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Ting-wu Version of the
"Lan-t'ing-hsu" Rubbing
Sung Dynasty (A.D. 960-1279)
Semi-cursive script.
Handscroll. 27.0 x 66.7cm
The Lan-t'ing-hsu was
written by the great Eastern
Chin ( A.D. 317-420 )
calligrapher Wang Hsi-chih
as the preface to a
collection of poems
composed by a group of
friends gathered at
the Orchid Pavilion
(Lan-t'ing) on the third
day of the third month,
A.D. 354. Emperor
T'ai-tsung of the T'ang
dynasty was a great admirer
of Wang Hsi-chih's
calligraphy and, having
obtained the original
Lan-t'ing scroll, had it
engraved on stone in the
Imperial Academy. During
the Five Dynasties period
(A.D.907-960) the present
stele was taken by the
Khitan to Ting-chou in
Hopei. Ting-chou was
renamed Ting-wu during
the Sung. It is from
this that the stele
derives its name, and
hence this rubbing bears
Ting-wu as its prefix.