Sun Guoting () (646–691) or Sun Qianli (孫虔禮),
[It is not known whether Guoting was his name and Qianli his ]courtesy name
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, or the other way around. was a
Chinese calligrapher of the early
Tang dynasty
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, remembered for his
cursive calligraphy and his
Shu Pu (書譜, "A Narrative on Calligraphy" or "Treatise on Calligraphy" ()). The work was the first important theoretical work on Chinese calligraphy, and has remained important ever since, though only its preface survived. The preface is the only surviving calligraphic work of Sun, therefore it is responsible for both Sun's reputation as an artist and as a theorist. The original handscroll can be seen at the
National Palace Museum
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, in
Taipei
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Taiwan
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, and on its web site.
Notes
References
*''Two Chinese Treatises on Calligraphy: Treatise on Calligraphy (Shu pu) by Sun Qianli; Sequel to the "Treatise on Calligraphy" (Xu shu pu) by Jiang Kui''; Yale University Press, 1995; .
* Zhu, Guantian
"Sun Guoting" ''
Encyclopedia of China
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'', 1st ed.
External links
National Palace Museum web site entry on the ''Treatise on Calligraphy'', with full high-resolution scan of the complete workAnswers.com Art Encyclopedia entry on Sun Guoting- Annotated translation and introduction of Shu Pu (A Narrative on Calligraphy).
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646 births
691 deaths
7th-century Chinese calligraphers
Tang dynasty calligraphers