Huang Tingjian's calligraphy works include "Li Bai's Reminiscences of Old Travel Poems", "Zhushang Tie", "Jing Fubo Shrine", "Jun Yi Tie", etc.
1. "Li Bai's Recollections of Old Travel Poems".
This is a masterpiece of Huang Tingjian's cursive script in the Northern Song Dynasty. The whole volume is smooth, uninhibited, and unbridled, like a horse loosening its reins, unrestrained, and the whole article is like a dragon and snake dancing, all in one breath.
2. "Texts from the Venerables".
Paper and cursive script, these are the quotations of Wen Yi, a monk from Jinling (now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province) of the Five Dynasties, recorded by the famous calligrapher Huang Tingjian of the Northern Song Dynasty for his friend Li Rendao. It is now in the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing.
3. "Jing Fubo Shrine".
Huang Tingjian's calligraphy, paper, running script. 33.6×82.6cm, 16 lines, 166 words. This is a scroll of Liu Yuxi's poems. Fu Bo refers to General Fu Bo, Ma Yuan, a famous general in the Han Dynasty. It was written in May of the first year of Jingguo's reign (1101) when Huang Tingjian was fifty-seven years old. The title at the end of the volume says: "When I arrived in Huainan, I saw the old things and showed them. How can I compare with Huang Luzhi's calligraphy written by Yuan You?" This reflects his proud writing in his later years.
4. "Jun Yi Tie".
Huang Tingjian's "Jun Yi Tie" in running script is now in the Palace Museum. This is a note written by Huang Shangu to his friend Deyu, telling him about his illness and alcoholism. Because this post was written after being "very drunk" and "unawakened" after a night of drinking, the strokes are different from usual ones. They are quite trembling and decadent, with broken parts here and there, making it appear that the spirit is slightly lower, but the words are compact and the lines are tight. Loose and trendy, it is still the true color of a pornographic book.