Prince Su's calligraphic hanging scroll - 肅親王書法立軸

Abstract

Shanch'I Aisin-Gioro, known as Aitang (courtesy name), was the last Su Prince (the first Su Prince, Hooge (1609-1648), is the eldest son of the first Qing emperor) and the head of eight eupatrid-families. Serving as the minister of Civic Affair and other important positions in the imperial court, he was one of supporters of the constitutional movement (1907-1911) and one of founders of a police system. After the establishment of Republic China in 1912, Aisin-Gioro tried to restore the last emperor by every possible means. He sent his fourteenth daughter, Xianyu Aisin Gioro , to receive military training in Japan. At her age of eight, Xianyu Aisin Gioro was adopted by Naniwa Kawashima, a Japanese espionage agent. She was renamed as Yoshiko Kawashima and began her espionage career in her age of 20s. A major goal of her works is to establish Manchukuo (a puppet state governed by Puyi ( the last emperor of China, 1906-1967)). The story of Yoshiko Kawashima has been played in several movies such as "The Last Emperor".愛新覺羅善耆，字艾堂，最後一代肅親王(第一代肅親王是皇太極長子豪格) 。政治勢力雄厚，曾擔任民政部大臣、清朝八大世襲家族中的首席王公大臣，贊成清朝末年的立憲運動，為中國現代警查察制度的建造者之一。民國之後圖謀復辟，均告失敗。他將第十四個女兒愛新覺羅顯玗，過繼給日本人接受訓練，意在復興大清帝國。愛新覺羅顯玗後改名川島芳子，長期為中國、日本間的間諜。Shanch'I Aisin-Gioro extracted the poem written by Yu Change (1277-1348, a poet in Yuan dynasty) to describe raining landscape.肅清王截取清代張雨「聽雨樓圖」中的兩句詩, 以描寫雨中景色.Rainy streets are veiled in the hazy smoke. Lower floors are filled with sounds of falling rain.雨中市井迷烟霧，樓底聲聲無著處。Postscript: dedication to Pinghe; Signature: Prince Su款識: 平賀先生屬, 肅清王.1) [Illegible]; 2) Prince Su; 3) Owner of Ou Sui Pavilion1) [未辨認]; 2) 肅親王; 3) 偶遂亭