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The author sets out to discover why the calligraphist Yan Zhenqing became eminent in the history of calligraphy. She explores Yan Zhenqing's work, and the later political actions taken by men of the Song dynasty who had studied him.
In the history of Chinese calligraphy, few are more famous than the eighth-century statesman Yan Zhenqing (709-785). His style is still taught today as a standard, and Chinese bookstores the world over stock inexpensive reproductions of his works for sale as copybooks. Yet Yan's…
