君子不器
Just a very ex post facto post about my conference trip to Beijing last October. The conference was co-organized by my old prof, Dr. M, and Beijing Transnational Studies University on the topic of “Philosophy as World Lit.” So I arrived in Beijing somewhat late, a little after 9pm, and there was no one there…
Su Shi (蘇軾, 1037–1101), Song Dynasty (960–1279) Handscroll, ink on paper, 34.2 x 199.5 cm, National Palace Museum, Taipei In terms of semi-cursive script, the size of the characters here ranges considerably. Su Shi once said of his own calligraphy that it is “everything from short to long, plump to bony (短長肥脊各有態).” Here, the size…
“Six Refined Scholars” (‘六贤雅士图’ 金廷标)
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