Lu Jianzhi's "Wen Fu" - Selection of Famous Calligraphers' Works Throughout the Ages (11)

Author: Sun Baowen
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Publishing Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The Wen Fu (Rhapsody on Literature), written by the Western Jin Dynasty litterateur Lu Ji, is a systematic treatise on literary creation in the form of a fu. This work is a complete and systematic theory of literary creation in the history of Chinese literary theory. During the early Tang Dynasty, Lu Jie, the nephew of the renowned calligrapher Yu Shennan, wrote the Wen Fu in running script. This scroll, on paper, measures 259 mm in height and 355.2 cm in width, has been passed down through generations of collectors and is inscribed with comments by numerous famous calligraphers. It is now preserved in the Taipei Palace Museum. The famous Yuan Dynasty calligrapher Zhao Mengfu highly praised Lu Jie's calligraphic art and benefited greatly from it. The renowned calligrapher Jie Huishi remarked, "Among the Tang Dynasty's calligraphic works, those with a robust structure and the style of the Jin Dynasty are rarely seen except in this scroll."