賜曾覿 To my royalty courtier

【作者介紹】

宋高宗是傑出的書法家；自言「……凡五十年間，非大利害相仿，未始一日捨筆墨」，初學黃庭堅，後改學米芾，至終以追摹魏晉法度和王羲之、王獻之父子。

Inside Story

The first paragraph described a royalty courtier told Emperor Tai (in Tang Dynasty) pros and cons of regime in Sui Dynasty as well as how an emperor should avoid making the same mistakes. In the other paragraph, one day Emperor Kao felt it was rather difficult to be an emperor because there were too many things he wanted to do and remained undone. Tseng Ti happened to be around and advised him what an emperor ought to do. Tseng Ti believed Emperor Kao was capable of leading the country to prosperity. Emperor Kao gained his confidence back after listening to Tseng Ti. Emperor Kao was reading Tang-History and he wrote down a paragraph and gave it to Tseng Ti.