Artist: Zhao Puchu

Date: Modern, dated 1970

Dimensions: Height 23.0 cm, Width 67.0 cm

Material: Ink on paper

• Object Type：
  • CALLIGRAPHY
• Location：
  • Zhao Puchu Gallery
• Tag：
  • three admonitions liu zongyuan on fear running script handscroll zhao puchu 1970 ink paper

The Three Admonitions are three short essays composed by Liu Zongyuan when he was deported to Liuzhou. They include On Fear, On Worry, and On Enemy. By copying these essays, Zhao expressed his worries of the times and reminded himself of continuous mental cultivation. Zhao wrote this work in 1970 at the age of sixty-four, a masterpiece boasting good brush strength and varied, coherent strokes.