Title: Rethinking the Influence of Epigraphy on Calligraphy in Qing Dynasty
Time: December 12, 2025, 19:00
Venue: Room 310, East Building, School of Arts, Gulou Campus, Nanjing University
Speaker: He Biqi, Ph.D. from National Taiwan University; currently Research Fellow at the Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Member of Xiling Seal Engravers’ Society.
Moderator: Professor Huang Houming, Nanjing University
Content Summary
This lecture focuses on the underlying causes of the rise of Stele Schoolof Calligraphy in the Qing dynasty. Although epigraphy is often cited as the primary catalyst, its earlier flourishing in the Song dynasty did not produce a comparable Stele School movement, calling into question its decisive role. The lecture further examines how additional structural factors—including intellectual trends, scholarly paradigms, and socio-economic conditions—collectively drove this transformative shift in Chinese calligraphic history.
