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Who is 山陰張侯?

羲之頓首。快雪時晴。佳想安善。未果。為結。力不次。王羲之頓首。–山陰張侯 Not sure why my friend sent me this image…That incorrect character has been driving me nuts though.  

Su Shi (蘇軾, 1037–1101), Song Dynasty (960–1279) Handscroll, ink on paper, 34.2 x 199.5 cm, National Palace Museum, Taipei In terms of semi-cursive script, the size of the characters here ranges considerably. Su Shi once said of his own calligraphy that it is “everything from short to long, plump to bony (短長肥脊各有態).” Here, the size…

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