Autobiography
Huai-su (ca. A.D. 725-785)
T'ang Dynasty
Ink on paper.
Cursive script. Handscroll. 
28.3 x 75.5cm
     Huai-su was born in 
Changsha in Hunan 
province; his surname 
was Ch'ien. His style 
name was Ts'ang-chen; 
later he left his family
to become a monk, taking 
the religious name Huai-su.
He is most noted for a 
very rapid cursive style 
in which all strokes are 
connected.   It is said 
that his brush strokes are
like a startled snake 
slithering through the 
grass, and that they contain
the strength and fury of 
the whirlwind and driving
rains.