Question
This outspoken intellectual’s square, upright regular script is praised for embodying his Confucian integrity, such as when he rused An Lushan’s rebels and martyred himself in loyal service of the Tang dynasty. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this master whose fleshy strokes contrast with Liu Gongquan’s (“lee-oh GONG-chwen’s”) bony strokes in a four-word idiom. This calligrapher’s Duo bao ta stele exemplifies his thin horizontal and bold vertical strokes, which became the model for Ming-style movable type.
ANSWER: Yan Zhenqing (“yen jun-CHING”) [or Yen Chen-ch’ing; or Gan Shinkei; or Nhan Chân Khanh; or An Jinkyung; or Ngan Zan-hing; or Yan-ti or Gan-tai or Nhan-thể or An-che] (The idiom is “Yan muscle, Liu bone.”)
[10m] Yan’s Praise to this set of eight principles evokes nature or animals to teach the basic strokes of regular script using the character for “eternity.”
ANSWER: Eight Principles of Yong [or close translations; or Yǒngzì Bā Fǎ; or Eiji happō; or Vĩnh tự bát pháp; or Yeongja palbeop; or Wingzi Baat Faat]
[10e] A four-word idiom says clerical script’s horizontal strokes have the tail of a swallow and the round head of this animal. Smugglers risking the death penalty brought sericulture and this animal’s eggs to the Byzantine Empire.
ANSWER: silkworm [or silk moth; or cán; prompt on partial answer] (The idiom is “cán tóu, yàn wěi.”)
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