Qing · Calligrapher and Scholar

He Chao 何焯

Attested AD 1662 - AD 1722

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

He Chao was a Calligrapher and Scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1709 to AD 1715 康熙間光地客
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 503, passages 32, 36
AD 1662 to AD 1722 明、清之際以後江左書家
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 15

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Associated
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 15
At Jiangzuo (lower Yangtze) 江左 · Relation Active in
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 15

Events and relationships

Relation Fellow protege with · Person Xu Yongxi (徐用錫)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 36
Relation Stylistic near · Person Wen Zhengming (文徵明)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 16
Relation Protege of · Person Li Guangdi (李光地)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 36

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 503Volume 503 Biographies 290: Yi Shu Er · 3 passages

自明、清之際，工書者，河北以王鐸、傅山為冠，繼則江左王鴻緒、姜宸英、何焯、汪士鋐、張照等，接踵而起，多見他傳。 From the Ming-Qing transition onward, the leading calligraphers of Hebei were Wang Duo and Fu Shan; in the lower Yangtze region Wang Hongxu, Jiang Chenying, He Chao, Wang Shihong, Zhang Zhao, and others followed in quick succession—most of whom are treated in other biographies.

大抵淵源出於明文徵明、董其昌兩家，鴻緒、照為董氏嫡派，焯及澍則於文氏為近。 Their lineages for the most part traced back to the Ming masters Wen Zhengming and Dong Qichang: Hongxu and Zhao were direct heirs of Dong Qichang's tradition, while He Chao and Wang Shu stood closer to Wen Zhengming's.

用錫鄉舉出姜宸英之門，與何焯同為光地客，論書多與二家相出入。 Yongxi had passed the provincial examination under Jiang Chenying; he and He Chao were both protégés of Li Guangdi, and his views on calligraphy largely aligned with, yet sometimes diverged from, those two masters.