Chinese calligraphy, the Glossary
Chinese calligraphy is the writing of Chinese characters as an art form, combining purely visual art and interpretation of the literary meaning. This type of expression has been widely practiced in China and has been generally held in high esteem across East Asia. Calligraphy is considered one of the four most-sought skills and hobbies of ancient Chinese literati, along with playing stringed musical instruments, the board game "Go", and painting.[1]
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180 relations: Abbeville Publishing Group, Anyang, Bada Shanren, Bamboo, Bamboo and wooden slips, Cai Xiang, Cai Yong, Calligraphy, Cao Wei, Ceramic, Character amnesia, Chữ Nôm, Chi (unit), China, Chinese art, Chinese bronze inscriptions, Chinese characters, Chinese economic reform, Chinese family of scripts, Chinese martial arts, Chinese opera, Chinese painting, Chinese poetry, Chinese ritual bronzes, Chinese script styles, Chu (state), Chu Suiliang, Cinnabar, Clerical script, Cursive script (East Asia), Deer, Desk pad, Ding (vessel), Dong Qichang, Du Mu, Dui (vessel), East Asia, East Asian Gothic typeface, Edgeworthia chrysantha, Eight Principles of Yong, Emperor Gaozong of Song, Emperor Huizong of Song, Emperor Saga, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor Wu of Han, Felt, Fountain pen, Four Treasures of the Study, Fu Shan, Gampi, ... Expand index (130 more) »
Abbeville Publishing Group
Abbeville Publishing Group is an independent book publishing company specializing in fine art and illustrated books.
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Anyang
Anyang is a prefecture-level city in Henan, China.
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Bada Shanren
Zhu Da (朱耷), also known by his pen name Bada Shanren (八大山人), was a late-Ming and early-Qing dynasty Chinese painter, calligrapher, and poet.
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Bamboo
Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae.
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Bamboo and wooden slips
Bamboo and wooden slips are long, narrow strips of wood or bamboo, each typically holding a single column of several dozen brush-written characters.
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Cai Xiang
Cai Xiang (1012–1067) was a Chinese calligrapher, politician, structural engineer, and poet.
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Cai Yong
Cai Yong (132/133 –), courtesy name Bojie, was a Chinese astronomer, calligrapher, historian, mathematician, musician, politician, and writer of the Eastern Han dynasty.
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Calligraphy
Calligraphy is a visual art related to writing. Chinese calligraphy and Calligraphy are Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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Cao Wei
Wei (C) (220–266)Also known as Cao Wei (曹魏) or Former Wei.
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Ceramic
A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature.
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Character amnesia
Character amnesia is a phenomenon where experienced speakers of some East Asian languages forget how to write Chinese characters previously well-known to them.
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Chữ Nôm
Chữ Nôm is a logographic writing system formerly used to write the Vietnamese language.
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Chi (unit)
The chi (Tongyong Pinyin chih) is a traditional Chinese unit of length.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
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Chinese art
Chinese art is visual art that originated in or is practiced in China, Greater China or by Chinese artists.
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Chinese bronze inscriptions
Chinese bronze inscriptions, also commonly referred to as bronze script or bronzeware script, are writing in a variety of Chinese scripts on ritual bronzes such as zhōng bells and dǐng tripodal cauldrons from the Shang dynasty (2nd millennium BC) to the Zhou dynasty (11th–3rd century BC) and even later.
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Chinese characters
Chinese characters are logographs used to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture.
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Chinese economic reform
The Chinese economic reform or Chinese economic miracle, also known domestically as reform and opening-up, refers to a variety of economic reforms termed "socialism with Chinese characteristics" and "socialist market economy" in the People's Republic of China (PRC) that began in the late 20th century, after Mao Zedong's death in 1976.
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Chinese family of scripts
The Chinese family of scripts includes writing systems used to write various East Asian languages, that ultimately descend from the oracle bone script invented in the Yellow River valley during the Shang dynasty.
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Chinese martial arts
Chinese martial arts, commonly referred to with umbrella terms kung fu, kuoshu or wushu, are multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater China.
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Chinese opera
Traditional Chinese opera, or Xiqu, is a form of musical theatre in China with roots going back to the early periods in China.
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Chinese painting
Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world. Chinese calligraphy and Chinese painting are Chinese art.
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Chinese poetry
Chinese poetry is poetry written, spoken, or chanted in the Chinese language, and a part of the Chinese literature.
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Chinese ritual bronzes
From, elaborately decorated bronze vessels were deposited as grave goods in the tombs of royalty and nobility during the Chinese Bronze Age. Chinese calligraphy and Chinese ritual bronzes are Chinese art.
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Chinese script styles
Chinese characters may be written using one of five major styles, can be written according to five major styles which developed organically over the history of Chinese script.
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Chu (state)
Chu (Old Chinese: *s-r̥aʔ) was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty.
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Chu Suiliang
Chǔ Suìliáng (596–658), courtesy name Dengshan, formally the Duke of Henan, was a Chinese calligrapher, historian, and politician who served as a chancellor during the reigns of the emperors Taizong and Gaozong in the Tang dynasty.
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Cinnabar
Cinnabar, or cinnabarite, also known as mercurblende is the bright scarlet to brick-red form of mercury(II) sulfide (HgS).
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Clerical script
The clerical script, sometimes also chancery script, is a style of Chinese writing that evolved from the late Warring States period to the Qin dynasty.
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Cursive script (East Asia)
Cursive script (cǎoshū;, sōshotai;, choseo), often referred to as grass script, is a script style used in Chinese and East Asian calligraphy.
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Deer
A deer (deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family).
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Desk pad
A desk pad or blotter is a table protector used when work such as painting or writing would otherwise damage the table or desk.
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Ding (vessel)
Ding (dǐng) are prehistoric and ancient Chinese cauldrons standing upon legs with a lid and two fancy facing handles.
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Dong Qichang
Dong Qichang (courtesy name Xuanzai (玄宰); 1555–1636), was a Chinese art theorist, calligrapher, painter, and politician of the later period of the Ming dynasty.
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Du Mu
Du Mu (803–852) was a Chinese calligrapher, poet, and politician who lived during the late Tang dynasty.
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Dui (vessel)
Lacquered bronze ''dui'' vessel with turquoise and silver inlays. A dui is a type of Chinese ritual bronze vessel used in the late Zhou dynasty and the Warring States period of ancient China.
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East Asia
East Asia is a geographical and cultural region of Asia including the countries of China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.
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East Asian Gothic typeface
In the East Asian writing system, gothic typefaces (goshikku-tai; dodum, 고딕체 godik-che) are a type style characterized by strokes of even thickness and lack of decorations akin to sans serif styles in Western typography.
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Edgeworthia chrysantha
Edgeworthia chrysantha (common names: Oriental paperbush, mitsumata) is a plant in the family Thymelaeaceae.
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Eight Principles of Yong
The Eight Principles of Yong are used by calligraphers to practice how to write the eight most common strokes in regular script, using the fact that they are all present in the character.
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Emperor Gaozong of Song
Emperor Gaozong of Song (12 June 1107 – 9 November 1187), personal name Zhao Gou, courtesy name Deji, was the tenth emperor of the Chinese Song dynasty and the first of the Southern Song dynasty, ruling between 1127 and 1162 and retaining power as retired emperor from 1162 until his death in 1187.
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Emperor Huizong of Song
Emperor Huizong of Song (7 June 1082 – 4 June 1135), personal name Zhao Ji, was the eighth emperor of the Song dynasty of China and the penultimate emperor of the Northern Song dynasty.
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Emperor Saga
was the 52nd emperor of Japan,Emperor Saga, Saganoyamanoe Imperial Mausoleum, Imperial Household Agency according to the traditional order of succession.
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Emperor Taizong of Tang
Emperor Taizong of Tang (28January 59810July 649), previously Prince of Qin, personal name Li Shimin, was the second emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, ruling from 626 to 649.
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Emperor Wu of Han
Emperor Wu of Han (156 – 29 March 87BC), born Liu Che and courtesy name Tong, was the seventh emperor of the Han dynasty from 141 to 87 BC. His reign lasted 54 years – a record not broken until the reign of the Kangxi Emperor more than 1,800 years later – and remains the record for ethnic Han emperors.
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Felt
Felt is a textile that is produced by matting, condensing, and pressing fibers together.
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Fountain pen
A fountain pen is a writing instrument that uses a metal nib to apply water-based ink, or special pigment ink—suitable for fountain pens—to paper.
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Four Treasures of the Study
Four Treasures of the Study is an expression used to denote the brush, ink, paper and ink stone used in Chinese calligraphy and spread into other East Asian calligraphic traditions.
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Fu Shan
Fu Shan is a small hill in Hong Kong.
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Gampi
Gampi or ganpi are a group of Japanese shrubs, members of the genus Wikstroemia, some of which have been used for making paper since the 8th century.
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Go (game)
# Go is an abstract strategy board game for two players in which the aim is to capture more territory than the opponent by fencing off empty space.
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Goat
The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a species of domesticated goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock.
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Gu (vessel)
A gu is a type of ancient Chinese ritual bronze vessel from the Shang and Zhou dynasties (1600–256 BC).
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Guang (vessel)
A guang or gong is a particular shape used in Chinese art for vessels, originally made as Chinese ritual bronzes in the Shang dynasty (c. 1600 – c. 1046 BC), and sometimes later in Chinese porcelain.
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Gui (vessel)
A gui is a type of bowl-shaped ancient Chinese ritual bronze vessel used to hold offerings of food, probably mainly grain, for ancestral tombs.
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Han dynasty
The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu.
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Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Hangeul in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern writing system for the Korean language.
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Hemp
Hemp, or industrial hemp, is a plant in the botanical class of Cannabis sativa cultivars grown specifically for industrial and consumable use.
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Henan
Henan is an inland province of China.
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Hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana as well as kanji.
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Historical kana orthography
The, or, refers to the in general use until orthographic reforms after World War II; the current orthography was adopted by Cabinet order in 1946.
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History of China
The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area.
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Hong Yi
Hong Yi (23 October 1880 – 13 October 1942;, also romanized Hung Yit), or Yan Yin, born Li Shutong (李叔同 and 李漱筒) was a Chinese artist, musician, art teacher, and Buddhist monk.
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Hu (vessel)
A hu is a type of wine vessel that has a pear-shaped cross-section.
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Huaisu
One of Huai Su's surviving works Huaisu (737–799), courtesy name Zangzhen (藏真), was a Buddhist monk and calligrapher of the Tang dynasty, famous for his cursive calligraphy.
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Huang Ruheng
Huang Ruheng (1558—1626) was a Chinese calligrapher of the late Ming Dynasty.
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Huang Tingjian
Huang Tingjian (1045, Jiangxi province, China–1105, Yizhou, Guangxi) was a Chinese calligrapher, painter, and poet of the Song dynasty.
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Imperial examination
The imperial examination was a civil service examination system in Imperial China administered for the purpose of selecting candidates for the state bureaucracy.
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Ink wash painting
Ink wash painting (p); is a type of Chinese ink brush painting which uses washes of black ink, such as that used in East Asian calligraphy, in different concentrations. Chinese calligraphy and ink wash painting are Chinese art.
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Inkstick
Inksticks or ink cakes are a type of solid Chinese ink used traditionally in several Chinese and East Asian art forms such as calligraphy and brush painting.
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Inkstone
An inkstone is traditional Chinese stationery.
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
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Japanese art
Japanese art consists of a wide range of art styles and media that includes ancient pottery, sculpture, ink painting and calligraphy on silk and paper, ukiyo-e paintings and woodblock prints, ceramics, origami, bonsai, and more recently manga and anime.
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Japanese calligraphy
, also called, is a form of calligraphy, or artistic writing, of the Japanese language.
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Japanese painting
is one of the oldest and most highly refined of the Japanese visual arts, encompassing a wide variety of genres and styles.
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Jia (vessel)
A jia is a ritual vessel type found in both pottery and bronze forms; it was used to hold libations of wine for the veneration of ancestors.
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Jin dynasty (266–420)
The Jin dynasty or Jin Empire, sometimes distinguished as the or the, was an imperial dynasty in China that existed from 266 to 420.
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Jue (vessel)
A jue is a type of ancient Chinese vessel used to serve warm wine during ancestor-worship ceremonies.
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Kang Youwei
Kang Youwei (Cantonese: Hōng Yáuh-wàih; 19March 185831March 1927) was a prominent political thinker and reformer in China of the late Qing dynasty.
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Kangxi Dictionary
The Kangxi Dictionary is a Chinese dictionary published in 1716 during the High Qing, considered from the time of its publishing until the early 20th century to be the most authoritative reference for written Chinese characters.
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Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji).
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Kim Jeong-hui
Kim Jeong-hui (1786–1856) was one of the most celebrated practitioners of calligraphy, epigraphists, and scholars of Korea's later Joseon period.
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Korean art
Korean arts include traditions in calligraphy, music, painting and pottery, often marked by the use of natural forms, surface decoration and bold colors or sounds.
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Korean calligraphy
Korean calligraphy, also known as Seoye, is the Korean tradition of artistic writing.
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Korean painting
Korean painting includes paintings made in Korea or by overseas Koreans on all surfaces.
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Lantingji Xu
The Lantingji Xu, or Lanting Xu ("Orchid Pavilion Preface"), is a piece of Chinese calligraphy work generally considered to be written by the well-known calligrapher Wang Xizhi (303–361) from the Eastern Jin dynasty (317–420).
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Latin script
The Latin script, also known as the Roman script, is a writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae in Magna Graecia.
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Lệnh thư
Lệnh thư ('edict script') is a writing style for Chinese characters (chữ Hán) and chữ Nôm in Vietnamese calligraphy.
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Lê Hiển Tông
Lê Hiển Tông (黎顯宗 20 May 1717 – 10 August 1786), born Lê Duy Diêu, was the penultimate emperor of Vietnamese Lê dynasty.
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Li Si
Li Si (208 BC) was a Chinese calligrapher, philosopher, and politician of the Qin dynasty.
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Li Siyuan
Li Siyuan (李嗣源, later changed to Li Dan (李亶)) (10 October 867 – 15 December 933), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Mingzong of Tang (唐明宗), was the second emperor of the Later Tang dynasty of China, reigning from 926 until his death.
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Li Yangbing
Li Yangbing (courtesy name: Shaowen) was a Chinese calligrapher, poet, and politician during the medieval Tang dynasty.
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Liu Gongquan
Liu Gongquan, courtesy name Chengxuan (誠懸) (778—865), was a Chinese calligrapher, essayist, and politician who lived during the late Tang dynasty.
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Lu Ji (Shiheng)
Lu Ji (261 – November 303), courtesy name Shiheng, was a Chinese essayist, military general, politician, and writer who lived during the late Three Kingdoms period and Jin dynasty of China.
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Mi Fu
Mi Fu (also given as Mi Fei, 1051–1107 CE)Barnhart: 373.
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Ming typefaces
Ming or Song is a category of typefaces used to display Chinese characters, which are used in the Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages.
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Music of China
The music of China consists of many distinct traditions, often specifically originating with one of the country's various ethnic groups.
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Ni Zan
Ni Zan (1301–1374) was a Chinese painter during the Yuan and early Ming periods.
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Oracle bone
Oracle bones are pieces of ox scapula and turtle plastron which were used in pyromancya form of divinationduring the Late Shang period in ancient China.
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Oracle bone script
Oracle bone script is the oldest attested form of written Chinese, dating to the late 2nd millennium BC.
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Ouyang Xun
Ouyang Xun (557–641), courtesy name Xinben, was a Chinese calligrapher, politician, and writer of the early Tang dynasty.
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Ox
An ox (oxen), also known as a bullock (in British, Australian, and Indian English), is a bovine, trained and used as a draft animal.
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Paper mulberry
The paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera, syn. Morus papyrifera L.) is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae.
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Paperweight
A paperweight is a small solid object heavy enough, when placed on top of papers, to keep them from blowing away in a breeze or from moving under the strokes of a painting brush (as with Chinese calligraphy).
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Pen
A pen is a common writing instrument that applies ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing.
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Pencil board
Shitajiki (下敷き, "under-sheet") is a Japanese word for various types of materials placed under a sheet of paper for writing, either to prevent marking on the sheets below or to provide a better surface for writing.
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Pig
The pig (Sus domesticus), also called swine (swine) or hog, is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal.
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Pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese.
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Pteroceltis tatarinowii
Pteroceltis tatarinowii a species of tree endemic to China and the only extant member of the genus Pteroceltis.
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Pyromancy
Pyromancy (Ancient Greek ἐμπυρία (empyria), divination by fire)Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940).
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Qin (state)
Qin (or Ch'in) was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty.
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Qin dynasty
The Qin dynasty was the first dynasty of Imperial China.
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Qin Shi Huang
Qin Shi Huang (February 25912 July 210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China.
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Qiu Xigui
Qiu Xigui (born 13July 1935) is a Chinese historian, palaeographer, and professor of Fudan University.
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Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas).
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Radical 187
Radical 187 or radical horse meaning "horse" is one of the 8 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 10 strokes.
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Regular script
The regular script is the newest of the major Chinese script styles, emerging during the Three Kingdoms period, and stylistically mature by the 7th century.
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Renminbi
The renminbi (symbol: ¥; ISO code: CNY; abbreviation: RMB), also known as Chinese Yuan is the official currency of the People's Republic of China.
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Rice
Rice is a cereal grain and in its domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa.
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Scapula
The scapula (scapulae or scapulas), also known as the shoulder blade, is the bone that connects the humerus (upper arm bone) with the clavicle (collar bone).
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Scholar-official
The scholar-officials, also known as literati, scholar-gentlemen or scholar-bureaucrats, were government officials and prestigious scholars in Chinese society, forming a distinct social class.
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Seal script
Seal script or sigillary script is a style of writing Chinese characters that was common throughout the latter half of the 1st millennium BC.
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Seals in the Sinosphere
In the Sinosphere, seals (stamps) can be applied on objects to establish personal identification. They are commonly applied on items such as personal documents, office paperwork, contracts, and art. They are used similarly to signatures in the West. Unlike in the West, where wax seals are common, Sinosphere seals are used with ink.
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Seiza
Seiza (正座 or 正坐; せいざ) is the formal, traditional way of sitting in Japan.
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Semi-cursive script
Semi-cursive script, also known as running script, is a style of Chinese calligraphy that emerged during the Han dynasty (202 BC220 AD).
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Shang dynasty
The Shang dynasty, also known as the Yin dynasty, was a Chinese royal dynasty that ruled in the Yellow River valley during the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Western Zhou dynasty.
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Shuowen Jiezi
The Shuowen Jiezi is a Chinese dictionary compiled by Xu Shen, during the Eastern Han dynasty (25–206 CE).
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Siberian weasel
The Siberian weasel or kolonok (Mustela sibirica) is a medium-sized weasel native to Asia, where it is widely distributed and inhabits various forest habitats and open areas.
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Simplified Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese characters are one of two standardized character sets widely used to write the Chinese language, with the other being traditional characters.
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Small seal script
The small seal script is an archaic script style of written Chinese.
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Song dynasty
The Song dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279.
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Spring and Autumn period
The Spring and Autumn period in Chinese history lasted approximately from 770 to 481 BCE which corresponds roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou period.
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Stroke order
Stroke order is the order in which the strokes of a Chinese character are written.
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Su Shi
Su Shi (8 January 1037 – 24 August 1101), courtesy name Zizhan, art name Dongpo, was a Chinese poet, essayist, calligrapher, painter, and scholar-official who lived during the Song dynasty.
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Tang Yin
Tang Yin (6 March 1470 – 7 January 1524), courtesy name Bohu (伯虎) and Ziwei (子畏), was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, and poet of the Ming dynasty period.
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The arts
The arts or creative arts are a vast range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling, and cultural participation.
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Three perfections
The three perfections is a term referring to Chinese,, and understood and practiced as related endeavors. Chinese calligraphy and three perfections are Chinese art.
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Tian Yunzhang
Tian Yunzhang (田蕴章; 1 May 1945 – 4 February 2024) was a Chinese calligrapher and a calligraphy professor of Nankai University.
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Tiger
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is a member of the genus Panthera and the largest living cat species native to Asia.
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Tortoise
Tortoises are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (Latin for "tortoise").
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Traditional Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese characters are a standard set of Chinese character forms used to write Chinese languages.
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Turtle shell
The turtle shell is a shield for the ventral and dorsal parts of turtles (the order Testudines), completely enclosing all the vital organs of the turtle and in some cases even the head.
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Variant Chinese characters
Chinese characters may have several variant forms—visually distinct glyphs that represent the same underlying meaning and pronunciation.
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Vietnamese art
Vietnamese art is visual art that, whether ancient or modern, originated in or is practiced in Vietnam or by Vietnamese artists.
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Vietnamese calligraphy
Vietnamese calligraphy (Vietnamese alphabet: Thư pháp Việt Nam) relates to the calligraphic traditions of Vietnam.
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Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, comics, design, crafts, and architecture.
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Wang Duo (Ming dynasty)
Wang Duo (1592–1652), is a Chinese calligrapher, painter, and poet in Ming dynasty.
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Wang Xianzhi (calligrapher)
Wang Xianzhi (344–386), courtesy name Zijing (子敬), was a famous Chinese calligrapher of the Eastern Jin dynasty.
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Wang Xizhi
Wang Xizhi (courtesy name: Yishao) was a Chinese politician and writer from the Jin dynasty (266–420) known for his mastery of Chinese calligraphy.
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Wang Xun (calligrapher)
Wang Xun (Chinese name: 王珣; 349–400) was a Chinese calligrapher, who lived during the Jin Dynasty (266–420).
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Warring States period
The Warring States period was an era in ancient Chinese history characterized by warfare, bureaucratic and military reform, and political consolidation.
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Washi
is traditional Japanese paper processed by hand using fibers from the inner bark of the gampi tree, the mitsumata shrub (Edgeworthia chrysantha), or the paper mulberry (kōzo) bush.
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Water-dropper (calligraphy)
A is a small device used in East Asian calligraphy as a container designed to hold a small amount of water.
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Wei Shuo
Wei Shuo (272–349 CE), courtesy name Mouyi (茂猗), sobriquet He'nan (和南), commonly addressed just as Lady Wei (衛夫人), who lived during the Eastern Jin, was one of the most famous of all Chinese calligraphers in history.
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Wen Zhengming
Wen Zhengming (28 November 1470 – 28 March 1559), born Wen Bi, was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming dynasty.
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Western calligraphy
Western calligraphy is the art of writing and penmanship as practiced in the Western world, especially using the Latin alphabet (but also including calligraphic use of the Cyrillic and Greek alphabets, as opposed to "Eastern" traditions such as Turko-Perso-Arabic, Chinese or Indian calligraphy).
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Western Zhou
The Western Zhou (771 BC) was a period of Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Zhou dynasty.
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Wheat
Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a staple food around the world.
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Wolf
The wolf (Canis lupus;: wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America.
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Wonton font
A wonton font (also known as Chinese, chopstick, chop suey, or kung-fu) is a mimicry typeface with a visual style intended to express an East Asian, or more specifically, Chinese typographic sense of aestheticism.
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Wu Changshuo
Wu Changshuo (September 12, 1844 – November 29, 1927, also romanised as Wu Changshi), born Wu Junqing, was a Chinese calligrapher, painter, and seal artist of the late Qing Period.
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Wu Ding
Wu Ding (died); personal name (子昭), was a king of the Chinese Shang dynasty who ruled the central Yellow River valley 1200 BCE.
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Xiaoshuangqiao
Xiaoshuangqiao is the site of a Bronze Age city, located on the southern bank of the Suoxu River, 20 km northwest of Zhengzhou.
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Xuan paper
Xuan paper, Shuen paper, or rice paper, is a kind of paper originating in ancient China used for writing and painting. Chinese calligraphy and Xuan paper are Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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Yan Zhenqing
Yan Zhenqing (709 – 23 August 784) was a Chinese calligrapher, military general, and politician.
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Yang Shoujing
Yang Shoujing (1839 – 9 January 1915) was a Chinese antiquarian, bibliophile, calligrapher, diplomat, geographer, and historian.
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Yi (vessel)
A yi is a shape used in ancient Chinese ritual bronzes.
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Yinxu
Yinxu is a Chinese archeological site corresponding to Yin, the final capital of the Shang dynasty.
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You (vessel)
A you is a lidded vessel that was used for liquid offerings by the Chinese of the Zhou and Shang dynasties.
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Yu Shinan
Yu Shinan (558–638), courtesy name Boshi, posthumously known as Duke Wenyi of Yongxing, was a Chinese calligrapher and politician who lived in the early Tang dynasty and rose to prominence during the reign of Emperor Taizong.
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Zhang Xu
Zhang Xu (fl. 8th century), courtesy name Bogao (伯高), was a Chinese calligrapher and poet of the Tang dynasty.
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Zhang Zhi (calligrapher)
Zhang Zhi (died 192), courtesy name Boying (伯英), was a Chinese calligrapher during the Han dynasty.
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Zhao Mengfu
Zhao Mengfu (courtesy name Zi'ang (子昂); pseudonyms Songxue (松雪, "Pine Snow"), Oubo (鷗波, "Gull Waves"), and Shuijing-gong Dao-ren (水精宮道人, "Master of the Water Spirits Palace"); 1254–1322), was a Chinese calligrapher, painter, and scholar during the Yuan dynasty.
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Zheng Xie
Zheng Xie (1693–1765), commonly known as Zheng Banqiao was a Chinese painter from Jiangsu.
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Zhengzhou Shang City
The Zhengzhou Shang City is an archaeological site of the Bronze Age Erligang culture in Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
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Zhong Yao
Zhong Yao (鍾繇, 151 – April or May 230), also referred to as Zhong You, courtesy name Yuanchang (元常), was a Chinese calligrapher and politician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of China.
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Zhong You
Zhong You (542–480BC), commonly known by his courtesy names Zilu and Jilu, was one of the best known and most faithful disciples of Confucius.
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Zhou dynasty
The Zhou dynasty was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from until 256 BC, the longest of such reign in Chinese history.
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Zhu Xi
Zhu Xi (October 18, 1130April 23, 1200), formerly romanized Chu Hsi, was a Chinese calligrapher, historian, philosopher, poet, and politician of the Southern Song dynasty.
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Zun
The zun or yi, used until the Northern Song (960–1126) is a type of Chinese ritual bronze or ceramic wine vessel with a round or square vase-like form, sometimes in the shape of an animal, first appearing in the Shang dynasty.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calligraphy
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