Home›Sources›Orchid Pavilion Preface in Cursive Script (Asian Art Museum, San Francisco)SourcesOrchid Pavilion Preface in Cursive Script (Asian Art Museum, San Francisco)Museum Collection CatalogCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextArts and Music Atlas. "Orchid Pavilion Preface in Cursive Script (Asian Art Museum, San Francisco)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://arts.interactiveatlas.org/sources/source-asianartmuseum-orchid-pavilion-preface.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextArts and Music Atlas. (n.d.). Orchid Pavilion Preface in Cursive Script (Asian Art Museum, San Francisco). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://arts.interactiveatlas.org/sources/source-asianartmuseum-orchid-pavilion-prefaceCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{artsandmusicatlas-orchid-pavilion-preface-in-cursive-scrip, author = {Arts and Music Atlas}, title = {Orchid Pavilion Preface in Cursive Script (Asian Art Museum, San Francisco)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://arts.interactiveatlas.org/sources/source-asianartmuseum-orchid-pavilion-preface}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedThe Asian Art Museum of San Francisco's object label for a later transcription of Wang Xizhi's Lantingji Xu (Orchid Pavilion Preface, 353 CE), giving Wang's dates and the preface's standing as one of the most influential calligraphies in Chinese history.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (23 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsPublisherWell-attestedAsian Art Museum, San FranciscoURLWell-attestedhttps://searchcollection.asianart.org/objects/19323/orchid-pavilion-preface-lanting-xu-in-cursive-script-caosSource TypeWell-attestedReference WorkSourcesOrchid Pavilion Preface in Cursive Script (Asian Art Museum, San Francisco)Asian Art Museum, San FranciscoView the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (23 claims)This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 2 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicArticles, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.Artists, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Works, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.Well-attested16ArticlesThe Orchid Pavilion Gathering: How One Afternoon of Poetry Produced Chinese Calligraphy's Most Famous PageArtistsWang XizhiSourcesOrchid Pavilion Preface in Cursive Script (Asian Art Museum, San Francisco)WorksLantingji Xu (Orchid Pavilion Preface)Holds2ArtistsWang XizhiWorksLantingji Xu (Orchid Pavilion Preface)Connected2ArticlesThe Orchid Pavilion Gathering: How One Afternoon of Poetry Produced Chinese Calligraphy's Most Famous PageWorksLantingji Xu (Orchid Pavilion Preface)General References3ArticlesThe Orchid Pavilion Gathering: How One Afternoon of Poetry Produced Chinese Calligraphy's Most Famous PageArtistsWang XizhiWorksLantingji Xu (Orchid Pavilion Preface)Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year