Fan Zongliang 范宗良

Fan Zongliang's style is chiefly zhuan shu (seal script) combined with elements of jin wen (bronze engraving) and jia guwen (oracle bone script). It also shows a pronounced cursive quality rather than the stiffer style that is usually seen with seal script calligraphy.

He is a native of Hanjiang, Fujian Province, and was born in 1940. He is now a member of Chinese Fujian Artists' Association. His calligraphy has been collected in the International JiaGuwen Zhuanwen Dictionary.

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Creator.Personal Name: 范宗良
Creator.Personal Name: Fan Zongliang
Creator.Role: calligrapher.
Title: [Poem of Su Dongpo]
Description: hanging scroll; ink on paper; seal script; inscribed and signed by the artist; three artists' seals.
Type: Calligraphy--Chinese.
Type: Scroll (Visual work)--Chinese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Culture: Chinese.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 13.5 x 48 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.


Translation of 念奴 娇 (Nien nu chiao), a poem by Su Dongpo—a.k.a. Su Shi—1037-1101 C.E., Song Dynasty:
The Yangtze flows east
Washing away
A thousand ages of great men
West of the ramparts --
People say --
Are the fables Red Cliffs of young Chou of the Three Kingdoms
Rebellious rocks pierce the sky
Frightening waves rip the bank
The backwash churns vast snowy swells --
River and mountains like a painting
how many heroes passed them, once ...
Think back to those years, Chou Yu --
Just married to the younger Chiao --
Brave, brilliant
With plumed fan, silk kerchief
Laughed and talked
While masts and oars vanished to flying ash and smoke!
I roam through ancient realms
Absurdly moved.
Turn gray too soon --
A man's life passes like a dream --
Pour out a cup then, to the river, and the moon.


大江东去
浪涛尽
千古风流人物
故垒西边
人道是
三国周郎赤壁
乱石穿空
惊涛拍岸
卷起千堆雪
江山如画
一时多少豪杰
遥想公瑾当年
小乔初嫁了
雄姿英发
羽扇纶巾
谈笑间
樯橹灰飞烟灭
故国神游
多情应笑我
早生华发
人生如梦
一尊还酹江月
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