Calligraphy Fan in Xiao Kai Shu Script 1585
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This Chinese fan, dated 1585, features a poem in "Xiao Kai Shu" script by the artist Du Dazhong. Xiao Kai Shu is a style of calligraphy that is characterized by its elegant and refined strokes. This fan, with its delicate script and traditional shape, is an exquisite example of Chinese art and calligraphy. The piece is part of the collection at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
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Du Dazhong, a Ming official, was a noted Suzhou calligrapher and a member of the Wu school group of writers associated with Wang Zhiteng (1535-1612). This calligraphy fan, carefully written in Xiao Kai Shu (small regular script), is the recreation of an extraordinarily dense prose poem composed by the Tang poet Yang Jiong (650-c. 694) titled "Prose Poem While Leaning on the Study Desk," which the poet wrote on a paper fan in a moment of inspiration after gazing upon mountain peaks shrouded in mist and rain. The verse recounts the serious rigor of true scholarship. A few lines read: Scholars have transmitted the classics and are involved in extending knowledge to the utmost...They have exerted themselves in study questing after improvement...How can a scholar sleep in peaceful withdrawal...Let him emulate the national craftsmen and develop their skill.May he model himself on mountains and forests, taking them as his pattern...
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