Yan Zhenqing's Collection of Characters from the Treasure Pagoda Stele

Author: Zheng Liangjun
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: To facilitate calligraphy enthusiasts in copying and creating, our press has carefully selected famous steles and scripts from various dynasties to compile this series of character collection books. The content includes Tang and Song Dynasty poems and prose, as well as famous couplets and quotes from different eras. The forms are diverse, making it a perfect combination of content and style. From this, you can not only reinforce your understanding of the stroke techniques and structural principles of the steles and scripts you have studied but also appreciate the beautiful artistic connotations of the poems and couplets. It not only enhances your interest in learning calligraphy but also makes learning enjoyable, cultivating your character.
Learning calligraphy requires copying. A single script book can be copied for a period of time, or even for a lifetime. However, copying is merely a means—it is entering the script—to grasp the brushwork characteristics, structural principles, and compositional variations of the script. Exiting the script is the ultimate goal. Simply put, initial exiting means writing freely without referring to the script, so that any character you write can achieve the form and spirit of the original script. Of course, this requires a long learning process. Many calligraphy enthusiasts often focus more on entering the script and less on exiting practice, making it difficult to succeed when creating in a certain script style.
Character collection exercises are an important intermediate step between entering and exiting the script, as well as a good way to evaluate the effectiveness of your copying practice.