Sun Guoting

Tang Dynasty calligrapher

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Also known as Sun Qianli · Guoting

Born: 646
Died: 691
Citizenship: Tang dynasty
Occupation: calligrapher
, writer

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Sun Guoting (646–691) or Sun Qianli (孫虔禮), was a Chinese calligrapher of the early Tang dynasty, remembered for his cursive calligraphy and his Shu Pu. 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, in Taipei, Taiwan, and on its web site.

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書書譜calligraphic work by Sun Guoting

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Shu Pucalligraphy by Sun Guoting

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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in China Biographical Database
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Commons Creator page: Sun Guoting
Family name: Sun
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1.Stated in China Biographical Database
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Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: worldwide
Courtesy name: 過庭 script: traditional Chinese characters · vietnamese reading: Quá Đình
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Ancestral home: Chenliu County
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1.Stated in China Biographical Database
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Has works in the collection: National Palace Museum

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