Artist: Zhao Puchu

Date: Modern, dated 1989

Dimensions: Height 23.0 cm, Width 68.0 cm

Material: Ink on paper

• Object Type：
  • CALLIGRAPHY
• Location：
  • Zhao Puchu Gallery
• Tag：
  • the secret of caring for life zhuangzi running script handscroll zhao puchu 1989 ink paper

The Secret of Caring for Life is a chapter from an ancient Chinese text Zhuangzi, which recounts the ways to stay healthy. Zhao Puchu, a learned scholar with a comprehensive knowledge of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism, applied Chinese philosophy to his behavior towards others, and expressed it in calligraphy, drawings, and poetry. His remarkable morality developed through long-time self practice, justified his composure, thinking, and non-demanding attitude towards life and work. Zhao wrote this work at the age of eighty-three in 1989, with relaxing, unassuming brushwork conveying an unworldly tranquility.