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The Changes in Pingcheng Calligraphy of the Northern Wei

Hyun-Sook Jung 1

1원광대학교

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ABSTRACT

The calligraphic relics of the Pingcheng period of the Northern Wei is not as many as those of the Luoyang period. Nonetheless, they are valuable resources which exhibit the formation of Luoyang calligraphy. Most of them are shown on the monuments for emperors, inscriptions for Taoism or Buddhism, and tombstones. The calligraphic style of the Pingcheng period changes over time. Overall, it shows the transition from the “new clerical style” to the standard script since the early to the late fifth century. What is noteworthy is that the clerical script of the Han and Wei, popular in the contemporary capital, Luoyang, and Shandong, did not directly inspire the Pingcheng calligraphy. Rather, the small seal script of the Wei and Wu, the “new clerical style” of the Eastern Jin, and the standard script of the Song, with the elements of “new clerical style,” inspired the Pingcheng calligraphic style during the early fifth century, while the mature standard script of the Song and Qi, without the elements of clerical script, were imbued in it during the late fifth century.The changes in Pingcheng Calligraphy is the result of the interactions between the Northern Wei and Southern courts and the “Taihe Reforms” through which the Northern Wei government attempted to assimilate themselves to the Han Culture.

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