"Zhu Gui Husband and Wife Statue", unearthed in 1989 on the bank of the Xue River ten miles north of Weishan County, Shandong, is now stored in the Weishan Cultural Center. "Zhu Gui Husband and Wife Statue Record" engraved in the second year of Sui Daye (606 AD), the main book, the author is unknown. The upper part of the stele is a relief statue, the carving technique is delicate, the line body is smooth, vivid and expressive. The lower part is the main text of the statue, a total of 11 lines, 176 words. There are more than 360 characters in the whole monument.
This stele records that Zhu Gui and his wife live in the Xue River, and the bank is deep in the water, the north and south rush to the point, the path of the people return, then make a wish, build the bridge to benefit the villagers, when people remember their merits, it is according to the statue of the stone to praise it. Who is Zhu Gui, there is no historical data, and there is no way to investigate. The Xue River belongs to the Surabaya water system, originating in the mountainous area of Lunan and flowing westward into Weishan Lake. This monument is only a few decades away from the representative work "Zhang Heinu Epitaph" at the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it also belongs to the old site of the Northern Dynasty, and the style of calligraphy is obviously influenced by the Northern Dynasty. The calligraphy of this stele is ordinary at first glance, and the fine product is strange in the flat, hidden danger in the positive, the sense of infinite fun, no pretentiousness, and alternate with the pen square and circle, when the dew is hidden, the bone force is contained, and it is very varied. In terms of structure, the horizontal and vertical strokes are straight, and the gestures are naturally calm and elegant. The stele is delicate and delicate, and it better expresses the skill and charm of the author's original handwriting, and in comparison, the two sides are a little sloppy and clumsy. The Sui Dynasty was an important period in the history of Chinese calligraphy, but the fate of the Sui Dynasty regime was short-lived, and there were few steles left, so the excavation of the "Statue of Zhu Gui and His Wife" undoubtedly provided valuable information for the study of the evolution of calligraphy and regular script in the Sui Dynasty.
Original text] The second year of the Great Sui Dynasty is the first month of Bingyin, the first month, the fifteenth day of Gengwu. The husband contains the life of the spirit, and the creation is distinguished. Although he did not have the ambition to train him, Zhou Kong said: Don't know how to come, how do you know how to go! Only the Heavenly Master is the one who crosses the towering world. Zhu Gui, a native of Chatun Township, Liuxian County, is the root of Peiguo, the white eyebrows, and the Han Dynasty after Zhu Bo. The body is like three tigers, powerful and eight dragons, the knot is popular, the literature can heal the disease, and the wife Chen is the Han Dynasty Chen Fan, who is the Han Dynasty Chen Fan, with a good temperament and four virtues. Communicative heart of the main monk monks. Ten people, including Seng Xing, lived in Xue River. The shore is steep and the water is deep, the north and south rush to the top, and the people return to the path, so they make a wish and camp the bridge. Picking wood and doing work, I have to be on this bridge from now on, thank you.