CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY | CHINESE HISTORY | QIGONG | GENERAL RESOURCES
* * *
Calligraphy Supplies
For students interested in doing calligraphy on their own here are a few options for supplies
CALLIGRAPHY SUPPLY PACKET
Use this code to get free shipping on your first order FREESHIPOAS
All the items are included on the page above, or you can follow these links individually:
CALLIGRAPHY BRUSH
WHITE FELT TO PLACE UNDER YOUR PAPER
BLACK CALLIGRAPHY INK
PAPER FOR CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY
TO PURCHASE ANY OTHER PRODUCTS FROM OAS CLICK HERE
Calligraphy Practice Paper can also be ordered on Amazon.com at this link
Another excellent source of Chinese art materials is Blue Heron Arts
* * *
Chinese Language and Calligraphy
Yellowbridge.com offers Dictionary with look-up by English meaning, Chinese character, drawn character, or pin yin. You can observe a character being done in the proper stroke order of calligraphy. Also on Yellowbridge is the original text of the Dao De Jing, along with three side-by-side translations into English. The Analects of Confucius and a wealth of other literary works, Chinese language flash cards and other resources make this a site well worth using.
Simplified Characters: “More than you want to know about simplified characters:
http://pages.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/chin/SimplifiedCharacters.html
Chinese Literature timeline with historical calligraphy examples
Calligraphy Supplies: Blue Heron Arts
Secrets of Chinese Cursive Script
Cloud Gate (preview PDF): Chinese names, characters and meanings for the acupuncture points
* * *
Gratitude to my Chinese Calligraphy and Chinese language teachers:
Chen Lok Lee
Yao You Xin
Weng Ru Lan | Obit
Ou Wen Wei
Eugene Liu
Victor H. Mair | Dao De Jing as translated by Victor H. Mair
