July 28, 2015 was a day of Master Mengcan’s calligraphy for Prof. Xing. Master Mengcan, born in July 1915, is one of the most prominent Buddhist masters in China. In the morning, Prof. Xing had the honor to view the following two pieces of Master Mengcan’s calligraphy work:

Master Mengcan’s Calligraphy Done When He Was 95

Master Mengcan’s Calligraphy Done When He Was 100

In the afternoon, Prof. Xing talked on Master Mengcan’s calligraphy in CH 11 as scheduled:

(left) Master Mengcan’s Calligraphy Reconstructed by Wen Xing

Dartmouth students doing calligraphy with Prof. Xing in Beijng:

Harvard student Dayu Zhang receiving esoteric 🙂 teaching of brush techniques:

On July 11, 2015, Dartmouth FSP students enjoyed the ancient Chinese calligraphy works collected at the Old Summer Palace in Beijing, China.

Prof. Wen Xing, Director of The Dartmouth Institute for Calligraphy and Manuscript Culture in China, recently delivered two lectures on Chinese Manuscript Culture in Beijing. On June 24, 2015, Xing talked on “Chinese Manuscript Culture as Art Anthropology” at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Arts. On July 22, Xing further discussed “Two Intellectual Issues of Chinese Manuscript Culture” at the Institute of Philosophy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Prof. Xing’s books on Chinese calligraphy were on display at Baker Library.

One of them, Dao, Neo-Confucian Principle, and Chan Buddhism in Chinese Calligraphy and Painting, received the most prestigious national art award in China, The 2nd China Fine Arts Award: