袁鼎虽说是夷门民国重要书家,但在他去世还不到五十年的时间里,开封市面上已很难觅见他的书法墨迹了。某个夏日的黄昏,一场雷阵雨刚过,在潘家湖东岸的一家茶馆里,我和开封篆刻名家曾广教授谈到了袁鼎先生,他说,早在2001年编纂《二十世纪开封书法作品选集》的时候,袁鼎的名字原是列入到了收录者名单的,遗憾的是,编委会费尽九牛二虎之力,也没能找到他的任何一件书法作品。作为编委成员之一的曾广教授心有不甘,又为此奔波了数月,足迹踏遍古城每条幽深的巷子,最后也徒有一声叹息。 Although Yuan Ding was an important scholar in the Republic of China, he was hardly able to find his calligraphy ink in the market of Kaifeng in less than 50 years after his death. At a dusk on a summer day, just after a thunderstorm, at a teahouse on the east bank of Panjiahu Lake, I talked with Mr. Yuan Guang, a famous Kaifeng carving artist, to Mr. Yuan Ding. He said that as early as 2001, “The 20th Century Kaifeng Calligraphy Works anthology ”, Yuan Ding’s name was originally included in the list of collectors, but unfortunately, the editorial committee exhausted all efforts, but also failed to find any of his calligraphy works. As a member of the editorial board, Professor Zeng Guang was unwilling to do so. For this reason, he ran for several months and traveled through every deep alley of the ancient city. Finally, there was a sigh.