| The Upright Brush: Yan Zhenqing''s Calligraphy and Song Literati Politics Subjects: Yen Chen-ch‘ing 709–785 -- Criticism and interpretation; Calligraphy Chinese -- History -- T‘ang-Five dynasties 618–960 -- Political aspects; In the history of Chinese calligraphy, few are more famous than the eighth-century statesman Yan Zhenqing (709-785). His style is still taught today as a standard, and Chinese bookstores the world over stock inexpensive reproductions of his works for sale as copybooks. McNair Amy : Amy McNair is professor of Chinese Art at the University of Kansas. Her previous publications include Donors of Longmen: Faith, Politics, and Patronage in Medieval Chinese Buddhist Sculpture . |