Chen Shan Zhi

Art Master: Chen Shanzhi Date of Birth: 1972 Native Place: Miaoxia Village, Longyou County, Zhejiang Province Position: Calligraphy Inheritor Artistic Profile: Chen Shanzhi, styled Qiutian Shanren. Has lived long-term in the mountains, diligently practicing and studying calligraphy for forty years. Proficient in running script, clerical script, seal script, regular script, and cursive script. For decades, he has frequently created plaques, couplets, and other calligraphic works for admirers who seek him out. His calligraphy alternates between graceful elegance and bold vigor. He selects different scripts according to varying settings and environments. Due to his disdain for injustice and contempt for the prevalent falsehoods in the calligraphy world, he never participates in competitions or similar events. He entrusts his emotions to art, remaining detached from worldly strife. Currently, he has established the "Shanzhi Calligraphy" inheritance project. He teaches calligraphy year-round, earns a living by selling his calligraphy, and occasionally paints. He also undertakes commissions for plaques and calligraphic creations for pavilions, towers, temples, ancestral halls, and other structures.