ATTRIBUTED TO ZHENG XIE (1693-1766)/XU JIYU (1795-1873) Two Calligraphic Works Two hanging scrolls, each ink on paper, first calligraphy in grass script, dated Qianlong yiwei (1755), signed Banqiao Zheng Xie, with two artist's seals, the other calligraphy in running script, signed Xu Jiyu, and with two seals. 54 x 14 1/2in (137 x 37cm) Attributed to Zheng Xie 46 1/2 x 22in (118 x 56cm) Xu Jiyu (2). Footnotes: Provenance: Collection of Yi Kuo-juei (1906-1990), thereafter by descent. Xu Jiyu, courtesy name Jiannan, sobriquets Songkan and Mutian, and studio name Tuimizhai, was a native of Wutai County (present-day Xinzhou city) in Shanxi Province. An eminent statesman, scholar, and geologist, he played an important role in Qing intellectual and political life from the Daoguang era (1820-1850) through the Tongzhi reign (1861-1875). In the later years of his official career, he assisted Prince Gong Yixin (1833-1898) in managing foreign affairs and oversaw the Tongwen Guan (The School of Combined Learning), a government institution established in Beijing in 1862 to teach Western languages, science, and technology. Widely recognized as one of the earliest Chinese scholars to advocate the study of the West, Xu was honored by the New York Times as 'the Galileo of the East.' In 1853, a group of American missionaries in Ningbo, Zhejing Province, presented a stone tablet to the Washington National Monument in the United States. The tablet was inscribed with paragraphs from Xu Jiyu's publication Yinghuan Zhilue (Brief Records of the World), published in 1849, praising George Washington as a selfless leader who established a peaceful and democratic government. （傳）鄭燮（1693-1766） 草書條幅 水墨紙本 立軸 一七五五年作 徐繼畬（1795-1873） 行書條幅 水墨紙本 立軸 其一：（傳）鄭燮草書 款識：（文不錄）乾隆乙未夏日，板橋鄭燮。 鈐印：鄭燮、板橋 其二：徐繼畬行書 款識：萬物靜觀皆自得，四時佳興與人同。二語深得道妙，徐繼畬。 鈐印：繼畬、臺州徐氏 來源： 易國瑞（1906-1990）舊藏，繼由其後人遞藏至今。 徐繼畬，字健男，號松龕、牧田，室名退密齋，山西五臺縣（今屬忻州市）人。道光至同治年間名臣、學者，亦為地理學家，嘗師事王秉韜（約1730-1802）、高鶚（1758-1815）等。仕宦後期，輔佐恭親王奕訢辦理洋務，並兼總管同文館事務大臣，即中國現代第一所高等學府之首位校長。徐氏為近代中國開眼看世界之先驅，被《紐約時報》譽為「東方的伽利略」。所著《瀛寰志略》（1849年），既介紹域外文明，亦闡揚西方民主共和之制。美國首都華盛頓紀念碑底座牆上，嵌有一方咸豐三年（1853）由大清浙江寧波府所贈之石碑，碑文即摘錄自《瀛寰志略》中有關華盛頓之按語兩段，足見其影響之深遠。 *本拍品不設底價 Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing