Artist: Liu Jue (1410-1472)

Date: Ming (1368-1644), dated 1466

Dimensions: Height 137.8 cm, Width 51.8 cm

Material: Ink on paper

• Object Type：
  • CALLIGRAPHY
• Location：
  • Chinese Calligraphy Gallery
• Tag：
  • hepta-syllable poem cursive script hanging scroll liu jue ming ink paper

Liu Jue (1410-1472) is also known by his zi (designated name) Tingmei and hao (literary name) Wan'an, native to Changzhou (nowadays Suzhou in Jiangsu province). A juren (a successful candidate of provincial civil-examination) in the third year (1438) of the Zhengtong era, Liu became an official in Shanxi province. Adept in painting and calligraphy, he learned regular and running scripts from styles of Zhao Mengfu and Li Yong. This work is a transcription of the poem Revisiting Huanghe Pavilion on a Snowy Day by the Ming dynasty poet Yang Ji. The brushstrokes are dynamic with sharp turns. The calligrapher wrote the work at the age of 57 in the second year (1466) of the Chenghua reign.