Yan Style Collection of Ancient Chinese Characters: Yan Zhenqing's Dabao Ta Stele

Author: Xu Fangzhen
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: To facilitate readers in calligraphy composition, following the "Chinese Ancient Poetry Collection Series," this series, "Chinese Ancient Prose Collection Series," has been launched by our press. It aims to provide more creative resources for calligraphy enthusiasts and guide readers further into the world of calligraphy creation. This series still selects classic stele calligraphies such as "Shichen Stele," "Zhiyong's Five Thousand Characters of the Great Learning," "Liquan Inscription of the Jiucheng Palace," "Dabao Stele," "Yanqinli Stele," and "Xuanmi Stele" as models for composition. It also chooses well-known classical prose by literary giants of past dynasties, such as Tao Yuanming, Liu Zongyuan, and Fan Zhongyan, as the content for composition. The length ranges from short passages to full essays, allowing readers to progress step by step in their writing. This book has two distinctive features: first, the original characters in the stele calligraphy are flipped to black and white, moderately enlarged, and locally adjusted; second, characters not present in the original calligraphy are reasonably combined and arranged to as closely match the style and charm of the original stele calligraphy as possible. Additionally, at the beginning of each book, the classical prose and its calligraphic format and composition are listed for reference. This book is a Yan-style collection of classical prose, based on the Dabao Stele by Yan Zhenqing.