Original Size of Most Kai Shu Tablets in Tang Dynasty (part 1)

This is about the original size of most (not all) Chinese calligraphy tablets in Kai Shu of the Tang Dynasty ( http://www.art-virtue.com/history/tang/tang.htm ). In ancient times, paper was not easy to obtain and people practiced calligraphy in smaller sizes than we do today. Many Chinese calligraphy models by famous calligraphers such as Ouyang Xun ( 歐陽詢 ), Yu Shi-Nan ( 虞世南 ) , Chu Sui-Liang ( 褚遂良 ) and many others were written about the size as shown in this video.

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[artvirtue]

Mostly this is because I am using an excellent brush made by the famous Li Fushou 李福壽. Li made an improvement of brushes in the early 20th century when he made many brushes that can be used for both Chinese painting and calligraphy - he earned a high reputation for that. I got this one from OrientalArtSupply site.

[artvirtue]

Matthias, your friend is writing something for you here. BTW, this is not the most difficult one in Chinese calligraphy - there are something more challenging...

[sprucelake7]

I agree, smilingmathias. It is inconceievable that a machine could ever do this: the victory of the unadorned human hand. The verticle yet highly flexible holding of the brush is noteworthy. I think a beginner needs to follow this, even though they may thinks that t the results are not as good as when they hold the brush more like a pen. My impression is that this is not something methodically running along. The key seems to be in the total integrity and self-sufficiency of each character.

[artvirtue]

The requirements may include breathing control, mental concentration, steady and continuous hand movement, relaxed shoulders, correct posture, finely grinded ink... etc.

In the links I sent you, there are numerous Chinese who can do this at sf108com's website in China.

[artvirtue]

Thank you for your lovely comment.

[smilingmatthias]

the most difficult thing, i have ever seen! how do you do that?

5 shuriken

[chinotan0628]

可爱写作