Having chaired the Department of Chinese from 1978 to 1987, the late Professor Sheung Chung-ho (1937–2010) was widely known for his scholarship on Chinese classics. He was also a distinguished calligrapher whose works were filled with literary and erudite references and lauded by famous painters and calligraphers. This exhibition presents a critical selection of 52 of his calligraphic works in various scripts and formats, many of which are on display for the first time.

Selected exhibits are listed below.

After Wu Zifu's Couplet with Characters Assembled from Inscriptions at Wu Liang Shrine Dated 1973 Hanging scroll, ink on paper 134 × 45.2 cm
Pentasyllabic Couplet in Running Script Dated 1987 Hanging scroll, ink on paper 139 × 34.5 cm
Zhang Daqian's Hendecasyllabic Couplet Assembled from Song Ci-poetry in Regular-running Script Dated 1990 Hanging scroll, ink on paper 422 × 50.5 cm
Heptasyllabic Couplet in Lacquer Script Dated 1990 Hanging scroll, ink on gold-flecked powdered paper 123.6 × 18.3 cm
On Learning in Small Regular Script Dated 1990s (before 1997) Album, ink on paper 10 pages, 15.5 × 17.5cm each
Heptasyllabic Couplet in Seal Script Dated 2000 Hanging scroll, ink on paper 104.5 × 22.5 cm each
Tetrasyllabic Couplet with Characters Assembled from Diamond Sutra Inscribed at Mount Tai Dated around 2000 Hanging scroll, ink on paper 125.5 × 31 cm
Copy of Excerpt from Laozi as per Bamboo Slips from Guodian Dated 2005 Ink on plank 20 slips, 250 × 10 cm each