Calligraphy of the Lingfei Jing

Author: Niu Ligang
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: The Spiritual Flying Manual of Calligraphy is the teaching achievement accumulated from Niu Ligang's years of calligraphy teaching experience. Based on the current needs of hard-tip calligraphy development among young people, it summarizes effective teaching methods from recent years' similar textbooks and adopts an illustrative and teaching approach, rather than rigidly copying without understanding. This visually rich textbook will generate strong interest among students and can also inspire their independent imagination. The calligraphy models in this textbook are sourced from the Tang Dynasty's Spiritual Flying Manual in small regular script, with a style that is graceful yet contains a sense of bone, broad yet full of liveliness. The brushwork and character forms represent the highest level of Tang Dynasty calligraphy, and the character composition features the of the Chinese style, making it a representative work of the exquisite tradition of tieliu (model learning). Mr. Qian said, "In the Qing Dynasty imperial examination standards, the quality of calligraphy was almost as important as the quality of the essay. Therefore, the Spiritual Flying Manual became an excellent model for scholars to learn small regular script." This edition preserves 43 lines of ink traces, with each character full of vitality, far surpassing engraved and printed versions. Using this edition as a hard-tip calligraphy textbook is highly appropriate.