Wu Changshuo Works Collection (Continuation)

Author: Wu Changshuo
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Publishing Date: 1998-05-01
Features: Wu Changshuo was the first president of the Xiling Seal Society and a master in the modern Chinese history, renowned for his unparalleled excellence in poetry, calligraphy, painting, and seal carving. Wu Changshuo's paintings drew from diverse influences and incorporated calligraphy into his art, characterized by rich colors, bold ink, and a powerful, ancient, and rustic style, achieving an artistic realm with abstract charm. His works became another peak in the history of Chinese painting. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Wu Changshuo's birth, the Xiling Seal Society specially edited and published "A Collection of Wu Changshuo's Works" (Continuation), as a tribute to readers and to give the book a particularly precious commemorative significance and collectible value. The works of Wu Changshuo in painting, calligraphy, calligraphic seal carving, and stone carving are a historically invaluable heritage in the treasure trove of Chinese national cultural arts. As a continuation of "A Collection of Wu Changshuo's Works," this book was eagerly purchased by readers shortly after its publication in 1998. To meet the urgent demand of a broad readership, it is now being revised and reprinted. Before this reedition, we invited relevant experts to conduct a comprehensive review and refinement of the illustrations, text, and layout structure of the entire book. Special attention was paid to the annotations, where, following certain conventions of the Zhonghua Book Company, significant adjustments were made in the annotations of variant characters, homophones, and corrections of errors: in the original works, variant characters and homophones were explained as standard characters without additional annotations. Accidental errors in the original works were marked in parentheses, with corrected characters placed in brackets before the erroneous ones. Omissions in the original works were also supplemented with brackets. Characters in the original works marked for deletion or transposition were similarly deleted or transposed in the annotations. Regarding the titles of the works, if the original paintings had titles, the annotations adopted the original titles. Those without titles had titles added by the compilers. Calligraphic works were titled based on their script and form. Some illustrations of specific works were also rearranged and newly produced. With a sense of responsibility toward the works and readers, although we have made our utmost efforts to review and correct the book three times, striving for perfection in editing and compilation, certain oversights may still exist due to our limitations. We sincerely welcome criticisms and suggestions from experts at home and abroad and the broad readership.