Hsien-yu Shu: Semi-cursive and Cursive Calligraphy
Yuan Dynasty / album / ink on paper
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Hsien-yu Shu (1257 1302) was a native of Yu-yang, north of Tientsin. His style name was
Po-chi, and his sobriquets were K'un-hsueh-min and Chih-chi lao-jen. He retired from the
bureaucracy in his middle years, avoided worldly affairs and spent much of his time playing
the ch'in zither, writing calligraphy and producing painting. He followed the calligraphy
style of Chang T'ien-hsi and is said to have attained greatness through hard work making him
one of the prominent calligraphers of the Yuan dynasty in the rank of Chao Meng-fu. This work
is a transcription of twelve poems from the T'ang dynasty such as that by Tu Fu, executed in
semi-cursive and cursive script. It indicates his openmindedness and magnificent strength,
and is a masterpiece perhaps outshining the works by Chao Meng-fu.
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