Thousand Character Classic in Cursive Script (草書千字文)

Thousand Character Classic in Cursive Script (草書千字文)

Ancient Calligraphy

Chinese Calligraphy

Calligraphy Masterpiece

Famous Calligraphy

Cursive Script (草書)

Song Dynasty (宋朝)

Zhao Ji (趙佶)

The Thousand Character Classic (千字文), is a set of non-repetitive one thousand characters that have been used to help children learning Chinese characters since the sixth century onwards. It is sung just like how children sing the "alphabet song" when they learn the Latin alphabet. The characters include Three Character Classic and the Hundred Family Surnames, which could give the basis of Chinese literacy training. There are 32 copies of the book found in the Dunhuang archaeological excavations, which indicates its popularity during the Tang dynasty.

Zhao Ji (趙佶)

Song Dynasty (宋朝)

Liaoning Provincial Museum, Shenyang (遼寧省博物館)

Thousand Character Classic (千字文)

Poem of Fragrance (穠芳詩帖)

Slender Gold Style (瘦金體)

Handscroll

Ink on paper

33.5 x 1127 cm

Cursive script (草書)

250 lines of 4 characters apiece, grouped into 4 line rhyming stanzas

Chinese

Calligraphy

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