Qing · Calligrapher

Weng Tonghe 翁同龢

Wēng Tónghé

Attested AD 1851 - AD 1874

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Weng Tonghe was a Calligrapher.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1851 to AD 1874 咸、同以來
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 217

Career and standing

calligrapher 書家
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 217

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Lived under
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 217

Learning and skills

Skill calligraphy of vast transforming scope 規模閎變 · Level renowned · Domain calligraphy 書
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 220

Assessments and attributes

among the three most celebrated calligraphers from Xianfeng-Tongzhi onward 以書名者三家最著
Assessment most-celebrated · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 217
grand transforming scope unbound by schools; sustaining force of a generation 規模閎變，不為諸家所囿，為一代後勁
Assessment sustaining-force-of-generation · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 220

Source notes

treated in other biographies 並見他傳
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 217

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 503Volume 503 Biographies 290: Yi Shu Er · 2 passages

其後包氏之學盛行，咸、同以來，以書名者，何紹基、張裕釗、翁同龢三家最著，並見他傳。 Later the Bao school flourished widely; from the Xianfeng and Tongzhi reigns onward, the most celebrated calligraphers were He Shaoji, Zhang Yuzhao, and Weng Tonghe—all treated in other biographies.

同龢規模閎變，不為諸家所囿，為一代後勁雲。 Weng Tonghe worked on a grand and ever-changing scale, unbound by earlier schools, and stood as the great sustaining force of his generation.