多慶帖 A letter

【作者介紹】

吳說，生卒年不詳。宋代書家。字傅朋，號練塘，居錢塘（今浙江杭州）之紫溪。人稱吳紫溪。宋高宗紹興十四年，除尚書郎，官知信州，紹興間為尚書郎。其書楷、行、草及榜書均住，小楷有「宋時第一」之稱；榜書深穩端潤，行草圓美流麗，深入黃太史之室，而得其精髓，又時作魏鍾繇之體，頗有新致。其獨創的遊絲書頗負盛名。

Inside Story

This was a letter Wu Shuo sent to a friend to talk about his own condition. He also mentioned where he was going to, where his brother was going to and where his son was holding the office etc. The style used in this letter was usually for writing to someone in high position but was not familiar with the writer.