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Ren Bo-Wu (1914-1999) wrote: "It's difficult to talk about poetry. In Weishan they teach poetry as the major tenet, and yet there are only two people you can discuss poetry with. From ancient times down to Tang dynasty, poetry has reached tens of thousands of people, but the top poets are Bo-Yu, Zi-Shou, Tai-Bai, Zi-Mei, and Ci-Shan only, quite scarce really. So in writing poetry they aim for a genial and gentle form. The result is that only half of poets can substantiate form with content or embed substance in rhetoric. The above is quoted from The Boat of Art with Two Paddles, abridged." Name seal: "Śramaṇa Ben-Hui" (intaglio), "Monk Ru-Yu" (relief). Head seal: "Tranquil wisdom" (intaglio).
This work exhibits a refreshing, robust, and sturdy calligraphy style, reflecting the steady breathing and square and unwavering brushwork from the calligrapher. Thick and thin lines are well interspersed. Extremely fine yet sturdy lines are seen in characters like "詩", "而", "乃", "者", "山", and thick weighty ones in "伯玉", "太白", "蓋", "旨". There are also many quietly powerful yet low-key strokes using the "flying white" style in words like "可", "人", "美", "何", "厚", each with rhythmic alternation of rising and falling, light and heavy, and emptiness and fullness.
"The Boat of Art with Two Paddles," written by Bao Shi-Chen (1775-1855), a Qing-Dynasty literary scholar and calligrapher, is a work of critique on ancient prose and calligraphy studies. The text is excerpted from the preface to Scroll III of "Draft of Jiang Ji-Chi Qifeng Poems."
This work exhibits a refreshing, robust, and sturdy calligraphy style, reflecting the steady breathing and square and unwavering brushwork from the calligrapher. Thick and thin lines are well interspersed. Extremely fine yet sturdy lines are seen in characters like "詩", "而", "乃", "者", "山", and thick weighty ones in "伯玉", "太白", "蓋", "旨". There are also many quietly powerful yet low-key strokes using the "flying white" style in words like "可", "人", "美", "何", "厚", each with rhythmic alternation of rising and falling, light and heavy, and emptiness and fullness.
"The Boat of Art with Two Paddles," written by Bao Shi-Chen (1775-1855), a Qing-Dynasty literary scholar and calligrapher, is a work of critique on ancient prose and calligraphy studies. The text is excerpted from the preface to Scroll III of "Draft of Jiang Ji-Chi Qifeng Poems."
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