Tang Four Masters' Ink Masterpieces Classics

Author: Peng Xinglin, Chen Minjie
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: "Selected Calligraphy Masterpieces of China" series selects classic calligraphy works in existence and publishes them in color for readers. The series includes "Classics of Running Script," "Classics of Cursive Script," "Calligraphy Masterpieces of the Four Masters of the Song Dynasty," "Calligraphy Masterpieces of the Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty," "Calligraphy Masterpieces of the Four Masters of the Ming Dynasty," and "Calligraphy Masterpieces of the Four Masters of the Qing Dynasty." This book features calligraphy works by the famous Tang Dynasty calligrapher Ouyang Xun, including his running script works such as "Dreaming of," "Zhang Han," and "Buxiang Reading," as well as the cursive script works by Huaisu such as "Autobiographical," "On Calligraphy," and "Bitter Bamboo," Liu Gongquan's running script "Mengzhao," and Gao Xian's cursive script "Thousand Characters." Some of the works in this collection are rare and hard to find. The publishing format for each calligraphy work includes two parts: (1) Color illustrations (the main calligraphy, posthumous inscriptions, and collection seals), and (2) Interpretive and critical texts (historical evaluations of the author's art in poetry and regular script transcriptions of the main calligraphy). Reading this book is not only beneficial for improving calligraphy skills but also helps in calligraphy appreciation, research, authentication, collection, and understanding the historical heritage of calligraphy. This book is part of the "Selected Calligraphy Masterpieces of China" series. The selected works include the running script works by the famous Tang Dynasty calligrapher Ouyang Xun such as "Dreaming of," "Zhang Han," and "Buxiang Reading," the cursive script works by Huaisu such as "Autobiographical," "On Calligraphy," and "Bitter Bamboo," Liu Gongquan's running script "Mengzhao," and Gao Xian's cursive script "Thousand Characters." Some of the works in this collection are rare and hard to find. Reading this book is not only beneficial for improving calligraphy skills but also helps in calligraphy appreciation, research, authentication, collection, and understanding the historical heritage of calligraphy.