Eight Kinds of Jin and Tang Writings in Small Standard Script

Various artists

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This set of rubbings replicates a canon of standard script writings attributed to the Jin dynasty master Wang Xizhi (ca. 303–ca. 361) as well as two of his greatest Tang dynasty followers: Yu Shinan (558–638) and Chu Suiliang (596–658). These writings, a fundamental source for later students of standard script, were first preserved in carved stone during the Tang dynasty, but rubbings continued to be made from this set until modern times.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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