Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Calligrapher

Suo Jing 索靖

Suǒ Jìng

Attested AD 270 - AD 303

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Suo Jing was a Calligrapher.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 270 to AD 303 索靖
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 162

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Jin 西晉 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 162

Learning and skills

Skill calligraphy 書 · Level famous in former ages
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 162

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 33Volume 33 Biographies 14: Wang Sengqian, Zhang Xu · 1 passage

張芝、索靖、韋誕、鍾會、二衞竝得名前代，無以辨其優劣，唯見其筆力驚異耳。 Zhang Zhi, Suo Jing, Wei Dan, Zhong Hui, and the two Weis all made names in former times; one cannot sort their ranks—only that their brushwork struck the eye as uncanny.