Editorial Department of Zhonghua Book Company 
Small Script of Wen Zhengming(1) 

Wen Zhengming”s calligraphy has the highest achievement in small script. In the Ming Dynasty, Wang Shizhen said that "Wen Zhengming was named in the small script at home", and Zhu Hegeng of the Qing Dynasty also believed that " Wen Zhengming was the first in regular script of Ming dynasty." Wen Zhengming is the third peak in small script after Wang Xizhi and Zhao Mengfu. He studied the small script from Zhiyong, Zhao Mengfu, and Ouyang Xun in his early years, and then went deep into the Jin and Tang Dynasties, focusing on Zhong Yao and two Wang. Wen”s small script is beautiful and elegant, and it is pure and exquisite, and is favored by calligraphy lovers of all ages. The book includes the following works by Wen Zhengming in small script: Ten Chronicles of Thatched Cottage, , album, length 23.2 cm, width 28.4 cm, now in the Palace Museum. The Story of Zui Weng Pavilion, vertical scroll on paper, 53.5 cm in length and 28.6 cm in width. Pan Gu Xu, hand scroll on paper, 13.5 cm high and 48.5 cm wide, now in Tianjin Museum. Returning Words, album, 13.7 cm high and 16.1 cm horizontal, in the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing. Chang Qing Jing Jing Said by Tai Shang Lao Jun, Biographies of Lao Zi album, 29.9 cm high and 11 cm wide, now in Tianjin Museum. Chang Qing Jing Jing Said by Tai Shang Lao Jun, album, 24.8 cm high and 15.2 cm wide, now in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Thousand Characters, hand-scrolled, 28 cm high and 52.7 cm wide; another silk copy, 26.7 cm high and 66.1 cm wide, is hidden in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Thousand Characters, hand scroll, 23.5 cm high and 67 cm horizontal, stored in Shanghai Duoyunxuan. Lianshe Picture Records, album, 25.5 cm high and 9.8 cm wide.