1. A series of Lanting xu rubbings collected by You Si, a prime minister in the late Southern Song period, are called You Xiang-bens. This study overviews the dissemination routes and whereabouts of existing You Xiang-bens.
2. Yufu ling zi cong shan-ben, one of the You Xiang-bens (Vol. 1, No. 2) (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) is deeply connected with Lu Jishan-ben (National Palace Museum in Taipei) and Chen Jian-ben (The Palace Museum in Beijing). Taking into account the relations of Lu Jishan-ben and Chen Jian-ben with the major three lineages of Lanting xu, both versions are important in the research of lineage.
3. Since Zhang Cheng-keben (Shanghai Library) contains many questionable points, Yufu ling zi cong shan-ben is regarded as the oldest among Ling zi cong shan-bens with a reliable date of creation. Lanqianshanguan-ben is generally considered as written after a model.
4. The Lanting xu texts in printed version after the Southern Song period appear as “Ling zi cong shan-ben” and “Yang (怏)” in the 15th line is represented with “Kuai (快).” Considering that the Dunhuang manuscript uses “Ling (領)” and “Yang (怏)” whereas the character “快 Kuai” is inserted in small handwriting in the Yufu quezi-ben of You Xiang-bens (Vol. 1, No. 5), Ling zi cong shan-ben is presumed to originate in the insertion in the manuscript version of the text.
5. Yufu quezi-ben is the origin of Lanting xu in the Yingshang-ben version. Considering that Yufu ling zi cong shan-ben was edited in almost the same period as Yufu quezi-ben, Yingshang-ben cannot be the origin of Ling zi cong shan-ben.
6. The author recommends that versions of Lanting xu that are not Ling zi cong shan but share some characteristics with Ling zi cong shan-ben should be categorized as Ling zi cong shan-leiben. An Old Copy (Tokyo National Museum TB-1352), Yufu quezi-ben, and Yingshang-ben are included in this group.
7. Bazhu di’er-ben is presumed to be close to Ling zi cong shan-leiben and to have been created later than the original handwriting version of Yufu quezi-ben. Gu Wenbin-ben, which shows a close resemblance, is introduced here.
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