Great Views of Calligraphy by Famous Masters Throughout History: An Anthology of Wang Xizhi's Calligraphy

Author: Li Songchen
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: Calligraphy is not only aesthetically pleasing in form and appearance but also a reflection of an individual's overall artistic achievement. Looking at the great calligraphers throughout history, some excelled in elegant lines, others in vigorous strokes, while some were renowned for their free and unrestrained structures. Therefore, compiling and publishing calligraphy books by categorizing them by script styles and collecting works by multiple artists is necessary, and compiling the works of great calligraphers from different periods in various scripts is equally important. This approach can provide materials for scholars and experts in research and textual criticism, as well as serve as models for calligraphy enthusiasts at different levels to study and practice. Additionally, it allows a wide range of readers to appreciate the beauty of calligraphy without leaving their homes. This is the purpose and objective of compiling and publishing the series "Historical Masters of Calligraphy."
The long and rich history of calligraphy in our great motherland has been written by calligraphy masters such as Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Ou Yangxi, and Zhao Mengfu. They left behind countless masterpieces of calligraphy for later generations, providing our editorial team with a vast selection for compiling "A Grand View of Calligraphy by Historical Masters."
This series is grand in scale, starting with the "Sage of Calligraphy" Wang Xizhi, covering the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, and extending through the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, up to the early Republic of China. It selects over fifty calligraphy masters of enduring fame, compiling their representative works and publishing them in chronological order.
This book includes Wang Xizhi's running script works such as "Preface to the Orchid Pavilion," "Copying the Thousand Characters of Zhong Yao," as well as his small regular script works like "On the Theory of Yue Yi" and "The Yellow Court Classic." It also features his cursive script works, including "Wang Luo Tie" and "Seventeen Notes."