Pan Boqing - Representative Calligrapher Series of the Shanghai School Works Collection

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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Pan Baoqing (1905-1966), born in Huaining, Anhui. Originally named Shi, styled Boqing (using his style name), styled Fu Gong, Youfa Weng, and also known as Guyun. In his early years, he studied classics, literature, and calligraphy under Wu Kansheng. He was elegant in demeanor and admired elegance. During the negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China, he once served as the secretary of Zhang Shizhao, the Kuomintang representative, and for a time, the phrase "Elegant Secretary Pan Baoqing" became widely known. Pan Baoqing was 16 years younger than Shen Yinmo, but the two had a close relationship, and their calligraphy styles were also similar, both tracing back to the calligraphy of Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi. Shen Yinmo believed that Chu Suiliang was a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty who broke new ground and connected the past and the future, so he devoted great effort to mastering Chu's style. Interestingly, Pan Baoqing later specialized in Chu's style, and his Chu calligraphy was even more unrestrained and vigorous than Shen Yinmo's. After the liberation, both Shen and Pan wrote regular script calligraphy books, serving as models for primary and secondary school students to practice. Today, on the Shanghai calligraphy scene, the influence of the two masters is still clearly visible. He authored works such as "Chinese Calligraphy," "A Brief Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy," and "Xuan Yin Lou Poetry."