Four Masters' Steel Pens, Four Styles of "Thousand Character Classic"

Author: Gu Zhong'an
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: This is a calligraphy practice book co-authored by four contemporary calligraphers who have achieved great success in the field of hard-tip calligraphy. It includes four scripts: regular script, running script, cursive script, and clerical script, with the content being the well-known and beloved "Thousand-Character Classic." It is said that the creation of the "Thousand-Character Classic" was originally intended for practicing calligraphy. Previous generations collected one thousand distinct characters from famous calligraphers' works and compiled them into a four-character-per-line rhyming text, making it easier for people to read and write simultaneously, thereby promoting the practice of calligraphy through reading and vice versa. Especially for running and cursive scripts, writing requires continuous brushwork and vibrant artistic flow. If the "Thousand-Character Classic" is thoroughly memorized, it will enable proficient back-copying and silent writing, leading to better calligraphy results. Therefore, readers are encouraged not to forget to read repeatedly while practicing this book. The regular script in this book includes both simplified and traditional characters, while the running and clerical scripts are in simplified characters, and the cursive script is in traditional characters. The model characters are printed in red and black, with red characters suitable for tracing.