Liweng 笠翁
Liweng's set of four calligraphy scrolls illustrates four different styles of script: kai shu (regular script), zhuan shu (seal script), xing shu (running script), and li shu (clerical script).
Signature and seals
Creator.Personal Name: Liweng.
Creator.Role: calligrapher.
Title: [Four poems]
Description: set of hanging scrolls; ink on paper; regular, seal, running, and clerical scripts; signed by the artist; two artist's seals.
Type: Calligraphy--Chinese.
Type: Scroll (Visual work)--Chinese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Culture: Chinese.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 23 x 37 in.ea.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Texts:
Poem #1: Wang Wei
Poem #2: Liu Zongyuan
A hundred mountains and no bird,
A thousand paths without a footprint;
A little boat, a bamboo cloak,
An old man fishing in the cold river-snow.
千山鸟飞绝
万径人踪灭
孤舟蓑笠翁
独钓寒江雪
Poem #3: Wang Wei
Poem #4: Wang Wei
I'm idle, as osmanthus flowers fall,
This quiet night in spring, the hill is empty.
The moon comes out and startles the birds on the hill,
They don't stop calling in the spring ravine.
人閒桂花落
夜靜春山空
月出驚山鳥
時鳴春澗中