Liu Chunlin's seven-character old couplet in wax paper calligraphy
Liu Chunlin, whose courtesy name is Runqin and whose nickname is Shiyun. A native of Suning, Zhili Province, he was the number one scholar in Jiachen Branch in the 30th year of Guangxu's reign in the Qing Dynasty. He was also the last number one scholar in Chinese history. He was the so-called "last among the first". Liu Chunlin is good at calligraphy, especially in small regular script. The fine and vigorous writing style of regular script is highly praised by the world. At that time, it was said that "the big regular script learns from Yan (Yan Zhenqing), and the small regular script learns from Liu (Liu Chunlin)". He has published many small-script calligraphy volumes such as "Preface to the Holy Teachings of the Tripitaka of the Tang Dynasty" and "Lanting Preface"; he has also published large-calligraphy postscripts.