Huang Liti's Regular Script Structure Practice Book

Author: Liu Puqing / Liu Lun (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: This set of standard practice books for regular script calligraphy in the styles of Ou, Yan, Liu, Zhao, Su, Huang, and Tang, as well as the first edition of the structural practice book by Mr. Liu Puqing (1900–1974), was compiled by the renowned 20th-century Chinese printing and currency expert and national chief engineer, who dedicated his life to art printing and currency. Utilizing over a decade of his spare time, Mr. Liu studied the principles of writing regular script efficiently and quickly based on the theories of Chinese calligraphers. He combined the summarized theories of regular script calligraphy with representative examples from calligraphers to compile and publish the standard practice books for the Ou, Yan, and Liu styles, as well as the structural practice book for Liu-style regular script. After the "Cultural Revolution," his eldest daughter, Liu Lun, continued her father's legacy and compiled additional standard practice books for various calligraphic styles. Since their public release in 1962, these practice books have sold tens of millions of copies and remain consistently popular among calligraphy enthusiasts and learners.