Wang Xun

Chinese calligrapher
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroChinese calligrapher
PlacesChina
Politician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth349
Death400
Family
Father:Wang Xia
Siblings:Wang Min
Children: Wang Hong
Notable Works
Letter to Boyuan in Running Script 
The details

Biography

Wang Xun (Chinese name: 王珣; 349–400) was a Chinese calligrapher , who lived during the Jin Dynasty (265–420). Wang Xun was the "Sage of Calligraphy" Wang Xizhi (王羲之)’s nephew, Wang Xianzhi (王献之)’s cousin.

His most famous work is a letter written to his friend Boyuan (伯远), called A letter to Boyuan, one of the Three Rarities of Calligraphy(三希).


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