Ji Yi Bing Shou couplet: New Concept Calligraphy Collection. Issue 2

Author: Xu Qinghua
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Beginners in calligraphy must start by copying ancient stele and inscriptions, striving for strokes, structures, and styles to resemble the originals. Once proficient in copying, they often wish to create their own works. However, this creative passion usually ends in failure, as the transition from copying to creation is not easy to cross. Some may never make the leap or fail to do so properly, leading them astray. Selecting characters from the copied steles to compile into works is an excellent method. Yet, the text in the works may not all be found in the copied steles, even if they are found, they cannot be arranged to achieve harmony in size, weight, inclination, and mutual correspondence. For this reason, we decided to invite experienced calligraphers to edit and publish a series of couplets and poetic inscriptions composed of characters collected from famous steles and inscriptions of past dynasties. With the help of computer image processing technology, we strive to present the most perfect results to our readers. Yi Bingshou (1754-1815), styled Zousi, was also known as Mqing and Mianan. He was a native of Tingzhou, Fujian. He held positions such as the Chief Clerk of the Ministry of Justice, Assistant Director of the Ministry of Justice, Governor of Huizhou, and Governor of Yangzhou. His calligraphy in all four styles was excellent, particularly in clerical script. In his early years, he received guidance from Liu Yong and Wang Fanggang, practicing Jin and Tang regular scripts. He deeply studied the style of Yan Zhenqing. He applied the broad and majestic style of Yan's script to running and cursive scripts, integrating it with clerical script, thus creating a unique style.