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Letter from Master Daoqian to Shutong

CHINA; Northern Song dynasty (960–1127); By Daoqian; Running script; Ink on paper; 27.6 x 47.6 cm; Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan
This letter is a friendly correspondence written by Chan Master Daoqian for his friend Shutong. The note was written in response to a letter Shutong sent him while he was away traveling; the content is general and amicable, asking how his friend has been doing in these past months. Master Daoqian was a monk of the Yunmen school who excelled in poetry and befriended many literati. The famous calligrapher and poet Su Shi once praised his verses as extraordinarily refreshing." In fact

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