Artist: Wen Zhengming (1470-1559)

Date: Ming (1368-1644), dated 1531

Dimensions: Height 169.0 cm, Width 96.4 cm

Material: Ink on paper

• Object Type：
  • CALLIGRAPHY
• Location：
  • Chinese Calligraphy Gallery
• Tag：
  • celebrate the birthday running script hanging scroll wen zhengming ming ink paper

Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), originally named Bi, is also known by his zi (designated name) Zhengzhong and hao (literary name) Hengshan, a native of Changzhou (nowadays Suzhou, Jiangsu province). He was adept in all scripts, especially skilled in small regular script. This prose by the artist himself was written to celebrate the birthday of Hua Qixiang, father of Hua Yun. The work employs wet ink and elegant brushstrokes. Wen Zhengming wrote it at the age of 62 in the tenth year (1531) of the Jiajing era.