Letter to Filial Gentleman Guo Tingping 致至孝廷平郭君尺牘. 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 li
Letter to Filial Gentleman Guo Tingping 致至孝廷平郭君尺牘. 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 807 Letter to Filial Gentleman Guo Tingping, by Su Shi
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