Calligraphy collection of Zhi Yong

Author: Li Songchen
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Publication Date: 2003-02-01
Features: The long and profound history of calligraphy art in our great motherland has been created by calligraphy masters such as the Two Wangs, Yan, Liu, Ou, and Zhao. They have left behind countless masterpieces of calligraphy for later generations, providing our editorial team with a vast selection of works for the "Grand Collection of Calligraphy by Famous Masters of Different dynasties." This series is grand in scale, starting with the "Sage of Calligraphy" Wang Xizhi, dating back to the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, passing through the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, and continuing until the early Republic of China. It has selected over fifty calligraphy masters of eternal renown, concentrating their representative works and publishing them in chronological order. The "Thousand Characters in Regular and Cursive Script" selected for this book is a masterpiece that showcases both the regular and cursive styles of Zhi Yong, demonstrating extremely high craftsmanship. Song Dynasty critic Mi Fu said in his "Commentaries on Haihai's Sayings": "Zhi Yong copied the 'Thousand Characters' script. It is graceful, smooth, and strong, with a complete eight-directional beauty." Qing Dynasty scholar Liang Xian remarked in his "Accumulated Notes from the Studio of Inheriting Jin Calligraphy": "After Wang Xizhi, the one who should be praised next is Zhi Yong. To observe his 'Thousand Characters in Regular and Cursive Script,' it is round, strong, elegant, and full of divine charm. It has grasped almost ninety percent of Wang Xizhi's essence. What remains to be improved is just a small fraction."