Chinese and Japanese Calligraphy II
S06
Shunzhu Wang
The beautiful and elegant “running style” (xingshu) of Chinese calligraphy is the style most favored by poets. While the focus of the class is to learn and practice the writing techniques of running style calligraphy, we will also spend part of class time on the poems themselves. We will introduce, explain, and discuss what we will be writing so that students can develop an understanding of the beauty of classical Chinese poetry as they learn the running style of calligraphy—in itself a source of aesthetic appreciation.

Chinese Pin Yin will be provided along with the literal meaning of each character so that students will be able to read the poems in Chinese and learn to appreciate the auditory effects and musicality of Chinese poetry.