A Letter to Boyuan (伯遠帖)
Wang Xun (王珣, 350-401), Jin Dynasty (265-420)
Album leaf, ink on paper, 25 x 17.2 cm, Palace Museum, Beijing
Wang Xun was also from the prominent Wang family. He was Wang Xizhi (王羲之)’s nephew, Wang Xianzhi (王獻之)’s cousin. This piece of calligraphy is a letter to his friend Boyuan (伯遠).
Transcription: 珣頓首頓首 伯遠勝業情期群從之寶 自以羸患 志在優遊 始獲此出意不剋申 分別如昨永爲疇古 遠隔嶺嶠 不相瞻臨
