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Du Fu’s The Righteous Falcon in Cursive Script
Details
FU SHAN (1607-1684)
Du Fu’s The Righteous Falcon in Cursive Script
Hanging scroll, ink on satin
63.5 x 46.5 cm. (25 x 18 ¼ in.)
Signed, with one seal of the artist
Titleslip by Liu Fenggao (1761-1830), with one seal
Du Fu’s The Righteous Falcon in Cursive Script
Hanging scroll, ink on satin
63.5 x 46.5 cm. (25 x 18 ¼ in.)
Signed, with one seal of the artist
Titleslip by Liu Fenggao (1761-1830), with one seal
Further details
Composed by Du Fu (712-770), The Righteous Falcon (Yi Gu Hang) was a poem praising the chivalrous bird killing a snake for revenge on behalf of an eagle whose cub was swallowed by the snake. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, while Fu Shan retreated to the mountains and practised Taoism, he still supported earnestly the anti-Qing activists. During this time, Fu Shan always reminded the next generation that continuous improvement is the key for scholar’s academic and personal development: from small to large, short to long, narrow to wide, angry to calm, abstract to concrete, undetermined to adamant, immoral to righteous. And through his calligraphy one can sense his scholar’s ideals and noble character.
Fu Shan employed ‘continuous-cursive’ technique to execute Du Fu’s The Righteous Falcon in Cursive Script. The brushstrokes of some characters are linked and intertwined, enhancing the visual effect of this great piece of calligraphy.
Fu Shan employed ‘continuous-cursive’ technique to execute Du Fu’s The Righteous Falcon in Cursive Script. The brushstrokes of some characters are linked and intertwined, enhancing the visual effect of this great piece of calligraphy.
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