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Posted: 05 Jul 2021

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Chen Hongshou 'The Four Joys of Nan Shengu-lu (1649)

Chen Hongshou 'The Four Joys of Nan Shengu-lu (1649)
The Scholar prepares to write. his paperweight is a carved lion; before him is a bowl of water with a ladling spoon, inkstick and inkstone with ink ground in it; on his left is a juge of wine, cup and a citron in a blow.

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 Dinesh
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’Calligraphy’ means originally ‘beautiful writing’. It has been practised in all cultures and all periods, from the ancient Egyptian book of the Dead, through illuminated medieval western and Arabic manuscripts, to today’s elaborate wedding invitation. But in China calligraphy has always been more than simply refinement or elaboration of writing; it has been synonymous with writing. The Chinese do not speak of the ‘first handwriting’, but simply of ‘the art of writing’ ‘shula’. In classical china, writing (‘shu’) was an art on a par with painting, poetry and music, sometimes even above them. ~ Page 192
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 Heide
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Sehr schön mit der wissenswerten Erklärung.
3 years ago.
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Thanks for reading
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