The greatest work of Chinese calligraphy written in the semi-cursive style is the “Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion”, also known as “Lanting Xu” or “Lantingji Xu”. On the third day ...

The history of calligraphy—the art of handwriting as a medium of expression beyond the meaning of words themselves—could be generically traced to the earliest found symbols. There was a time when ...

The "Thousand-character Essay in Cursive Script" was written by Zhao Ji (1082-1135), Emperor Huizong in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). He was not a very successful emperor, but a remarkably accomplished ...

If you have kids or attend school yourself, you might have noticed that cursive handwriting—that loopy, continuous written style popular in the 20th century and recently cast aside in favor of ...