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

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FIG. 45.—PART OF AN ESSAY

By Chao Chih-Ch‘ien (8 之 Fr), an example of whose writing we have seen in the

Seal Style. Here he follows the style of the stone inscriptions of Southern T‘ang. A different way of shaping the strokes is apparent, and an individual mode of constructing the characters

(Collection of Chang Lai-Kung, Nanking) [79]