Overview
Zhong Yao was a Calligrapher.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 151 to AD 230 鐘擅美一時（曹魏）Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 80, passages 325-328
Places and affiliations
- Polity Cao Wei 曹魏 · Relation Lived underStrongly inferred · Book of Jin 80, passages 325-326
Learning and skills
- Skill calligraphy 書 · Level renownedDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 325-328
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment From Zhong Yao and Wang onward, calligraphy can be discussed with some confidence. · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 325
- Assessment He monopolized the beauty of one generation and stood uniquely preeminent, yet whether he attained exhaustive excellence remains doubtful. · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 326
- Assessment His reputation exceeds his reality. · Mode historian-judgmentStrongly inferred · Book of Jin 80, passage 339
- Assessment His style is ancient rather than modern and his characters overly long beyond the rule; these are blemishes in the great measure of his work. · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 328
- Assessment In arranging fine and thick strokes and dividing sparse and dense spacing he moves like spreading rosy clouds and rolling clouds, with nothing to obstruct him. · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 327
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Jin 80, passages 325-326
References in the histories
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