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Hu Hanmin: A calligrapher in the Republic of China, simple and restrained

2024-07-22

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We all know that a good calligraphy work must have tradition as its foundation, which can be seen from the form and technique of calligraphy. From the perspective of calligraphy itself, learning from the ancients is a necessary path. On the path of learning from the ancients, there are two factions, one is post-learning, the other is stele learning, and the other is calligraphy.

In the Republic of China, few people were proficient in various styles at the same time, and most of them were proficient in one style. For example, Tan Yankai, Hu Hanmin, Wu Zhihui, and Yu Youren were all famous for their regular script and cursive script. Today, we are going to introduce the calligraphy works of Hu Hanmin.





Hu Hanmin's calligraphy, especially his official script, is either ancient and vigorous, thick and spicy, or reserved and concise, with the charm of the Han official scripts "Cao Quan Tablet", "Li Qi Tablet" and "Shi Chen Tablet". Among them, Hu Hanmin's favorite is "Cao Quan Tablet", which is vigorous and powerful.



But Hu Hanmin also has a high level of attainment in calligraphy, but because his calligraphy attainments are too high, many people have not noticed him. His running script, each stroke has its own rules, each line is so concise, so smooth, so natural, so perfect, just so perfect. In short, Hu Hanmin's calligraphy is profound and profound, and this alone is enough for those "famous people" to learn from him.

Now, getting back to the topic, let’s appreciate Hu Hanmin’s calligraphy.















Hu Hanmin (December 1879-May 6, 1919), whose name was Yanhe in his youth and later changed to Yanhong, was a famous linguist. His courtesy name was Zhantang and his later name was Wuya Zhaizhu. "Hanmin" was his pen name and he wrote for Minbao. He was an important aide to Sun Yat-sen and a thinker of modern democratic revolution in China. He was also a contributor to the compilation of the Complete Works of the Premier. He was the chairman of the Kuomintang and the chairman of the Nanjing National Government during the Republic of China. He wrote "The Autobiography of Hu Hanmin" and "Poems from the Bukui Room".