Calligraphy is written art. Each dot and stroke can be made, through the rich flexibility of the writing brush, to yield a host of variations in degree of squareness, roundedness, lightness, heaviness, thickness or thinness. When these dots and strokes are combined into individual characters, the characters into columns and the columns into a complete piece of calligraphy, they form a complex and abstract visual image. A good calligraphic work is like a living, breathing body, it has blood, flesh, muscle, bone and spirit.

The Evolution of Chinese Calligraphy

Rising and falling with the aesthetic tastes of emperors, the scholarly elite and the common people, the great
flood tide of Chinese calligraphy has continued to
evolve over the centuries

The Beauty of Chinese Calligraphy

A good calligraphic work breathes like a living thing.
Along with blood, flesh, muscles and bones it has
spirit and emotion as well.