董其昌 1555-1636

釋文：（一）小児舟直至六月初始至，因知老親家為弟與宋使君從□已得如所請，而小孫□□及了鑒事矣，感刻何可喻。頃接手教，都門一無所費，而諸公相見，無不稱譽。不□江弟向林字伯、陳少宰、朱司馬，皆如教致感悰。獨是大司空將在復止，代之者猶非淮撫，則老親家當與撫公周旋有日。而惣河之擬，敝門生魏光祿亦與尊。倘果将推，亦是老親家相知聚首也。弟昌初欲請南，為南玄象先得。今可得院長，置身事外，差勝羶途。此外無足為老親家道者。惟內養祕受，有端緒可喜，非筆所能傳，終當面悉也。夫乎之便布此，謝後□。
六月九日，弟名正肅。左冲。
（二）九月初，從婁水王尚寶寄一椷於老親家，不意此時已有如許攀林之異。四海悲悼，如喪考妣。況彌留之曰，猶以舊講為意。如此聖君，政府安忍忘其遺言哉。初時開列，止憑典籍，貲流遺失，混亂不止過半，弟則恐別有好人，故誤之。今既改正，尚復不傳邸報，又何意也。□□講官鄒、郭、唐、蕭、全、焦、朱、吴、范、袁、劉、馮、不佞昌、黃、莊共十五人，而弟為第十三人。此時日日入直，供事者自□泰皇罷講。講官雖題而不供事，近年又講一日即止。則今之敘及三十員，與十五人不同。講筵之功與軍功等，載在會典，終難抹摋。弟惟聽之方公或敘或否而已。至於部推，不可以講筵為名，不必更煩道地。盖弟之寘輿，而有旁忌，老親家所知也。今作一書與方相公，相公與弟舊誼不薄。亦得銀二十四刄，封以侑缄。又，敝同年董工部誼臺亦欲封六刄。道遠人筆，懇老親家一應俟。其不受，即仍收之。勿為小僕所持，恐道路有虞。受則弟於家中送宅上也。餘在次柬悉之。
弟名正具。左冲。
（三）久聞老親家以督漕舟畄滯清源濟上，真朝家之勞臣，非高牙大纛不足酬也。但河上之䟽，何時可結局，至時須銓曹召任事之人。能亟欲覆，取優敘於旦夕間。而太宰亦至要，否則如梅年丈。雖有要旨，為大司空所轉咨，乃銓部竞置無事甲中。至今泇河之工，若滅若沒耳。承諭此時，三公可輕，真達人語。弟不為外服勞臣，同類並觀。蓋此時速逢倖擢，寡亷鮮恥之人如二奸及少司空輩，非端人正士所願與同朝耳。佇俟老親家內轉書歸，弟得暫相聚集峰湖間消受清福，仍於林皐觀老親家功名之成。青雲青山，異趣同味也。握雪礬石，出於徐州，託楊玄䕃，覓之竞不可得，可奈何。諸容𠻸布，不一。
四月廿八日弟名正肅。左冲。
（四）弟昌入都歲餘，無一日不以老親翁為念。都中士大夫頌老親翁者不少，但罪璫時無誦德一字、無立祠一字。海內未必詳知，弟昌所為深之者惟此。然至於慨慷相為，一片有心者，直至今春注籍兩目後始得。太僕俞少卿公祖，真荊髙意氣也。其念欲俟漕河兩尚書是其知己，即急老親翁之出山。弟亦以洛馬河之外，老親翁別有奇策，可與泇河欯昂。俞公祖拍案掀髯，誓同白水朱上愚、李葵濡不安其官。即有少司農主河起家，一尚書主漕（浙中）。河漕大敗，當有大逮，鑒作老親翁而□望。弟老病侵尋，四庋乞烋，今猶未遂。大都八月之杪，歸帆扺西郊矣。拜老親翁之賜，非家食所宜。施於旅人，無以為報，感與愧并謝謝。
六月廿日，弟名正肅。左冲。

題跋：（范）董思翁生平得力於《淳化閣帖》最多。余最愛其《送友人歸山歌》，筆力純熟，自得天趣。吾鄉先達張美如先生摹擬偪真，臨董未有出其右者。乙亥（1935）中伏，東雪老人題。鈐印：禹勤
（張）有清一代書家，莫不學華亭。而力求姿媚，遂成孱弱。不知文敏真氣內含筆勢洞達，自有一種隽爽流露豪端。即此書劄數通，草草若不經意，氣骨終是不凡。此學董者所冝知也。壬午（1942）初夏，一民先生屬题，漫書博教。大千張爰。鈐印：楥、大千
（高）華亭書法初宗襄陽，厥後集諸家之長，自成一家。此書熟極而流，當是人書俱老時所作，願一民先生永寶之。高一涵拜題。鈐印：高一涵印
（吳）民國三十有一年（1942）八月客蘭州。一民先生出示，吳敬恆敬觀。鈐印：吳敬恆印

Fan Zhenxu's inscription:
Dong Siweng learnt the most from the Model Writings from the Chunhua Pavilion. My favorite work by him is the Farewell Song to a Friend Returning to the Mountains, whose brushwork is mature and unaffected. My fellow townsman Master Zhang Meiru can imitate him to the utmost resemblance, and is surpassed by nobody as a copyist of Dong's calligraphy.

Zhang Daqian's inscription:
Calligraphers of the Qing Dynasty studied Huating without exception. Yet in their striving for elegance and beauty, their work gradually became feeble. They did not know that Wenmin's breath was withheld, his brushwork profound and reaching. Thus he naturally emanated a dashing vigor through his brush-tip. Even in this brief letter written in a seemingly halfhearted manner, his breath and bone are still exceptional. This is something students of Dong would do well to know.

Gao Yihan's inscription:
As a calligrapher Huating first studied Xiangyang and later combined the merits of various masters to forge his own style. This piece, skilled to the point of fluency, must have been written when both man and calligraphy had reached old age. I hope that Master Yimin will treasure it forever.