Calligraphy, Painting & Rubbings · TT401

Calligraphy Originals

Original and traced-copy calligraphy

68treasures

7dynasties

5institutions

Jin

7 treasures

265–420

Eastern Jin dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsWang Xizhi, Timely Clearing after SnowfallA brief letter written as the snow clearedNational Palace MuseumTE10027Eastern Jin dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsMid-Autumn LetterThe Mid-Autumn Letter of the Three RaritiesPalace MuseumTE10206Eastern Jin dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsWang Xizhi, Yuanhuan Tie (Letter on Official Posting)A late Wang Xizhi letter in a faithful tracingNational Palace MuseumTE10244Eastern Jin dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsWang Xun, Letter to BoyuanThe one Jin original of the Three RaritiesPalace MuseumTE10251Eastern Jin dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsWang Xizhi, Ping'an, Heru and Fengju LettersThree hundred oranges and two greetingsNational Palace MuseumTE10252Western Jin dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsLu Ji, Pingfu TieA get-well note from seventeen centuries agoPalace MuseumTE10260Eastern Jin dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsDuck Head Pill LetterWang Xianzhi in fifteen charactersShanghai MuseumTE10263

Tang

13 treasures

618–907

Tang dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsFeng Chengsu's Copy of the Orchid Pavilion PrefaceThe closest likeness of Wang Xizhi's lost masterpiecePalace MuseumTE10025Tang dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsYan Zhenqing, Draft Requiem for My NephewGrief and fury among the crossings-outNational Palace MuseumTE10028Tang dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsAscending the Yang TerraceThe one piece of writing in Li Bai's own handPalace MuseumTE10205Tang dynasty, dated 687 · Calligraphy OriginalsSun Guoting, Treatise on CalligraphyA theory of calligraphy written in cursiveNational Palace MuseumTE10212Tang dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsXu Hao, Patent of Office for Zhu JuchuanA Tang official's letter of appointmentNational Palace MuseumTE10213Tang dynasty, copied in 697 · Calligraphy OriginalsTang Copy of Letters by Wang Xizhi's FamilyThe Wang family letters copied for Wu ZetianLiaoning Provincial MuseumTE10214Tang dynasty, 719 · Calligraphy OriginalsEmperor Xuanzong of Tang, Ode to the Pied WagtailsAn emperor's ode to his brothersNational Palace MuseumTE10215Tang dynasty, dated 648 · Calligraphy OriginalsGuo Quan, Sudassana VinayaA complete Tang sutra copy of 648Palace MuseumTE10216Tang dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsHuaisu, Bitter Bamboo ShootsA monk's note asking for shoots and teaShanghai MuseumTE10235Tang dynasty, dated 777 · Calligraphy OriginalsHuaisu, AutobiographyHuaisu's whirlwind AutobiographyNational Palace MuseumTE10236Tang dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsDu Mu, Poem to Zhang HaohaoThe one poem in Du Mu's own handPalace MuseumTE10245Tang dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsOuyang Xun, Mengdian TieOuyang Xun in running scriptLiaoning Provincial MuseumTE10248Tang dynasty · ManuscriptsWu Cailuan, Tangyun Rhyme DictionaryThe book behind the legend of a scribe immortalNational Palace MuseumTE10527

Song

30 treasures

960–1279

Northern Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsSu Shi, Cold Food ObservanceCalligraphy born of exile, ranked third under heavenNational Palace MuseumTE10026Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsAlbum of Song Calligraphy TreasuresAn album of Song calligraphyNational Palace MuseumTE10217Southern Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsWu Ju, Seven-character QuatrainWu Ju writes a quatrain in Mi Fu's mannerNational Palace MuseumTE10218Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsAlbum of Ink Treasures by the Four Song MastersThe Four Song Masters in one albumNational Palace MuseumTE10219Northern Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsHandscroll of Calligraphy by the Four Song MastersThe Four Song Masters in one scrollNational Palace MuseumTE10220Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsAlbum of Authentic Works by the Four Song MastersThe Song masters' album Qianlong called divineNational Palace MuseumTE10221Northern Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsEmperor Huizong of Song, PoemHuizong's slender-gold script at its largestNational Palace MuseumTE10222Southern Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsZhu Xi, Commentary on the Xici of the Book of ChangesZhu Xi writes out the Book of ChangesNational Palace MuseumTE10223Northern Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsCalligraphy of Three Generations of the Su Family of MeishanThree generations of the Su family in inkNational Palace MuseumTE10224Northern Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsMi Fu, LettersMi Fu at ease in his lettersNational Palace MuseumTE10225Northern Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsAlbum of Calligraphy by the Su FamilyCalligraphy by a whole family of writersNational Palace MuseumTE10226Northern Song dynasty, 1083 · Calligraphy OriginalsSu Shi, First Ode on the Red CliffThe Red Cliff ode in Su Shi's own handNational Palace MuseumTE10227Northern Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsSu Shi, LetterA letter from Su ShiNational Palace MuseumTE10228Northern Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsCai Xiang, Letter (Three), from the Album of the Four Song MastersA letter by Cai Xiang from the Four Masters albumNational Palace MuseumTE10229Northern Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsXue Shaopeng, Miscellaneous WritingsXue Shaopeng, Mi Fu's peerNational Palace MuseumTE10230Southern Song dynasty, 1137 · Calligraphy OriginalsEmperor Gaozong of Song, Edict to Yue FeiAn emperor's own letter to Yue FeiNational Palace MuseumTE10231Northern Song dynasty, 1102 · Calligraphy OriginalsHuang Tingjian, Poem on the Pine Wind PavilionHuang Tingjian's sweeping late handNational Palace MuseumTE10232Northern Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsLin Bu, Two LettersTwo letters from the recluse of Solitary HillNational Palace MuseumTE10233Northern Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsWen Yanbo, Three LettersLetters from a statesman of four reignsPalace MuseumTE10237Northern Song dynasty, 1023 · Calligraphy OriginalsLin Bu, Poems in His Own HandA recluse's poems with a reply from Su ShiPalace MuseumTE10247Northern Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsWang Anshi, Essentials of the Surangama SutraA sutra in the reformer Wang Anshi's handShanghai MuseumTE10250Northern Song, 1088 · Calligraphy OriginalsMi Fu, Poems Written at TiaoxiPoems Mi Fu wrote for friends before a trip to TiaoxiPalace MuseumTE10254Northern Song, 1088 · Calligraphy OriginalsMi Fu, Shu Su Tie (Poems on Sichuan Silk)Eight poems on rare Sichuan silkNational Palace MuseumTE10255Northern Song, soon after 1050 · Calligraphy OriginalsCai Xiang, Poems in His Own HandPoems written on the road northPalace MuseumTE10256Northern Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsZhao Ji, Thousand Character Classic in Cursive ScriptThe slender-gold emperor's wild cursive scrollLiaoning Provincial MuseumTE10257Northern Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsHan Qi, Letter in Running-regular ScriptA chief minister's own letterGuizhou Provincial MuseumTE10261Northern Song dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsHuang Tingjian, Zhu Shangzuo TieCursive like a horse slipping its reinsPalace MuseumTE10264Northern Song, 1099-1100 · Calligraphy OriginalsHuang Tingjian, Poems of Hanshan and Layman PangChan verse from a place of exileNational Palace MuseumTE10265Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingEmperor Gaozong of Song, Classic of Filial Piety for Women, with Illustrations by Ma Hezhi (First Scroll)A Song court picture book of women's virtueNational Palace MuseumTE10326Northern Song dynasty · Archives & DocumentsAnonymous Song Calligraphy, Patent Appointing Sima Guang Left Vice DirectorThe patent that made Sima Guang chief ministerNational Palace MuseumTE10595

Yuan

7 treasures

1260–1368

Yuan dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsMiscellaneous Calligraphy by Yuan MastersSix Yuan writers in one scrollNational Palace MuseumTE10207Yuan dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsZhang Yu, Poem in Seven-character Regulated VerseVerse and brushwork by the Daoist Zhang YuNational Palace MuseumTE10208Yuan dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsZhao Mengfu, Origins of the Orchid Pavilion PrefaceZhao Mengfu traces the Orchid Pavilion lineNational Palace MuseumTE10209Yuan dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsZhao Mengfu, Rhapsody on Living in LeisureZhao Mengfu writes out a Jin rhapsodyNational Palace MuseumTE10210Yuan, 1295 · Calligraphy OriginalsZhao Mengfu, Poem on the Baotu SpringA poem for a friend who had never seen his homelandNational Palace MuseumTE10258Yuan, 1301 · Calligraphy OriginalsZhao Mengfu, The Two Odes on the Red Cliff in Running ScriptSu Dongpo and the Red Cliff in Zhao Mengfu's handNational Palace MuseumTE10259Yuan dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsXianyu Shu, Song of the Ancient Light-penetrating MirrorA poem for a mirror that casts its own patternNational Palace MuseumTE10262

Ming

8 treasures

1368–1644

Ming dynasty, 1551 · Calligraphy OriginalsWen Zhengming, Record of the Old Drunkard's PavilionWen Zhengming's small script in his eightiesNational Palace MuseumTE10238Ming dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsWen Zhengming, Poem in Seven-character Regulated VerseA regulated verse by Wen ZhengmingNational Palace MuseumTE10239Ming dynasty, 1528 · Calligraphy OriginalsWang Chong, Five Remembrance SongsFive remembered landscapes on sutra paperNational Palace MuseumTE10240Ming dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsZhu Yunming, Miscellaneous PoemsZhu Yunming's cursive across eleven metresNational Palace MuseumTE10241Ming dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsDong Qichang, Zhou Dunyi's TongshuDong Qichang writes a Neo-Confucian classicNational Palace MuseumTE10242Ming dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsShen Zhou, Appeal for Alms for a Beard, Huaxu ShuAn appeal for a beard, in jestNational Palace MuseumTE10243Ming, 1525 · Calligraphy OriginalsZhu Yunming, Poem in Seven-character Regulated VerseA cursive scroll written after wine by Zhu YunmingNational Palace MuseumTE10253Ming dynasty · Landscape PaintingShen Zhou, Sitting Up at NightA long night of sitting by the lampNational Palace MuseumTE10414