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Letter to Filial Gentleman Guo Tingping, by Su Shi, The "filial conduct" as mentioned in the letter, written by Su Shi, refers to the daily activities of a person who's mourning the passing of a parent, indicating that the recipient Guo Tingping was in such a period of grief. From the contents, it appears that the letter was written in 1075.  This letter was written in semi-cursive script on light pastel-colored paper covered with a turtle-shell pattern and a small turtle figure inside each of the hexagonal motifs. Although the rites of mourning called for simplicity in every aspect of daily life, Su Shi still chose a kind of decorative paper pressed with this refined turtle-shell pattern, perhaps taking into consideration that ancient inscribed funerary stones in the shape of a turtle were decorated with a turtle-shell pattern.
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Letter to Filial Gentleman Guo Tingping, by Su Shi, Letters of China, Semi-cursive script, Death in China, Su Shi, Album leaf, ink on paper, Su Shi蘇軾(1037–1101), Letter to Filial Gentleman Guo Tingping致至孝廷平郭君尺牘
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書状「孝行」 郭定平書、蘇書、所載の「孝行」とは、親の過失を嘆く人の日常的な行いをいい、受け手の郭定平がこのような悲しみの日々を送っていたことを表している。内容から承保2年の書状と見られる。この手紙は、亀甲文様の薄いパステル色の紙に、六角形文様の中に亀の小像を載せた半筆の書体で書かれていた。服喪の儀式は日常生活のあらゆる面で簡素さを求めたが、蘇は、おそらく古代の亀の形に刻まれた葬石に亀の貝文様が加わって、この風流した亀貝文様を押した一種の装飾紙を選んだ。
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書契書郭定平書、蘇書、半筆書、中国死没、蘇書、紙本墨書、蘇書、郭定平致至孝廷平郭君尺
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filial cursively cursive hottentot bread