There were originally said to be 800 versions of copies of the 1000 character Classic created by Zi Yong to provide student monks with calligraphy examples. These were distributed across Eastern Zhejiang and surviving copies exist in various collections!
The left hand columns are an older form of caoshu with the kaishu on the right with all the characters showing strokes more similar to xingshu running script. Beautiful and educational!
Zi Yong was originally a court painter but retired to become a Zen Monk and than an abbot.
Thanks to the modern Internet those of us who are not Zen monks can also enjoy this. Many thanks to whoever digitized and uploaded this copy for others to study and enjoy!
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