Wang Shu (English spelling)

Japanese: 王澍 - おうじゅ（英語表記）Wáng Shù

1668-1739 or 43
A Chinese calligrapher and scholar from the early Qing dynasty. Born in Jintan, Jiangsu Province. His pen name was Ruolin, and his pen names were Xuzhou and Zhuyun. He was a Jinshi in 1712 (51st year of the Kangxi era). He entered the Hanlin School as a household affairs officer, and later became a Wairang in the Ministry of Personnel. He studied calligraphy under Ouyang Xun and others from the Tang dynasty, and excelled in strict regular script, while his cursive script was taught by the people of the Jin dynasty. He excelled in copying and imitating calligraphy, and can be said to have been a pioneer of the so-called school of calligraphy. He was also renowned as a calligraphy critic and scholar of the classics, and is known for his works such as Xuzhou Inscribed Postscript, Zhuyun Inscribed Postscript, and Examination of the Secret Pavilion of Chunhua.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1668‐1739か43
中国，清代前期の書家，学者。江蘇省金壇の人。字は若霖，号は虚舟，竹雲。康熙51年(1712)の進士。翰林に入り戸科給事中，のち吏部員外郎となった。書は唐の欧陽詢らを学んで厳格な楷書を得意とし，また草書は晋人を宗とした。臨摹（りんも），臨書にすぐれたものを残しており，いわゆる帖学（じようがく）派の先駆を成したと言える。書論家，古典研究家としても名高く，《虚舟題跋》《竹雲題跋》《淳化秘閣法帖攷正》などの著述がある。

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