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The “Shadows of Yan’s Hand” on a Dunhuang Scrap

On Authenticating and Interpreting an Anonymous Running-Regular Scroll

The Lines Have Strength; the Structure Needs to Draw In

What, After All, Is Calligraphy?

Where This Huang Tingjian Colophon Looks Right—and Where It Doesn’t

Easy to Imitate Mi Fu’s Look, Hard to Learn His Bone

Text Needs Clarity, Calligraphy Needs Breath

The Merits and Shortcomings of Bai Jiao’s Running-Cursive Letter

A Sheet of Romance, a Scroll of Life

Fu Bi’s “Letter on His Son” and the Old-Cadre Style of Song-Dynasty Calligraphy

A Letter as a Score

Mountains and Rivers Within an Inch of Space

Great Calligraphy in a Letter About Buying Land

An Arc of an Era in a Single Letter

A Holistic Appreciation of the Character Forms, Brushwork, Ink, and Layout in a Running-Script Piece by Wang Duo

The Look and Coordinates of Cai Xiang’s Running-Regular Script

From “Seamless Continuity” to “Daring Exposed Tips”

Calligraphy as a Way of Life

The Strength and Warmth in Du Fu’s Calligraphy

When Rule and Spirit Fall Out of Joint

The Mi School in Wang Sheng’s Calligraphy: Inheritance and Self-Creation

The Authentic Mi and the Imitation: Why “Shiyi Tie” Looks More Like A Modern Study-after-Mi Work

One Sheet of Moxibustion, a Page of Clear Breeze

True Skill Revealed in Letters, the Broad Way Shown in Letters

Across Mountain Ranges, No Chance of Seeing One Another

Let Brush and Ink Return to Life, Let Art Grow from Life

When Brush Breaks Zen,Flower Fragrance Bewitches From the Brushwork

When Ink Lightly Falls on Ricepaper, Strokes Will Deeply Touch the Heart

A Millennia-Spanning Attribution

The Su Manner, Employed by Zhao

One Flask of Jing Wine, One Note of True Intent—Freely as One Wishes, Yet Not Beyond the Rule

Breaking Through the Mi Fu Manner to Create a New Order

Form Captured, Spirit Missing

Calligraphy Is a Way of Life (书法是一种生活状态)

Bringing Stone Inscriptions into the Brush, Tempering Skill with Roughness: The Wei Stele Spirit in Zhao Zhiqian’s Running Script

Writing Mirrors the Person:A Caution to the Calligrapher

Wind over Water, Bone at the Core

From the Lineage of the Two Wangs to the Spirit of the Shanghai School (从二王法脉到海派神韵)

A “True Work” Where Bone and Temperament Emerge Together

A Landscape in Ink: Reviewing a Modern Calligraphic Tetraptych

An Appreciation of Huang Tingjian’s Letter of Counsel to His Son, Huang Xiang

On the Edge of the Rule: Wang Duo’s Unrestrained Grace

Decoding the Authentic Through the Imitated

Vigorous Clouds in Motion

Bloated Ink, Fading Brio

From Natural Writing to Natural Calligraphy

A Mi-Style Echo in Modern Ink

Transmuting Ink into Life

Breathing between Brush and Ink

A Dance of Brushwork

Breathing Between Antiquity and Modern Aesthetics

The Collision Between Japanese Calligraphy and the Order of Chinese Script

History in Ink, Meaning in Brushstrokes

Between Veneration and Vandalism

Ink Dancing on Silk: Tension, Inheritance, and the Unfinished Journey in Da Yin’s Rnning Script

The Way of Cursive: Between Tension and Release

Exploring Between Wild Abandon and Formal Discipline:A Critical Review of Yu Xuan’s Graduation Piece

The Anticipated “Dengke Style”

Dancing Ink in the Modern Jianghu

Wang Yangming’s Calligraphy and the Philosophy of the Mind

The Paper and Ink Magician: The Clerical Script Art of Lu Jun

Brushstrokes Across Time: The Calligraphy of Xie Zhiliu

Continuity and Resonance: Exhibition of Works by Fourteen Contemporary Calligraphers ( Chaozhou Art Museum)

An Exploration of Zhang Daqian’s Calligraphy

On the Art of Yu Youren’s Running Script

Heritage and Transformation: Insights from Yu Erke’s Calligraphic Exploration

The Exploration and Return of Tu Xinshi’s Calligraphy

Fu Shan’s Treatise on the Art of Calligraphy

Blending the Essence of Yi Bingshou and Forging a Style All His Own—Huang Baoyue’s Legacy and Innovation in Calligraphy

Wang Duo’s Calligraphy: A Distinctive Voice of Ink in the Late Ming and Early Qing

Tracing the Evolution of Hongyi Fashi’s “Three Styles” of Calligraphy

Melding Tradition and the Present, Establishing a Unique Style—An Appraisal of Shen Xinde’s Small Xing-Kai Calligraphy

Where Did Ugly Calligraphy Come From, and Where Is It Going?—The Transmission and Transformation from Hong Kong’s Streets to Mainland China’s Stage

Reflections on the Phenomenon of “Ugly Calligraphy” in Contemporary China

The Elegance of the Calligraphy Scroll —Nineteenth Anniversary Member Exhibition of the North American Chinese Calligraphers’ Association

My View of Lin Sanzi’s Calligraphy

Dasheng: There Is No True East-West Divide in Learning—A “Study” Spirit Is Possible Even Without a Dedicated Study

Zhu Zhishan Calligraphy Appreciation

Heavenly Flair and “Random Stones Paving the Street”: The Unique Allure of Zheng Banqiao’s Calligraphy

Shen Peng’s Calligraphy: A Contemporary Paradigm from Tradition to Innovation

A Survey of the Ten Major Calligraphy Masterpieces by the “Sage of Cursive Script,” Huai Su (怀素)

Yi Bingshou and His Calligraphic Art

Secret Manual of Huang Tingjian’s “Seizing the Form and Transforming the Essence”: Want to Innovate in Calligraphy? First Study the Song Dynasty’s “Cosmetic Surgery”

Gao Xiang (Dezhi) and His Nine Versions of the Heart Sutra (2012-2024)

Wen Zhengming's Calligraphy

Seven typical characteristics of Su Dongpo's calligraphy

A Monumental Symphony of Running-Cursive Calligraphy That Shakes the Soul—An Analysis of Yan Zhenqing’s “Zheng Zuo Wei Tie”

On the Calligraphy of Master Hong Yi

Dong Qichang’s Calligraphic Achievements—“From Essence of Jin, the Method of Tang, and the Spirit of Song”

Sun Guoting’s cursive script has reemerged onto the literary stage, with each character achieving sublime perfection—Dong Qichang even declaring it superior to the Shu Pu!

A Brief Appreciation of Wang Xianzhi’s Classic Calligraphy Works

Art Is a Game for the Lonely

Appreciating the Calligraphy of the Daoist of Purity

Wang Duo‘s Calligraphy Appreciation

A Study of the “Second Greatest Running Script Under Heaven”—Draft of a Eulogy for Nephew

A Brief Discussion on Wang Dongling’s Doodle Calligraphy