부산대학교 도서관

The Chinese term for calligraphy, shufa ('method of writing'), shows that technique is a fundamental element of the art of writing with ink and brush. As an art form, calligraphy became the quintessential idiom of personal expression and self-cultivation for the scholar or literati (wenren) class of educated elite. Calligraphy is intimately related to other means of artistic expression in China, especially poetry (see Poetry and painting) and painting (see China: Painting). Known as the Three Perfections (sanjue), poetry, calligraphy, and painting have traditionally been considered the crowning achievements of Chinese culture. See also China. Shimonaka, Y., ed. Shodō zenshū [Complete collection of calligraphy]. Tokyo 1930–1932; rev. 2/1954–168, edited by K. Shimonaka, 26 vols., 2 suppls.Ecke, Tseng Yu-ho. Chinese Calligraphy. Philadelphia, PA, Mus. A., 1971. Exhibition catalog.Fu, Shen and others. Traces of the Brush: Studies in Chinese Calligraphy. New Haven, CT, Yale U. A. G.; Berkeley, U. CA, A. Mus.; 1977. Exhibition catalog....