a collection of various people's praise for the author. This foreign artist, however, just looked at its unrestrained and expressively flowing lines. Afterwards, he said with great satisfaction, "Although I can't read a single Chinese character, I completely understand this Chinese calligrapher's state of mind."
「自敘帖」的內容是記錄別人對其書法的恭維、稱讚，但見筆勢圓勁、奔放迭宕，畫家一口氣看完後滿意地說：「雖然我一個中國字也不認識，但是這一位中國畫家的心意我完全明白。」