得米老書帖 About Mi Fu’s calligraphy works

【About the author】

薛紹彭，長安（今陝西西安）人。生卒年月不詳。北宋書法家。宋神宗時人。字道祖，號翠薇居士。恭敬公薛向之子，以翰墨名世。自謂河東三鳳後人。官至秘閣修撰，出為梓桐槽。家藏晉、唐法書，名畫甚多，與米芾每以鑒賞相高，得以計較。工正、行、草書，筆致清潤遒麗，具晉、唐人法度。與米芾齊名，人稱「米薛」。

Inside Story

This was a letter Hsueh Chaopeng wrote to a friend to tell him that he got Mi Fu’s calligraphy works, and he duplicated the content of tzu-tieh in the letter for his friend to read.