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Climbing the Eastern Marchmount
Deng Shiru Chinese
Not on view
鄧石如 行書 登東嶽詩 八條屏 紙本
Deng Shiru, a committed student of ancient calligraphy who traveled the length of China in search of inspiration, was one of the pioneer figures of the Epigraphic School. He wrote this work in commemoration of a trip to the summit of Mt. Tai, the most sacred mountain in traditional Chinese cosmology and a site of many early stone inscriptions. Deng is said to have used a long, flexible brush made of goat hair, which he could easily twist and drag to create the long, vertical strokes that you see throughout this work. Deng’s trembling lines are likely an homage to the ancient inscriptions he saw on Mt. Tai.
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