Eight Principles of Yong
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title:
Eight Principles of Yong
text:
The Eight Principles of Yong are used by calligraphers to practice how to write the eight most common strokes in regular script, using the fact that they are all present in the character 永; yǒng; 'forever'', 'permanence'. It was believed that the frequent practice of these principles as such when beginning one's study could ensure beauty in the Chinese calligrapher's writing. The Eight Principles are influenced by the Eastern Jin-era Seven Powers (七勢) by Lady Wei Shuo. Publications on the princi
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Demonstration of CJK character strokes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Principles_of_Yong
date created:
2003-08-19T23:58:49Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T04:12:07Z
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