Chinese calligraphy sold for $32m sets price record

Chinese calligraphy by scholar Zeng Gong was sold for $32m (207 million yuan), at an auction in Chinese capital, Beijing.

Written 936 years ago, the letter has set a new record price for a work of Chinese calligraphy. It was sold by film producer Wang Zhongjun at the China Guardian auction house on Sunday.

Zeng is considered one of the greatest prose writers of the Song Dynasty era (960 to 1279 AD).

In the letter, written in the later years of his life, Zeng tells a friend about his recent political difficulties and a feeling of isolation.