南城詠古詩帖 The 16 poems about a tour of South city with friends

【About the author】

迺賢（1309年－1368年），一作納新，元朝色目人大臣，漢姓為馬，字易之，號河朔外史，葛邏祿人。汝州郟縣人，後遷居浙江鄞縣。祖籍阿爾泰山之西。

Inside Story

Nai Hsien wrote these sixteen poems after returning from a tour of South City with friends. Besides putting down the names of companies and individual thoughts over the ancient architecture, temple, monastery, he also recorded what he felt as he thought of the past of the buildings. A few days later a friend heard about the poems and inquired a transcript of the poem.