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

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By the Emperor Hui Tsung (gf 4%), of Sung (4€), a gifted scholar, painter and

calligrapher. He distinguished himself in calligraphy by a special style to which he gave the name of Slender Gold. The above is an example. His writing shows him

to have been a tall, thin, handsome figure (Palace Museum, Peip‘ing)