Besides being good at landscapes, figures, flowers and feathers, Mr. Zhang Daqian's calligraphy is also highly accomplished. In his early years, he studied under the famous calligraphers Li Ruiqing and Zeng Nong Beard in the late Qing Dynasty, and formed his own fine, square and slightly official calligraphy style. After 1930s, Mr. Zhang Daqian's calligraphy began to change. He transferred to another school, studied under Wei Bei's "Hehe Ming", studied under the calligraphy style of Huang Gu, a famous calligrapher in the Song Dynasty, and learned Shi Tao's vigorous and eclectic calligraphy style. On the basis of inheriting the tradition, his calligraphy art integrates the artistic conception of landscape painting, instead of blindly pursuing publicity and tension, he combines strength and emotion and strives for novelty in the ordinary, making his calligraphy vigorous and elegant, soft outside and rigid inside. ...