Li Zhongya 李仲衙.
Li Zhongya's pieces illustrate the clerical style of calligraphy (li shu). This style is characterized by precisely drawn and spaced characters with a somewhat squat, rectangular appearance. The uniformity of the style produces an effect of calmness and overall harmony.
Creator.Personal Name: Li Zhongya.
Creator.Role: calligrapher.
Title: [Poem by Li Bai]
Description: hanging scroll; ink on paper (clerical script); inscribed by the artist: autumn 2001; unsigned; three artist's seals—one seal has name Li Zhongya.
Date.Created: 2001.
Type: Calligraphy—Chinese—2001.
Type: Scroll (Visual work)—Chinese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Culture: Chinese.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 13 x 42 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
a.k.a. Li Po, Li T'ai Po—701-762 C.E., Tang Dynasty:
Before my bed, the moon is shining bright,
I think that it is frost upon the ground.
I raise my head and look at the bright moon,
I lower my head and think of home.
床前明月光
疑是地上霜
舉頭望明月
低頭思故鄉
Creator.Personal Name: Li Zhongya.
Creator.Role: calligrapher
Title: [Poem by Meng Haoran]
Description: hanging scroll; ink on paper (clerical script); inscribed by the artist: autumn 2001; unsigned; three artist's seals—one seal has name: Li Zhongya.
Date.Created: 2001.
Type: Calligraphy—Chinese—2001.
Type: Scroll (Visual work)—Chinese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Culture: Chinese.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 13 x 42 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
The spring dawn has crept upon me,
heralded only by the singing of the birds.
Last night's rainstorm has subsided:
who can say, how many flowers have fallen?
春眠不覺曉
處處聞啼鳥
夜來風雨聲
花落知多少
Creator.Personal Name: Li Zhongya.
Creator.Role: calligrapher.
Title: [Poem by Wang Zhihuan]
Description: hanging scroll; ink on paper (clerical script); inscribed by the artist: autumn 2001; unsigned; three artist's seals—one seal has name: Li Zhongya.
Date.Created: 2001.
Type: Calligraphy—Chinese—2001.
Type: Scroll (Visual work)—Chinese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Culture: Chinese.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 13 x 42 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
a poem by Wang Zhihuan (688-742 C.E., Tang Dynasty) :
The sun beyond the mountains glows
The Yellow River seawards flows
You can enjoy a grander sight
By climbing to a greater height.
白日依山尽
黄河入海流
欲穷千里目
更上一层楼
Creator.Personal Name: Li Zhongya.
Creator.Role: calligrapher.
Title: [Poem by Li Shen]
Description: hanging scroll; ink on paper (clerical script); inscribed by the artist: autumn 2001; unsigned; three artist's seals—one seal has name: Li Zhongya.
Date.Created: 2001.
Type: Calligraphy—Chinese—2001.
Type: Scroll (Visual work)—Chinese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Culture: Chinese.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 13 x 42 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
(780?-846 C.E., Tang Dynasty):
He is hoeing the crops under the scorching sun,
Sweat dripping down on the soil beneath the plants.
Who realizes that the rice in dishes,
Every single grain of it, is harvested with hard labor.