Chinese Calligraphy and Manuscript Culture: An International Calligraphy Exhibition Starts Today

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中国书法与手稿艺术国际书法展

时间:2013年8月30日至12月23日
地点:达慕思大学贝克·拜瑞图书馆正厅
主办人:邢文博士(达慕思大学罗伯特1932暨芭芭拉·布莱克亚洲研究讲席教授、书法与手稿文化项目主任)
展览设计:丹尼斯·葛莱迪(达慕思大学图书馆教育外联部设计师)
(展览广告书法为邢文教授书清华战国简《说命》上)
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Tsinghua Bamboo Manuscript Exhibition Starts Today at Dartmouth

Chinese Classics Inscribed on Bamboo Slips:
The Tsinghua Bamboo Manuscripts and Early Chinese Civilization

This exhibition starts today in the Berry Main Street at Dartmouth College Library. The same exhibition was displayed in the United Nations Headquarters in New York City during August 27-30, 2013.

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《写在竹简上的中国经典——清华简与中国古代文明》展览今起于达慕思大学图书馆拜瑞分馆主道展出。2013年8月27日至30日,该展览展于纽约联合国总部。

Chinese Calligraphy and Chinese Manuscript Culture Workshop

Theme: Warring States Calligraphy and the Tsinghua Bamboo Manuscripts
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM, August 31, 2013 (Saturday)
Place: Hayward Room, Hanover Inn, Hanover, NH 03755
Chair: Prof. Xing Wen (Wen.Xing@Dartmouth.EDU)

Keynote Speech 主题发言 (in Chinese):
The Brush Techniques of the Warring States Period Bamboo-slip Manuscripts
谈谈战国竹简墨迹的笔法
by Prof. Huang Dun 黄惇教授 (Nanjing University of the Arts)

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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Chinese Calligraphy and Manuscript Art Starting on Friday, August 30

Thanks to the Education and Outreach Program of Dartmouth College Library and in particular, the exhibition designer Dennis Grady, Chinese Calligraphy and Manuscript Art will be on display in the main hall of Baker Library on August 30, Friday. The following selected calligraphy works of the Heart Sutra in five scripts, i.e., seal, clerical, standard, cursive and running scripts, were written by the exhibition curator, Dr. Wen Xing, Robert 1932 and Barbara Black Professor in Asian Studies at Dartmouth.

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Transcriptions (from the right to the left) 释文(从右往左):

1. Seal Script: “Form is empty; emptiness is form.” 篆书:“色即是空,空即是色。”
2. Clerical Script: “In emptiness there is no form, sensation, cognition, formation, or awareness.” 隶书:“空中无色,无受想行识。”
3. Standard Script: “Cross beyond all suffering and affliction.” 楷书:“度一切苦厄。”
4. Cursive Script: “Keep far away from distorted dream-thinking.” 草书:“远离颠倒梦想。”
5. Running Script: “Having no impediments in his mind, he has no fear.” 行书:“无挂碍故无有恐怖。”
6. Background: The complete text of the Heart Sutra in standard script (68″ x 27.5″). 背景作品为大楷《心经》全文(173 cm x 70 cm)。

“中国书法与手稿艺术”国际书法展览将于2013年8月30日(星期五)于达慕思大学图书馆贝克图书馆主厅提前开幕——感谢达大图书馆及本次展览的设计师丹尼斯·葛莱迪的通力合作!以上选刊展览主办者邢文教授敬书篆、隶、楷、行、草五体《心经》。