行穰帖 Spirit of 12 Words

【作者介紹】

王羲之（303年—361年），字逸少，漢族，東晉時期著名書法家，有「書聖」之稱。祖籍琅琊（今屬山東臨沂），後遷會稽山陰（今浙江紹興），晚年隱居剡縣金庭。

Inside Story

It is said that Spirit of 12 Words, a national treasure, was wandered from Yuan-ming-yuan to locals when the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China. Hsing-rang-tieh was collected by Chang Tachien years later. He paid a visit to Japan and carried it with him along the trip. It was then kept at the home of Nishikawa, a Japanese calligrapher, for a while. Now it is kept in the art museum of Princeton University which was listed as the museum that keeps the most quantity of Chinese calligraphy in the United States of America.