Eastern Han Dynasty "Shichen Stele"

Author: Chen Zhi
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: This tutorial focuses on techniques, covering aspects such as strokes, radicals, structure, and layout in clerical script. It emphasizes making basic techniques comprehensive, microscopic, specific, and highly operational. The selected examples are highly targeted, and the accompanying text is concise and to the point. Clerical script is primarily a static script, with its strokes, radicals, and structures following certain norms and patterns. It flourished during the Han Dynasty, particularly in the Eastern Han period, which was especially prosperous. Eastern Han clerical script is characterized by its flowing and spreading strokes, expansive structures, and diverse styles, making it an excellent learning model for later generations. This tutorial, "A Practical Guide to Mastering the Clerical Script of Famous Masters Throughout History," selects four classic works: The Stele of the Temple of Mount Hua, The Stele of Shi Chen, The Stele of Cao Quan, and The Stele of Zhang Qian.
This tutorial focuses on techniques, covering aspects such as strokes, radicals, structure, and layout in clerical script. Its key features are:
1. Enhancing editorial content. From the development and argumentation of the topic, the outline writing, the selection of authors, the choice of calligraphy book versions, and the design of the cover and layout, the editorial team is fully involved and actively seeks expert advice to ensure high-quality output for readers.
2. Improving writing quality. This tutorial emphasizes making basic techniques comprehensive, microscopic, specific, and highly operational. The selected examples are highly targeted, and the accompanying explanations are concise and to the point.
The Stele of Shi Chen exists in two parts, both carved on the same stone, also known as The Front and Rear Steles of Shi Chen. This stele belongs to the orderly style, with a square and elegant calligraphy style, refined brushwork, and rigorous structure, making it a masterpiece among Han Dynasty steles. When practicing this stele, one should not only appreciate its mastery and norms but also seek liveliness and variation, avoiding rigid adherence that lacks vitality.