Timely Clearing After Snowfall (快雪時晴帖)

Timely Clearing After Snowfall (快雪時晴帖)

Sunny After Snow

Ancient Calligraphy

Chinese Calligraphy

Calligraphy Masterpiece

Famous Calligraphy

Running Script (行書)

Jin dynasty (晉朝)

Wang Xizhi (王羲之)

The Three Treasures Hall (三希堂)

In this short letter written in running script, Wang Xizhi sent a greeting to a friend after a snowfall. In the piece, much of the brushwork appears round and blunt, the dots and hooked strokes not revealing the tip of the brush. The characters are even and balanced, revealing a straightforward elegance and introverted harmony. This artwork is included in The Three Treasures Hall (三希堂) and influenced Zhao Mengfu (趙孟頫)'s Colophon (題跋).

Wang Xizhi (王羲之)

Jin Dynasty (晉朝)

National Palace Museum (國立故宮博物院), Taipei (臺北市)

Colophon (題跋)

Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion (蘭亭集序)

Three Passages: Ping-an, He-ru, and Feng-ju (平安何如奉橘三帖)

Mid-Autumn (中秋帖)

A Letter to Boyuan (伯遠帖)

Album leaf

Ink on paper

23 x 14.8 cm

Running script (行書)

28 characters in 4 rows

Chinese

Calligraphy

timelyclearingaftersnowfall

This is a letter sent by Wang Xizhi to a friend, Zhang Hou, in Sanin.

羲之頓首 快雪時晴 佳想安善 未果為结 力不次 王羲之頓首 山陰張侯

There was a snowstorm, but now, the sun is out. I am missing you, I wonder if you are doing well? However, I won't be able to meet you, making my heart ache and filled with regret. When, will we be able to meet?