Artist: Song Jue (1576-1632)

Date: Ming (1368-1644)

Dimensions: Height 29.5 cm, Width 594.9 cm

Material: Ink on silk

• Object Type：
  • CALLIGRAPHY
• Location：
  • Chinese Calligraphy Gallery
• Tag：
  • poem handscroll song jue ming ink silk

Song Jue (1576-1632) is also known by his zi (designated name) Biyu and hao (literary name) Puyang Laoren. He was a native of Puyang in Fujian province but later moved to Jinling (today's Nanjing, Jiangsu province). Song Jue was a student in Guozijian (the Imperial Academy). He was adept in clerical script and copied Stele of Xiacheng, an Eastern Han dynasty stone stele. This scroll was once reworked by purpose as Dong Qichang's work. Further studies have proved that this work is Song Jue's copy of Dong Qichang's Nineteen Ancient Poems after Various Masters. It was calligraphed between 1610 to 1632.