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| Keywords: Commentary on Growing a Beard by Shen Zhou.jpg The brushwork here features dark and heavy strokes with the forms and momentum upright and strokes extending at an angle the spirit exuding and reflecting much of the spirit harmony of Huang Tingjian's calligraphy Though it appears on the surface to be similar to Huang Tingjian's style the brushwork in the dots and strokes is more astringent and powerfully upright in Shen Zhou's own manner making this a representative surviving example of Shen's large running script National Palace Museum Ming dynasty somewhere during Shen Zhou's lifetime 1427-1509 National Palace Museum Taipei http //theme npm edu tw/exh103/ShenZhou/en/ch02 html Shen Zhou's Art of Calligraphy Four Great Masters of the Ming Dynasty Shen Zhou exhibit Taipei National Palace Museum http //theme npm edu tw/exh103/ShenZhou/ch/ch02 html 沈周的書法 術 明四大家特展－沈周 展覽 臺北 立故宮博物院 object history exhibition history credit line http //theme npm edu tw/exh103/ShenZhou/en/ch02 html Shen Zhou's Art of Calligraphy Four Great Masters of the Ming Dynasty Shen Zhou exhibit Taipei National Palace Museum The background for this work involves a friend of Shen Zhou Zhao Mingyu who did not have a beard When Yao Cundao heard of this he asked Shen to do this work and recruited Zhou Zongdao who had a full beard to help out in the hope that he could give Zhao ten whiskers to make up for what he was lacking in terms of facial hair Though called a commentary Shen Zhou's writing is full of comical humor revealing a sense of close friendship among these literati Though Shen Zhou makes a show of citing from classics to give the appearance of a serious composition he transcribed it in large running script giving it a more informal quality National Palace Museum accession number http //painting npm gov tw/npm_public/System/View jsp ObjectID 5610 type 1 故書000092N000000000 Custom license marker 2014 02 12 PD-Art-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Ming Dynasty Chinese calligraphy Shen Zhou Semi-cursive script | ||||
