Sinwi Haeseo Cheonja Gate

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1684

Category

Books & Records

Era

1837년(헌종 3, 신위 69세)

Designated year

2010

Location

관악구, 서울특별시— 서울특별시 관악구 관악로 1 (신림동, 서울대학교)

Coordinates

37.466287, 126.948156Kakao address conversion

This Thousand Character Classic in regular script was written in the hand of Sin Wi (1769-1845, pen-name: Jaha), in 1837 (the 3rd year of King Heonjong’s reign) when he was sixty-nine years of age. This is one of the oldest surviving copies of Thousand Character Classic from the Joseon Period. Brushwork samples of Sin Wi, thus far known, include daeryeon (pairs of two long strips of paper with calligraphy) in semi-cursive script and folding screens which have survived in large numbers. This is the only copy of Thousand Character Classic written by him. The brushwork of Sin Wi of later years displays maturity and assuredness, and, while similar to that of Weng Fanggang, a Qing-dynasty calligrapher whose style was largely influenced by the Tang-dynasty master Ouyang Xun, Sin Wi’s is softer and more graceful than the latter’s. This book, bound like a calligraphy album, has the title on the cover page, which also appears to have been written by Sin Wi. The book is well preserved and shows no traces of having been rebound.

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