Chinese Wisdom and Calligraphy Grammar (中華智慧與書法文法)

Classmates of I Ching (易經高班) joined Prof. Peng (彭泓基教授) and his calligraphy teacher talk named “Chinese Wisdom and Calligraphy Grammar (中華智慧與書法文法)”on 23^rd Feb 2024. Before the talk, we met Prof. Peng in the entry and took a photo for memory. 

(Left: I, Minda, Prof. Peng, Kinsen Leung and Mr. Zhuang (莊))

In the beginning, organizer presented the certificates to guest speakers (Prof. Peng and Mr. Cen Jiqiu (岑寂秋)).

Prof. Peng was the first speaker and he explained what is culture? He said it is inheritance of wisdom (智慧的傳承).

Then he introduced the I Ching and one of key concepts is “Observation get Meaning (觀象取意)”. Yin Yang (陰陽), Change I (變易), Simple I (簡易) and Unchanged I (不易) were also mentioned.

After that Prof. Peng briefed the 5 thousand histories of China combined with Calligraphy development.

He introduces some numbers to help us easily remember the length of different dynasties in China.

Four types of Chinese Calligraphy scripts are briefed and they are seal script (篆書), official script (隸書), regular script (楷書) and cursive script (草書).

Prof. Peng mentioned Mr. Yu (于右任) who standardized the cursive script. And then showed different types of Chinese Calligraphy in different dynasties. 

Finally, he explained what Chinese beauty is, not only visual and auditory, but also objective feeling. However, different cultures have different definitions. The key points of Chinese beauty are Wei (味) Xin (心), Dao (道) and Wen (文).

He then explained why Chinese Calligraphy to be Art.

Before end the first part of the talk, Prof. Peng demonstrated his words about sword and piano (劍膽琴心).

During the break, I Ching classmates took a group photo for memory.

(First Row Left: Karen Mak, Minda Chiang, Ms. So and Michelle; Second Row Left: Lotto Lai, Patrick Ng, Matthew Lai, Kinsen Leung, Pauline Law, Patrick Lui, Mr. Zhuang and Mr. X)

In second part, Mr. Cen Jiqiu (岑寂秋) shared his Chinese Calligraphy life and study path. He said Chinese Calligraphy is like no sound music. It needs understanding Chinese culture and different styles from ancient calligraphers.

Finally, Mr. Cen demonstrated his Chinese Calligraphy for participants.

He gave his calligraphy to the organizer for memory.

And also prepared some calligraphies for others.

Reference:

Hong Kong Society for Quality (HKSQ) - http://www.hksq.org/index.asp

彭泓基教授 - https://www.master-insight.com/author/penghongji/

屈機TV (屈基論) - https://www.youtube.com/@wgtvhk/playlists

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