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Calligraphic Styles of the Epitaph of Princess Jeonghe and the Epitaph of Princess Jeonghyo of the Balhae Dynasty

Hyun-Sook Jung 1

1원광대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study aims to explore the characteristics of Balhae’s calligraphy by examining the calligraphic styles of the Epitaph of Princess Jeonghe(780) and the Epitaph of Princess Jeonghyo(792) in the late 8th century. While Chinese and Korean scholars argued their resemblance to the Tang style, the calligraphic styles of these two epitaphs are rather close to those of the Northern Wei. The calligraphic style of the Epitaph of Princess Jeonghae, similar to that of the Stele of Zhang Heinu(531) of the Northern Wei, demonstrates elegance with strength, and the Epitaph of Princess Jeonghyo, close to that of the Epitaph of Cui Jingyong(517) of the Northern Wei, shows free style with energetic irregularity. The calligraphic styles of these two epitaphs should be distinguished from that of Unified Silla which followed the Tang style because of its frequent interactions with Tang. Although Balhae followed the Tang culture of the time in several fields such as painting, literature, and architecture, its calligraphy differs from them in some ways. It can be said that this uniqueness in calligraphic style is the characteristics of Balhae calligraphy.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.