Chinese calligraphy has always been more than simply a tool for ... known as 'seal', 'official', 'cursive', 'running' and 'regular'. The art may appear on any writing surface - even the rocky walls of ...

A 31-year-old man in central China who used his skill in Chinese calligraphy to help his parents pay their debts of 20 million yuan (US$2.8 million) in seven years has trended on mainland social ...

It is considered a masterpiece of Chinese cursive calligraphy next to Wang's Lantingji Xu, or "The Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion." "The letter was written during wartime ...