Yusenan - Guseinan

A calligrapher from the early Tang Dynasty in China. His pen name was Bo Shi. He was from Yuyao, Yuezhou (Yuyao County, Zhejiang Province). He was known for his love of learning from an early age, and studied under Gu Ye King of Wu County, the author of "The Jade Scriptures," and excelled in poetry and prose. He served under the Southern Dynasty's Chen Emperor and then Emperor Yang of Sui, before returning to the Tang Dynasty. He studied calligraphy under Wang Xizhi's calligraphy under the monk Zhiyong, who lived at the end of the Southern Dynasty, and showed great talent. He was praised as one of the three great calligraphers of the early Tang Dynasty, along with Ouyang Xun and Chu Suiliang. In the Tang Dynasty, he was highly valued by Emperor Taizong, and was promoted one after another, eventually becoming the Duke of Yongxing County. Emperor Taizong praised Senam for the five great qualities he possessed: virtue, loyalty, erudition, literary skill, and letters. His handwriting is known in the Confucius Temple Monument, the Tombstone of the Duke of Runan, and the Records of Records.

[Mitsuharu Kanzaki]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

中国、初唐の書家。字(あざな)は伯施(はくし)。越州余姚(えっしゅうよよう)（浙江(せっこう)省余姚県）の人。幼少より好学で知られ、『玉篇(ぎょくへん)』の著者呉郡の顧野王(こやおう)に学び、詩文に長じていた。南朝の陳、ついで隋の煬帝(ようだい)に仕えたのち、唐に帰した。南朝末の僧智永(ちえい)について王羲之(おうぎし)の書法を学び、才を発揮、欧陽詢(おうようじゅん)、褚遂良(ちょすいりょう)とともに、初唐の三大家と並び称された。唐代に入ると太宗(たいそう)に重用され、次々と昇進を重ね、最後は永興県公に任じている。太宗は世南に五絶ありとして、徳行、忠直、博学、文辞、書翰(しょかん)をあげて称揚した。筆跡として「孔子廟堂碑(こうしびょうどうのひ)」「汝南公(じょなんこう)墓誌銘」「積時帖(せきじじょう)」が知られている。

［神崎充晴］

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