Sun Kuo-t'ing: Shu-p'u (Essay on Calligraphy)
Tang Dynasty / handscroll / ink on paper
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Sun Kuo-t'ing (648?-698?) was a native of Fu-yang, Chekiang province. His style name
was Ch'ien-li. This work is a masterpiece celebrated from olden times as a paragon of
the cursive script. The piece, written in beautiful sentences of alternating four-and
six-character phrases, not only comments on ancient masters, discusses calligraphy styles,
explains techniques and indicates the method of studying calligraphy, but is also a
representative theory on calligraphy from the T'ang dynasty. The calligraphy evolves
magnificently, indicating a rich variety from the regulated style at the beginning to
the fluent brush strokes from the middle to the end sections.
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