The Best of Chinese Calligraphy
By ET
Eh. This pain has tortured me for almost a month now. My productivity in terms of research has been near zero. (Maybe this is because my productivity was 200% before this, and I used up my karma for this period :-p) Yet, I can not sleep all the time for so many days, so I found something meaningful for me to do while I was waiting to get well. I remember when I was young, my parents asked me to practice and write Chinese calligraphy, the point was (and is) not to write beautiful characters, but to get a feeling of tranquility, or in other words, a peaceful mind that is harmoinzed with the body. I would say, in retrospect, this training has very deep impact on me. I enjoy a peaceful mental state, and my creativity is the highest when I can find this state of serenity. I concur with some ancient artist who once said that he was most creative when he was at 3 places: "on horse", "on pillow", and "on toilet". 
So in the last month, while I was not thinking about my research, I enjoyed appreciating the calligraphy by Wang Xizhi. He was considered to be the "god of calligraphy" by many. Above is his representative work called "Lan Ting Xu" (Preface to the Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Poets in Lanting :-p). 
ps. Thanks to Gordon for pointing out a spelling mistake
September 16th, 2005 at 5:44 pm
Amazing, where can I buy a copy for my office?
September 17th, 2005 at 6:20 pm
I don’t know. If you read Chinese, I can give you some websites to look for it. Otherwise, it is hard.
September 17th, 2005 at 6:36 pm
For example, Here is one:
http://www.bookschina.com/book_detail/this.asp?book_id=794215
September 20th, 2005 at 5:50 pm
http://library.sx.zj.cn/sxcustom/ssxs/22.htm
I guess ET may be interested in this
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September 24th, 2005 at 3:21 pm
http://www.shufajia.com/dictionary/index.asp
March 6th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
It is nice, also can look at this site
http://www.calligraphycampus.com
December 27th, 2009 at 11:42 am
I appreciate you quoting my work of Lan Ting Xu, but you should properly acknowledge my website at asiawind.com and include the last part with my signature and seal. Otherwise it is a violation of copyright.
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