shū fǎ 书 法

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qin

qi

shu

hua

string musical instrument

Chinese chess

calligraphy

Chinese traditional painting

Qin Qi Shu Hua – A noble pursuit

The Four Treasures in studyThe Four Treasures in study

Paper - Zhi Paper - Zhi  Ink Sticks - Mo Ink Sticks - Mo 

Brushes - Bi Brushes - Bi  Ink Stones  - YanInk Stones  - Yan

笔

篆篆seal seal

charactercharacter

ZHUANZHUAN

5 most recognized

styles

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Clerical 隶书 (lì shū)

5 most recognized

styles

Regular By Yan Zhenqing

Specialized in Cursive ( 草书） and Regular （楷书） scripts.

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Ode of Mulan by Mi Fu

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Semi-cursive 行书 (xíng shū)

By Wang Xizhi – 王羲之The sage of cao shu calligraphy

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Cursive

Shou

寿

longevity

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Mao Zedong’s style of calligraphy

How to hold a brush?

Proper Poster for Writing with brush

basic stokeshéng: The basic horizontal stoke, starting from left and end at right

shù: The basic vertical stoke, from top to down.

piě: A left-falling stroke from right high position to left low position.

nà: A right-falling stroke, from left high position to right low position.

basic stokes“dian” - A simple dot.

"Gou" - Hooks

"Ti" -, rising stroke.

Turning stroke“zhe"

一 二 三

A dash(a horizontal stroke)

王

A perpendicular down stroke

A left-falling stroke and a right-falling stroke

木 林

A dot

点

才

A hook

法 习

An upstroke to the right

中国

Bend or twist

永