Shen Zengzhi's Calligraphic Art

Shen Zengzhi is well known for his poems, articles and calligraphy. He was a prominent master of calligraphy in late Qing Dynasty and a pioneer in the calligraphic community in the Repbulic of China (1912-1949). The paper gives a brief introduction to his life and academic career, expounds that his views on calligraphy were based on textual research and history. He attached much importance to the form and quality of his calligraphic workings and endued them with much emotion. At last, the paper summarizes his calligraphic achievements.