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Author: Cai Yong
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Calligraphy is a unique art form in China. Ancient Chinese treatises on calligraphy, from Zhao Yu's Against Cursive Script in the Han Dynasty to Kang Youwei's Mirror of Calligraphy (also known as Double Oar of the Art of Calligraphy in modern times), have extensive documentary resources. Their forms include parallel prose, poems, and letters. There are also essays, inscriptions, and monographs. Additionally, there are anthologies, encyclopedias, and catalogs. Their content, as categorized in The Peiwen Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting, includes script styles, calligraphic techniques, calligraphic studies, calligraphic evaluations, and biographies of calligraphers. Yu Shaosong's Manual of Calligraphy and Painting Catalogs is divided into historical accounts, techniques, discussions, critiques, records, and miscellaneous notes.