Kang Youwei's contribution to calligraphy art is no less than his work on the political stage. He is another great book critic after Ruan Yuan and Bao.
In the 15th year of Guangxu (1889), Guang Yi and Zhou Shuang were written, which comprehensively and systematically summarized a book on stele studies in theory and put forward the theory of "respecting steles", which greatly praised the stele studies in Han, Wei and Six Dynasties and had a far-reaching impact on the prosperity of stele calligraphy.
Chen Yulong, a professor at Peking University, once commented: "Throughout the 20th century, China's calligraphy world really won with its profound calligraphy skills, and Dudley was able to reach the peak, including Kang Youwei, Yu Youren, Li Zhimin and Sha Menghai."
When I visited Lu Xun Museum in Beijing, I happened to meet the calligraphy exhibition of Hanlinmo in Qingdao Museum, some of which was written by Kang Youwei.