Qianlong was always eager to include the best examples of calligraphy in his art collection. In fact, he eventually confiscated An Qi's whole collection. Thus, Sending Regards to a Friend re-entered the palace. Interestingly, Emperor Qian-long did not leave a seal or inscription on this letter fragment and hence did not record it in the catalogue for his own art collection. One can only speculate about the reasons for this omission. Perhaps it was because this manuscript was known to be a Tang tracing copy and not an original by Wang Xizhi. If Qianlong believed his Three Rarities to be originals, he may not have felt the need to study or even handle a Tang tracing copy of a calligraphic work that Wang Xizhi had produced.
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