Complete Collection of Chinese Calligraphy (56): Huang Daozhou of the Ming Dynasty

Author: Rongbaozhai
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Publishing Date: 2004-10-22
Features: [Editor's Recommendation] The Complete Collection of Chinese Calligraphy spans from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the contemporary era, comprising one hundred and eight volumes. The volumes are divided into two major categories: 1. Chronological volumes; 2. Master calligrapher volumes. Each volume is organized into ten sections based on the era, with additional sections for seal carving, treatises, appendices, and supplements. The collection meticulously prints over thirty thousand pieces of Chinese calligraphy masterpieces from various dynasties, preserved worldwide, along with more than twenty million words of academic papers and annotations. Many of the illustrations are published for the first time. Each volume includes: biographies of calligraphers (or specialized discussions on specific periods), illustrations, calligrapher's theories, chronological tables, maps of the calligrapher's life and travels, annotations and explanations of illustrations, and bibliographies. This book is not merely an artistic atlas but represents an unprecedented comprehensive, research, and introduction to the traditional Chinese artistic heritage of calligraphy—spanning thousands of years—since the Chunhua Gallery Cuts of the Song Dynasty and the Three Rare Rooms Calligraphy Collection of the Qing Dynasty. Such a thorough, systematic, in-depth, and meticulous study of an art form is rare not only in China but also in the global academic community. This book holds exceptional value for calligraphy experts, researchers, enthusiasts, and collectors.
ig> The collection includes calligraphy works from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the contemporary era, comprising over one hundred volumes. The volumes are divided into two major categories: 1. Chronological volumes; 2. Master calligrapher volumes. Each volume is organized into ten sections based on the era, with additional sections for seal carving, treatises, appendices, and supplements. Chronological volumes include works such as oracle bone inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, bamboo slips, silk documents, pottery and brick inscriptions, steles, epitaphs, carved stones, cliff carvings, sculptures, and Buddhist manuscripts, primarily from the Song Dynasty and earlier periods when no calligrapher's name was recorded. These works are categorized and organized chronologically. Master calligrapher volumes are divided into three types: Class A volumes feature works by a single calligrapher; Class B volumes feature works by two to four calligraphers; Class C volumes feature works by multiple calligraphers from a specific chronological period. The table of contents for each volume, excluding the preface and general index, follows the two categories of volume organization. Chronological volumes include: color illustrations of original artifacts or facsimiles, general and specialized discussions, illustrations of works, annotations of works, chronological tables, maps showing the distribution of artifact and work discoveries, main reference bibliographies and literature, and an index of illustrations. Master calligrapher volumes include: portraits of calligraphers (Class A volumes), color illustrations of original calligraphy albums or selected works, biographies and specialized discussions of calligraphers, general discussions on calligraphy of the specific period (Class C volumes), illustrations of works, annotations of works, selected notes on calligrapher's theories, chronological tables of calligraphers, maps of calligraphers' life and travels, main reference bibliographies, and an index of illustrations. In Class A master calligrapher volumes, supplementary volumes feature relatives and personally instructed disciples of the calligrapher to clarify mutual influences. The appendices include: a chronological table of Chinese calligraphy (with name index and work index), a brief illustrated history of calligraphy in minority ethnic scripts, a brief illustrated history of calligraphy overseas, and a brief illustrated history of the Four Treasures of the Study. Several supplementary volumes are included to classify and organize important works that could not be accommodated during the compilation process. The maps in each volume are based on the Historical Atlas of China edited by Tan Qixiang. The entire book is printed in traditional Chinese characters to avoid confusion between ancient and modern scripts.