SUN GUOTING

'Sun Guoting' (, 646–691) or 'Sun Qianli' (孫虔禮),^[1]was a Chinese calligrapher of the early Tang Dynasty, remembered for his cursive calligraphy and his ''Treatise on Calligraphy'' (書譜). The work was the first important theoretical work on Chinese calligraphy, and has remained important ever since, though only its preface survived. This preface itself is the only surviving calligraphic work of Sun, therefore it is responsible for both Sun's reputation as an artist and as a theorist.

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1. One cannot be sure whether Guoting was his name and Qianli his courtesy name, or the other way round.

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★ ''Two Chinese Treatises on Calligraphy: Treatise on Calligraphy (Shu pu) Sun Qianli: Sequel to the "Treatise on Calligraphy" (Xu shu pu) Jiang Kui (Shu Pu : Sequel to the "Treatise on Calligraphy")''; Yale University Press, 1995; ISBN 0-300-06118-8.

★ Zhu, Guantian, "Sun Guoting". ''Encyclopedia of China'', 1st ed.