SHEN ZENGZHI (1850-1923)Calligraphy in Running ScriptInk on paper, hanging scrollSigned Meisou, with three artist's seals and four collectors' sealsTitleslip inscribed and signed by Mingzhai, dated 1970, with one collector's seal140.5 x 38.5cm (55¼ x 15⅛in)For further information on this lot please visit theArtist or Maker: Shen Zengzhi (Chinese, 1850-1922)Provenance: 沈曾植　行書韋應物〈陪王郎中尋孔征君〉　水墨紙本　立軸簽條：沈寐叟書法精品。此幀得自北京榮寶齋，公元一九七〇年再裝。鈐印：明齋珍藏款識：俗吏閑居少，同人會面難。偶隨香署客，來訪竹林歡。暮館花微落，春城雨暫寒。甕間聊共酌，莫使雅歌闌。念常賢表阮屬書，寐翁。鈐印：曾植印信、海日樓、知一念即無量劫藏印：明齋書畫藏章、公則溥、幻餘室、鄆城一記註：「鄆城夏伯子金石圖書記」乃夏繼泉（1884-1965）藏印。夏繼泉，字溥齋，號渠園，中年後改號蓮居、一翁。山東鄆城人。清末直隸知州、江蘇知府。鼎革後被推任為山東省各界聯合會會長、山東都督府最高顧問兼秘書長等職。一九二一年，籌備曲阜大學，兼東魯學校校長。夏氏為佛教居士，專修净土宗，曾與沈曾植等人一同研求佛學，篤志弘法。