Chinese calligraphy : an introduction to its aesthetic and technique : with 6 plates and 155 text illustratons

CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY

small unevennesses, in addition to the deliberate asymmetry of their pattern. Every stroke, after it has fallen from the brush of the writer, has to lie on the paper without correction ; ‘ touch-

FIG. 83 By the Monk Huai-Su (Palace Museum, Petp‘ing)

FIG. 84 By Feng Hung-Chang (Collection of Cathay Publishers, Shanghai)

ing up’ would destroy its life. Hence, when a partially dry

brush is used, and ‘ hollow’ strokes described, as in Figs. 83

and 84, this is deliberate. Such strokes show more clearly than

solid ones the movement, direction and speed of the brush [ 124 ]