石渠寶笈續編(乾清宮),第一冊,頁445 &*故宮書畫錄(第三卷),第一冊,頁180 &*吳說,杭州錢塘人,字傅朋,號練塘。活動於宋高宗〈西元1127-1163〉時代。承其家學淵源,父親吳師禮也以此道名聞遐邇,在宋代書家紛紛求異趨奇之風潮中,吳說卓然以二王書風為宗師,平澹自如、不趨險絕,被許為宋代傳統書法的守護神。 本幅致大孝宣教尺牘,結構謹嚴,神韻雅秀。用筆或重或輕,字體或小或大,頗能發揮抑揚頓挫及牽絲帶絡之筆趣,世吳說晚期之佳作。 本幅為「宋人法書」第三冊第七開。&*Wu Yüeh(style name Ch'uan-fu; sobriquet Lien-t'ang)was a native of Ch'ien-t'ang, Hangchow and active during the reign of the Southern Sung emperor Kao-tsung(r.1127-1162). Wu Yüeh inherited his family tradition of scholarship; his father, Wu Shih-li, had achieved a reputation far and wide as a scholar. In the upheaval of Sung dynasty calligraphy, calligraphers of all sorts sought out different and unusual styles. Wu Yüeh, however, took the majestic calligraphic styles of the Two Wangs(Wang His-chih【321-379】and his son Wang Hsien-chih【344-388】)as his teachers to create his style which was plain and unrestrained without being too daring. Thus, Wu Yüeh was quite a conservative in traditional calligraphy during the Sung dynasty. This work is a piece of correspondence with a court instructor. The forms of the characters are respectful and serious yet have spirit harmony and elegant beauty. The brushwork is both heavy and light in places and the size of the characters range between large and small ones. They quite fully manifest the drifting and pauses of brushwork that appear like a "drawn out thread" and an "unreeled strand of silk." Thus, this is an excellent late work by Wu Yüeh.