The inscriptions and postscripts of Kuaiyutang are not a specific style of calligraphy.
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"Kaiyutang inscriptions and postscripts" is not a specific style of calligraphy, but refers to the inscriptions and postscripts on "Kaiyutang" in ancient Chinese literary works. Kuaiyutang is the study room of Yang Wanli, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty. He wrote many popular poems here. When later generations of literati read Yang Wanli's works, they often wrote postscripts at the end or beginning of the volume to express their admiration and praise for Yang Wanli and his works.
These inscriptions and postscripts can be written in running script, regular script, official script, seal script, etc., depending on the personal preferences and calligraphy attainments of the person who wrote them. In terms of content, inscriptions and postscripts usually include praise for Yang Wanli's poetry, recollections of his life and events, as well as the inscription's own feelings and expressions.
Among the inscriptions and postscripts of Kuaiyutang, the most famous ones are those of Wen Zhengming, a writer and calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty. In his inscription and postscript, Wen Zhengming highly praised Yang Wanli's poetry, thinking that his poems were "fresh, meaningful, and transcendent", and called him "the immortal in poetry". His inscriptions and postscripts are written in regular script, neat and beautiful, and can be called masterpieces of calligraphy.
Kuaiyutang’s inscriptions and postscripts are a kind of praise and inheritance by later generations of literati for Yang Wanli and his works. It is also a calligraphy and aesthetic pursuit of ancient Chinese literati. Through these inscriptions and postscripts, we can understand the influence of Yang Wanli's poetry in history, as well as the admiration and praise for him by later generations of literati. At the same time, these inscriptions and postscripts also provide us with precious calligraphy art materials, which have high historical and artistic value.
In general, Kuaiyutang’s inscriptions and postscripts are not a specific calligraphy style, but refer to the inscriptions and postscripts of Yang Wanli’s works. These inscriptions and postscripts have their own characteristics in style and content, reflecting the admiration and praise of later generations of literati for Yang Wanli and his works, and have high historical and artistic value.