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Running
Script Emperor
Lizong (1205–1264; r. 1224–64), a ruler of moderate temperament, was
the most accomplished of the late Southern Song imperial calligraphers. Because
running script is written more quickly than regular script, the angles of the
characters are softened, and the swift movement of the calligrapher's brush is
visible. In the four columns of running script in this fan, Emperor Lizong retains
some of the taut brushwork found in regular script but uses lean, attenuated lines
with occasional flaring strokes. A large Song palace seal impressed on the left
side of this fan reads "Treasure of imperial writing." |
