The Pace of Calligraphy

Points and lines reflect Chinese cultural aesthetics and worldview. Learning Calligraphy through “Map of Strokes Disposition” and “The Eight-Step Stroke Pattern of Yongzi”.

Map of Strokes Disposition

Wei Shuo (Lady Wei), the teacher of the famous calligrapher Wang Xizhi, left behind her precious calligraphy teachings – “Map of Strokes Disposition”. These Dispositions are not only calligraphy techniques. Rather, they try to illustrate the wonders of natural phenomena in each stroke.

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The eight-step stroke pattern of character Yong 永

“The eight-step stroke pattern of character Yong” evolved from the “Map of Strokes Disposition “. Li Yangbing, a calligrapher from the Tang Dynasty, once said: “The eight basic brushstrokes of the Standard script are all in the character ‘Yong’.”

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