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Compiled by Rachel Hou

Lu Ji (261-303)
Ping Fu Tie
in official-cursive script
Collection of the Palace Museum
Endowed with extraordinary talent from his youth, Lu Ji was renowned for his masterpiece in Chinese literature history, Ode to Literature. Ping Fu Tie is recognized as the earliest authentic Chinese calligraphy extant today.

Anonymous
Chu Shi Song (Eulogy of Launching the Campaign)
in official-cursive script
Collection of the Palace Museum
With vigorous strokes and a compact composition, the calligraphy written in official-cursive script looks very elegant. It is regarded as a rare piece handed down from the Sui dyansty.

Hui Xi (? - after 545)
Saddharmapundarika Sutra
in running script
Collection of the Shanghai Museum
On September 21st, 545 AD (the 11 year of the Datong reign), monk Hui Xi wrote the sutra at the Fahai Temple. Featuring with a neat composition and well-disciplined brushwork, this calligraphic work is a precious piece of the Western Jin dynasty.

Feng Chengsu(active in the 7th century)
Copy of  Lan Ting Xu Tie
in running script
Collection of the Palace Museum
Feng Chengsu(active in the 7th century), was proficient in calligraphy with delicate brushstrokes. This scroll has also been labeled as "Holy Dragon Version" because it has the Tang Emperor Li Xian's seal mark "Holy Dragon".

Zhai Qian (? - after 659)
Saddharmapundarika Sutra, Volume 3
in small regular script
Collection of the Shanghai Museum
This scroll of sutra was written by monk Zhai Qian in the 4th year of Xianqing reign (659 AD) of the Tang dynasty. With a very regular and orderly composition, it represents the typical calligraphic style of the Tang dynasty.

Anonymous (Tang 618-907)
Copy of Huang Ting Jing (Classic of the Yellow Court)
in regular script
Collection of the Palace Museum
There is no signature or seal mark of the calligrapher on the scroll. The original Huang Ting Jing was written in 356 AD, the 12th year of the Yonghe reign of the Eastern Jin dynasty. As a copy of the Tang dynasty, this piece transcribed in a graceful and vigorous handwriting shows a typical style of the Tang samll regular script.