New Concept Calligraphy -- Wang Duo Running Script Ink Traces

Author: Wang Xueliang
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: Beginners in calligraphy must start by copying ancient steles and scripts, striving to make their strokes, structures, and styles resemble those of the originals. Once they have mastered copying, they often wish to create their own works, but this creative passion usually ends in failure. The transition from copying to creation is not an easy one; some may spend their entire lives failing to cross it or may even go astray in the process. Selecting characters from the steles and scripts to compile into works is an excellent method, but the literature in these works cannot always be found in the copied steles. Even if found, piecing them together may not achieve coherence in terms of size, weight, inclination, and overall harmony. For this reason, we have decided to invite experienced experts to edit and publish a collection of couplets and poetic scripts composed of characters selected from famous steles and scripts throughout history, using computer image processing technology to strive for the most perfect presentation for our readers. This poetic script collection selects characters from the extant calligraphic works of Wang Duo. Wang Duo, styled Jiesi, surrendered to the Qing dynasty and served as Minister of Rites and Grand Secretary of the Eastern Pavilion. His running and cursive scripts were influenced by Yan Zhenqing and Mi Fu, with strong, vigorous, and dynamic strokes. His style has had a significant impact on Japanese calligraphy in modern times. The editors devoted several months to carefully selecting and comparing characters from each poem, ensuring both loyalty to the original works and that all strokes were taken directly from the original scripts, with no substitutions. At the same time, they avoided rigid adherence, appropriately using computer technology for coordination, ultimately completing this collection.