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

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FIG. 33.—A SHORT ESSAY

By Chin Tung-Hsin (金 冬 af}), one of the so-called ‘ eight queer painters’ of

Ch'ing. His calligraphy is distinguished by the square ends of the strokes. Obviously the brush was held in a slanting position, like that of a varnish-painter, and his writing is accordingly called Chi-Shu or Varnish Style. It is a mixture of Li-Shu and K<aiShu, and testifies to an undoubted queerness in the calligrapher’s nature

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