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the paper reporter learned from many friends of mr. tian yingzhang that the famous calligrapher mr. tian yingzhang passed away on the evening of september 28 at the age of 74.

on the morning of the 29th, tian yingzhang’s son tian xuesong released the news through his personal social account, “my father traveled westward by crane at 10 pm on september 28, 2024. i apologize for the lack of reporting.”

public information shows that tian yingzhang, whose courtesy name is cunqing or cunqing, was born in 1950. he is a graduate student in calligraphy. he worked in the former human resources department in his early years and served as the vice president of "china talent" magazine.

tian yingzhang graduated from capital normal university and tokyo national university of gakusei, japan, and later served as a specially appointed calligraphy doctoral tutor at renmin university of china and a consultant for the chinese studies society of peking university. he has also served as the statutory president of the chinese hard pen calligraphy association, the president of the ouyang xun calligraphy art research association, a professor at the japanese calligraphy academy, and a consultant to the japanese calligraphy association.

tian yingzhang is especially good at european regular script and is known as "the first contemporary european regular script". his calligraphy works have neat structures and round strokes. they not only inherit the essence of ouyang xun's regular script, but also innovate in brushwork, forming his own unique style. he pays attention to structural balance and aesthetic coordination, and strives to be precise in every word, and the overall composition is harmonious and unified, making the work aesthetically attractive and contagious.

in terms of calligraphy education, tian yingzhang focuses on cultivating students' basic skills and personalized expression. he has published a variety of calligraphy textbooks and collections of works, such as "tian yingzhang series of calligraphy copybooks" and "selected works of tian yingzhang", etc., which provide a wealth of resources and guidance for calligraphy learners.

tian yingzhang's elder brother tian yunzhang (1944-2024) is also a famous calligrapher and calligraphy educator. the brothers' father is tian mengting, a famous calligrapher and painter. mr. tian yunzhang passed away in tianjin on february 4 this year at the age of 81 due to ineffective treatment.

according to a previous report by tianjin media beifang.com, their father was very strict with the tian brothers' education and required them to study regular script and not write running script until they were 40 years old. later, because of some things, he had to write running script, so his father agreed to let him learn running script. tian yingzhang learned a lot of "rules" for studying calligraphy from his father. he said: "while my father taught us to write, he also asked us to work hard on reading. reading belongs to the inner skill of calligraphy and is an indispensable homework for calligraphers. music, opera, art, etc. are all forms of external skills that cultivate people’s temperament.”