A Study on Calligraphy of Haseo(河西) Kim-In-hoo(金麟厚)

Abstract

Kim-In-hoo wrote the introduction to the Collected Poetry by the Sages of the 1519 Purge. He showed that calligraphy could be a medium for realizing the "Tao" just as the "Writing" was a means of expressing the "Tao". He wrote a "Boating Song of the Nine Bends at Wuyi" by Zhu Xi and wrote an explanation of the poem to his sons-in-law Cho Hee-moon and Yang Ja-jing. The shape of this character is based on the Regular Script of Wang Xizhi, but it is unique that Ahn Jinkyung's style of writing is added. Kim's cursive script is typical of his calligraphy. His cursive script strongly reflects the influence of Zhang Bi, which is close to the wild cursive script. Kim placed importance on the spirit that appears in the handwriting. His vigorous appearance in cursive script express his deviant spirit through cursive script. Jo Hui invited Kim In-hoo, Jeong Sa-ryong, and Shin-jam to his pavilion. At that time, one or two people wrote seven poems for them, which is very sensuous. It has not been revealed so far who wrote it, but it was confirmed that it was a cursive script by Kim. This work remains the only cursive script handwritten by him. Therefore, along with "Thousand-Character Classic in Cursive Style" it is valuable as a representative handwriting of Kim's cursive script.