Ancient Wisdom
Subtitle: A Chinese Calligrapher's Tale (Capital Discovery) (Capital Discovery)
Publisher: Capital Books
Published: June 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781892123459
Subjects: Lettering & calligraphy; Oriental & Indian philosophy; True Stories; History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical; China; Philosophy; Fiction; Visionary & Metaphysical; Hu, Chu Shui; Eastern; Body, Mind & Spirit / General; Calligraphers; Anecdotes
First sentence: In the days before tiger smoked, Chu Shui Hu was ordered from the Palace at Ch'ang-an to the mountains of Zhongnan Shan to face a monastic life, a command which came without warning and disturbed the pursuit of his prodigious scholarship.