Fu Shan: Poem in Cursive Script

Ch'ing dynasty

Hanging scroll / ink on silk

Artwork : 122.0 x 50.8cm

Hanging scroll : 200.0 x 62.8cm

Fu Shan (1607-1684) is a man of virtue well-versed in Chinese classics on ethics, politics, and history, as well as in medicine. He is also known as an accomplished calligrapher along with Wang Tou in the continuous script. He is especially at his best in both the flawless running and cursive scripts written on long hanging scrolls, and this work is a rare example in which many Chinese characters are arranged on a small hanging scroll. He freely and brilliantly moves his brush dipped in dark ink. ( Collection of the Shanghai Museum )