Ouyang Xun Calligraphy Collection

Author: Li Songchen
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Publishing Date: 2003-02-01
Features: Calligraphy is not only aesthetically pleasing in form and appearance but also a reflection of an individual's overall artistic achievement. Looking at the great calligraphers throughout history, some excelled in elegant lines, others in vigorous strokes, and some were renowned for their free and unrestrained structures. Therefore, compiling and publishing calligraphy books by categorizing them by script styles and collecting works by multiple artists is necessary, and compiling the works of great calligraphers from different periods in various scripts is equally important. This approach can provide materials for scholars and experts in research and textual criticism, as well as serve as models for calligraphy enthusiasts at different levels to study and practice. Additionally, it allows a broad readership to appreciate the beauty of calligraphy without leaving their homes. This is the purpose and objective of compiling and publishing the series "Historical Masters of Calligraphy."
The long and rich history of calligraphy in our great motherland has been written by masters such as Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Ou Yun, and Zhao Mengfu. They left behind countless masterpieces of calligraphy for future generations, providing our editorial team with a vast array of choices for compiling "A Panorama of Calligraphy by Historical Masters."
This series is grand in scale, starting with the "Sage of Calligraphy" Wang Xizhi and spanning from the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, up to the early Republic of China. It has selected over fifty calligraphers of enduring fame, compiling their representative works and publishing them in chronological order. This volume includes works such as the regular script "Stele of Huadusi" and "Epitaph of the Nine Dragons Spring in Jiucheng Palace" by Ou Yun, small regular script "Thousand Characters," running script "Buxiang Tie" and "Zhang Han Tie," and cursive script "Thousand Characters" (fragmentary).