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	Yan Zhenqing Yan Zhenqing (顏真卿, 709 - 785) was a leading China|Chinese calligrapher of the Tang dynasty. The greatest Chinese calligrapher >Read More

Calligraphy was thought to be the highest and purest form of painting

Chinese Calligraphy Chinese calligraphy typically uses ink brush to write Chinese characters (Hanzi for the Chinese, and Kanji for the Japanese). Calligraphy or shufa.

East Asian calligraphy East Asian calligraphy typically uses ink brushes to write Chinese characters (called Hanzi in Chinese, Kanji in Japanese language|Japanese, and Han
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Lanting Xu Lanting Xu (??????), or Lanting Ji Xu (?????W??) (Preface to the...

Su Shi Su Shi (蘇軾) (1037-1101) was a List_of_Chinese_authors|writer, List_of_Chinese_language_poets|poet, ar...
Liu Gongquan Liu Gongquan (778 - 865), was a Chinese calligraphy|calligrapher who stood with Yan Zhenqing as the two great masters of late Tang calligraphy. A m
Gu Kaizhi Gu Kaizhi (??????; pinyin: G?? K??izh??;; Wade-Giles: Ku K'ai-chih) (c.344-406), is a celebrated painter of ancient China. According to historical r
Wang Xianzhi Wang Xianzhi (王獻之, 344 - 386) is a famous China|Chinese Chinese_calligraphy|calligrapher of the Eastern Jin dynasty. The seven