Clear Deng Shiru's Lishu

Author: Editorial Board of Selected Calligraphic Works from Ancient Inscriptions and Steles
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Publishing Date: 2000-02-01
Features: Chinese calligraphy art boasts a long history and a unique style, with generations of masters and a rich repository of works. To meet the urgent needs of, especially middle school students, for practicing traditional calligraphy, as well as the needs of calligraphy enthusiasts for appreciation and learning, we have selected works in various calligraphic styles and from famous calligraphers from different dynasties to compile this series of 《Selected Calligraphic Works from Ancient Inscriptions and Steles》. Deng Shiru (——), originally named Yan, styled Shiru, later used his style name, changed his name to Gu Bo, and styled himself Wanbai Mountain Man, was from Huaining, Anhui Province. He was a renowned calligrapher and seal carver of the Qing Dynasty. He excelled in regular, cursive, clerical, and seal scripts, with particular expertise in seal script, which he based on Li Si and Li Yangbing. He deeply mastered the art of inscriptions on metal and stone, and slightly incorporated elements of clerical script, breaking through the limitations of the traditional and opening up a new realm for seal script.