Shu Pu (書譜, also translated as "A Narrative on Calligraphy" or "Treatise on Calligraphy") is a representative Chinese calligraphic work by the Tang Calligrapher

Sun Guoting Sun Guoting () (646–691) or Sun Qianli (孫虔禮),It is not known whether Guoting was his name and Qianli his courtesy name, or the other way around. was a Chinese calligrapher of the early Tang Dynasty, remembered for his cursive calligraphy ...

. The work of about 3500 Chinese characters was written in 687AD and can be currently observed in the

National Palace Museum The National Palace Museum (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kwet-li̍p kù-kiung pok-vu̍t-yèn), is a museum in Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan). It has a permanent collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of Chinese artifacts and artworks, many of which wer ...

in Taiwan. However, whether this is the whole, part or the preamble of an unfinished work is still in debate. Besides its aesthetic value, the text content of Shu Pu is considered to be one of the most important documents in studying Chinese calligraphy. It is one of the earlier documents to systematically record and analyze the art, and is often used as a reference literature in the study of Chinese calligraphy. A more elaborate introduction and an annotated English translation of the work can be found online.

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