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K'uai-hsueh Shih-ch'ing
T'ieh
Wang Hsi-chih (ca. A.D. 307-
365)
Chin Dynasty
Ink on paper. Semi-cursive
script. Album leaf.
23.0 x 14.8cm
Wang Hsi-chih, whose
style name was I-shao, was
a native of Lin-i in Shantung
province. A precocious
youth, he later held several
high military posts, attaining
the rank of General of the
Right. It is said he would
practice calligraphy near a
pool and was accustomed to
washing his brush in its
water; eventually the pool
turned black with his ink.
He is revered as the
patriarch of calligraphy
and established calligraphy
as one of the loftiest of
all artistic pursuits in
Chinese culture.