Wang Xun (calligrapher)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang.

Wang Xun (Chinese name: 王珣; 349–400) was a Chinese calligrapher , who lived during the Jin Dynasty (265–420). Wang Xun was the "Sage of Calligraphy" Wang Xizhi (王羲之)’s nephew, Wang Xianzhi (王献之)’s cousin.

His most famous work is a letter written to his friend Boyuan (伯远), called A letter to Boyuan, one of the Three Rarities of Calligraphy(三希).

Wang Xun "A letter to Boyuan",《伯远帖》，now in Forbidden City

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