such as the moral order and the Five Virtues—benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and integrity. The work encourages imperial princes to cultivate themselves through attention tominor details, ultimately aiming for the governance of the country and the peace of the world. As a result, it was highly valued and praised by rulers of both the Ming and Qing dynasties. Emperor Qian- long composed poems for it, Emperor Jiaqing wrote eulogies, and Emperor Guangxu ordered the work and its imperial verses to be engraved and distributed. The Cultivating Uprightness Painting was created during both the Ming and Qing dynasties. 同样制式的完整《御笔养正图诗册》及盒子，藏于北京故宫博物院，文物编号为（故00072816），整套尺寸为30.5x19x9厘 米。《养正图》，又名《圣功图》，是一部具有启蒙教育意义的作品，辑录自周文王至宋代的历史典故与人物事迹，宣扬忠 君、孝悌、诚信等封建伦理道德与行为规范，阐述儒家的纲常理念及“仁、义、礼、智、信”五常思想。旨在劝诫皇子从日常 细节入手修身养性，最终达到治国平天下的理想。因此深受明清两代帝王重视与推崇。乾隆帝曾为其作诗，嘉庆帝撰赞文， 光绪帝更下令将其与御制诗赞一并刊刻颁行。明清两代均有绘制《养正图》。