文学风格

The five writing styles still used today : illustration with the character 雲 “yun” which means cloud. In simplified Pinyin yun is written 云


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篆书

The seal (篆书 zhuanshu), close to the design, which was engraved on the scales of turtles and the bones of buffaloes and which is still used in the engraving of seals

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白云印章

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Wu Xizai (1799-1870)
Fac-similé de la calligraphie de Wanbai Shanren
Rouleau sur papier
39,8 x 122,7 cm


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楷书

The regular (楷书 kaishu) easy to learn and read, it is the model writing and is used daily

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Shen Du (1357-1434)
"Quatre devises"
Beijing, Palace Museum


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行书

The current (行书xingshu) of common use, of faster execution it can be more or less linked

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Ruan Yuan (1764-1849)
Diptyque antithétique de 7 caractères
29 x 125 cm


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隶书

The chancery or scribes script (隶书 lishu) creating a simpler and faster graphical language

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Jin Nong (1687-1764)
Poème dédicacé à la peinture
35 x 96,8 cm
Shanghai, Museum


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草书

The cursive (草书 caoshu) greater freedom of execution and connection sometimes by large strides as a kind of continuous dance. To be able to read it, you have to have practiced it

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Huang Tingjian (1045-1105)
Poème de Du Fu à He Lanxian
34,7 x 69,6 cm
Beijing, Palace Museum

参考书目

- L’art chinois de l’écriture, Jean-François Billeter, Seuil Editions, 2001
- Vide et Plein, François Cheng, Seuil Editions, 2021
- Paysage d’hiver, Christine Jordis, Albin Michel Editions, 2016
- Le Trésor des Lettrés, Lucien X. Polastron, Imprimerie nationale Editions, 2010
- Calligraphie chinoise, Lucien X. Polastron, Imprimerie nationale Editions, 2011