Stele of Chan Master Chujin at Qianfu Temple Prabhutaratna Pagoda by Wu Tongwei (detail); Tang dynasty, dated 805
Rubbing
Wu Tongwei
CHINA, Jiangsu, Donghai; Tang dynasty
Wu Tongwei was a high ranking official and calligrapher who specialized in running-cursive script. During his time, most calligraphers wrote in the “Yan script” style introduced by Yan Zhenqing, but Wu’s calligraphy differed in that it showed influence of styles from the Cao Wei Kingdom (220–265) and Jin dynasty (265–420). Stele of Master Chujin, a masterpiece exhibiting his calligraphy, was engraved in regular script on the back of the Stele of Prabhutaratna Pagoda. A rubbing of the stele calligraphy is now kept at the National Library of China in Beijing.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People, page 298.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Wu Tongwei." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , vol. 19, 2016, pp. 298.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Yichao, Mankuang, and Miaohsi. 2016. "Wu Tongwei" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , 19:298.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Yichao, Mankuang, & Miaohsi.. (2016). Wu Tongwei. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People (Vol. 19, pp. 298).
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