Lecture on Chinese Calligraphy and Manuscript Culture
中国书法与手稿文化系列讲座

Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Share the Same “Principle”:
A Perspective of Zhuang’s Poems, Paintings and Calligraphy
书画同“理”：庄氏诗、画与书法的视角
by Prof. Xing Wen
邢文教授主讲

2:00 PM, Tuesday, October 22, 2013
101 Thornton Hall, Dartmouth College

Open to the public
公开讲座 欢迎光临

Lecture on Chinese Calligraphy and Manuscript Culture
中国书法与手稿文化系列讲座

The Preface to the Orchid Pavilion and the Scroll of Flowing Goblets
《兰亭序》与《流觞图》
by Prof. Xing Wen
邢文教授主讲

2:00 PM, Tuesday, October 15, 2013
101 Thornton Hall, Dartmouth College

Open to the public
公开讲座 欢迎光临

the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures, and the Office of the President, the Office of the Provost, the Dean of the Faculty, the Leslie Center for the Humanities, the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Program, the Hood Museum of Art, the Education and Outreach Program of Dartmouth College Library, the Robert 1932 and Barbara Black Professorship in Asian Studies, and the Studio Art Department, the exhibition of Chinese Calligraphy and Manuscript Art has received wide attention from the Dartmouth community. Please see Jehanna Axelrod’s report published on page 7 of The Dartmouth, Wednesday, October 9, 2013:

http://thedartmouth.com/2013/10/09/arts/exhibit

• Dr. Wan-go Weng, the 95-years-old great-great-grandson of Weng Tonghe (1830-1904) and the most illustrious collector and connoisseur of Chinese art currently outside China, is reading Prof. Huang Dun’s poem manuscripts in the main hall of Baker Library at Dartmouth. 翁同龢（1830-1904）的五世孙、九十五岁高龄的翁万戈博士，正在达慕思大学贝克图书馆主厅品读黄惇教授的诗稿。翁万戈先生是当今海外最重要的中国文物收藏家与鉴赏家。
• Dr. Wan-go Weng in front of the Heart Sutra in five scripts written by Prof. Xing Wen. 翁万戈博士与Keene State College的中国史专家。
• Dartmouth students are visiting the calligraphy exhibition. 达大师生在参观书展。（Photo摄影: Laura Barrett）
• Prof. Shi Fenru is reading 4th century B.C.E. Chu scripts while Prof. James Dorsey is signing the guest book. 史芬茹教授在读战国楚文字，唐璋沐教授在留言。
• Prof. Xing Wen is introduced to Mr. Tegegnework Gettu, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, and Ambassador Liu Jieyi, Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the P. R. China to the United Nations, by Vice President Xie Weihe of Tsinghua University to present the exhibition of “Chinese Classics Inscribed on Bamboo Slips: The Tsinghua Bamboo Manuscripts and Early Chinese Civilization” in the United States Headquarters in New York.  (Photo: Jia Lianxiang. From the right to the left: Ambassador Liu Jieyi, Deputy Secretary General Gettu, Chairman of Tsinghua University Council Professor Hu Heping, Vice President Xie Weihe, and Prof. Xing Wen)  清华大学谢维和副校长向联合国副秘书长盖图、中国常驻联合国代表刘结一大使介绍邢文教授，讲解于纽约联合国总部举办的《写在竹简上的中国经典——清华简与中国古代文明》展览。（摄影：贾连翔；自右往左：中国常驻联合国代表刘结一大使、联合国副秘书长盖图、清华大学校务委员会主任胡和平教授、清华大学副校长谢维和教授、达慕思大学邢文教授）
• Happy National Day! 国庆快乐！

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）

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.

《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。

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

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.

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》。

Workshop on Chinese Calligraphy and Manuscript Culture
Talk and Demonstration by Prof. Wen Xing
2:00-3:00 PM, 3 August 2013 (Saturday)
006 Kemeny

达慕思中国文化学会主办：
中国书法与手稿文化研讨班
邢文教授主讲、示范
时间：2013年8月3日（星期六）下午2:00 – 3:00
地点：Kemeny 006

The internatioal exhibition of Chinese Calligraphy and Manuscript Art will be ready in the beginning of September. This exhibition has been supported by leading calligraphers and scholars around the world. It is designed for both Dartmouth’s “Year of the Arts” and Prof. Wen Xing’s CHIN 82 “Chinese Calligraphy and Manuscript Culture: Orchid Pavilion” course. Six sections of the exciting exhibition include:

1. The Orchid Pavilion and Professor Huang Dun’s Manuscripts
2. The Heart Sutra in the Qi Style and Professor Qi Gong’s (1912-2005) Art
3. Manuscript, Sutra, and Mantra: The Heart Sutra in Five Scripts by Prof. Wen Xing
4. Pre-Classics Era: Bone, Bamboo, and Bronze Manuscripts
5. Manuscript Art in Practice: From the Orchid Pavilion to the Women’s Script
6. Chinese Calligraphy and Manuscript Art at Dartmouth and in Higher Education

Please enjoy two calligraphy masterpieces below.

By “Sage of the Cursive Script” Lin Sanzhi “草圣”林散之 (1898-1989)

     By  Prof. Qi Gong 启功教授 (1912-2005)
On loan from Professor Hua-yuan L. Mowry

“中国书法与手稿艺术”国际书展已进入布展阶段，将于九月初开幕。本次书展幸得国际著名书家与学者支持，谨志鸣谢。书展系为美国达慕思大学艺术年及邢文教授的中文82课程《中国书法与手稿文化——〈兰亭〉》设计，共有八个部分：
1、《兰亭》与黄惇教授的手稿
2、启体《心经》与启功教授的艺术
3、手稿与经咒：邢文教授敬书五体《心经》
4、前经学时代：甲骨、简帛与金文手稿
5、实践中的手稿艺术：从《兰亭》到女书
6、达慕思大学及高等教育中的中国书法与手稿艺术
以上选登“草圣”林散之先生（1898-1989）大作及启功教授（1912-2005）精品，敬请赏鉴。