Artist: Tang Yin (1470-1523)

Date: Ming (1368-1644), dated 1523

Dimensions: Height 24.9 cm, Width 699.0 cm

Material: Ink on paper

Gift of Liu Jingji

• Object Type：
  • CALLIGRAPHY
• Location：
  • Chinese Calligraphy Gallery
• Tag：
  • poem running script handscroll tang yin ming 1523 ink paper

Tang Yin (1470-1523) is also known by his zi (designated names) Bohu and Ziwei and hao (literary name) Liuru Jushi, a native of Wuxian county (nowadays Suzhou, Jiangsu province). When obtaining the first place in the provincial civil-examination in the 11^th year (1498) of the Hongzhi reign, he was called Tang Xieyuan (first-ranking juren). This is a hepta-syllable poem by Tang Yin for his friend Yao Shuncheng, rendered with firm and vigorous brushstrokes in dynamic movements. Tang Yin wrote this scroll in the second year (1523) of the Jiajing reign when he was 54, probably his last work.