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

CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY

the ‘vertical’ dot reversed. Written first upwards, then downwards, then slightly to the left. ‘Tiny’ Dot, Wei-Tien (# i). Like an apricotDv kernel. Written first upwards to the left, then downwards to the right.

為 ‘ Beak’ Dot, Cho-Tien ( 啄 點 ). It differs from the

Q Upward’ Dot, Hsiang-Shang-Tien (1) : 84). Like

vertical dot only in its position. Written first to the right, then to the left.

These two dots, joined together in the form of the Arabic numeral three, may be considered as two ‘level’ dots, with a light line joining them.

bs These three dots we call the Water Radical, because the meaning of any character which > 3) contains them has something to do with

water. The dots are written as the arrows

indicate. Notice that each influences and is

influenced by the others ; they seem affiliated.

These two dots are a combination of the

BP » ‘beak’ dot and ‘tiger-claw’ dot, set closer together at the top than at the bottom.

These two dots are a combination of the

‘two-faced’ dot and the ‘beak’ dot, set

4 rather wider apart at the top than at the

bottom.

These three dots are a combination of two 4 yy v ‘two-faced’ dots and one ‘tiger-claw’ dot. They stand at a distance, facing one another.

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