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Lou Yuanbo (also known as Lou Yuanbo), courtesy name: Ruoshui. Han ethnicity. Born in 1969, graduated from the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Jiaozuo University of Science and Technology, engineer, later supplemented studies via correspondence courses at the Literature Department of Renmin University of China and the Calligraphy College of Zhengzhou University. Personal studios are located at the “China Academy of Hanlin Painting and Calligraphy” within the Chinese Calligraphers and Painters Creative Research Base in Songzhuang, Beijing; the “Dafeng Hall” Calligraphy and Painting Academy in Xiong’an New Area; and the “Qi River Calligraphy and Painting Academy” on the third-floor viewing hall of the municipal reception hotel in his hometown, Hebi City. Currently holds the positions of: Vice Chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers and Painters Association Member of the China Calligraphers Association Member of the China Artists Association Member of the Central Government Agencies Calligraphy and Painting Academy Academician of the China Calligraphy and Painting Creation Research Institute Director of the China Ziguangge Calligraphy and Painting Academy Director of the China Diaoyutai Calligraphy and Painting Academy State Gift Artist First-Class Chinese Calligrapher 2019 Meritorious Artist Artistic Figure Who Moved China (Annual) Lanting Artist Vice President of the China Military Construction Calligraphy and Painting Academy (Beijing Branch) Academician of the China Generals Great Wall Calligraphy and Painting Academy Academician of the China Academy of Hanlin Painting and Calligraphy at the Chinese Calligraphers and Painters Creative Research Base in Songzhuang, Beijing Specially Appointed Charitable Calligrapher by the China National Committee on Aging Member of the “Hongxiu Tianxiang” Poetry Association Member of the “Dreaming Back to the Red Chamber” Research Society for “Dream of the Red Chamber” Henan Province Hebi City Cultural Image Ambassador for City Cultural Promotion Videos Cultural Image Ambassador for Qibin District, Hebi City promotional videos Academician of the Calligraphy and Painting Academy of the People’s Congress of Henan Province, China Academician of the Calligraphy Academy of Hebi City, Henan Province, China Also serves as: Director of the Cursive Script Committee of the Youth Calligraphers Association Manager of the Qi River Calligraphy and Painting Academy Vice President and Secretary-General of the Qishui Qingfeng Poetry Society Calligraphy and Painting Academy His calligraphy work “Tranquility Leads to Far-reaching Vision” was used as background calligraphy in Secretary Li Dakang’s office in the TV series “In the Name of the People.” The calligraphy “Hard to Be Foolish” was adopted in the scene where character Luo Sanxing writes calligraphy in the TV series “Tiger Mom, Cat Dad.” His cursive script was specially commissioned by Shaolin Temple—the “Number One Buddhist Temple under Heaven”—to be inscribed on 300 newly constructed steles in the temple’s stele forest. He was specially invited to participate in CCTV’s Geography Channel documentary “The Mystery of the Sweet and Bitter Wells at Jingshan Temple, Xugou, Hebi,” and also starred as “Fahai” in the television documentary “The Legend of the White Snake at Jingshan Temple, Xugou, Hebi,” part of Henan Province’s “Outstanding Achievements Report on Spiritual Civilization Construction in New Rural Areas.” Reflecting on his artistic journey—in the past years, since becoming a disciple of Mr. Bai Yin, Director of the Art Committee of the Henan Artists Association, President of the Henan Landscape Painting Academy, and Chairman of both the Hebi Calligraphers Association and Artists Association, under Master Bai Yin’s guidance, he focused primarily on wild cursive script and running script. He was also fortunate to receive enthusiastic instruction from renowned calligraphers such as Mr. Liu Zigang, President of the China Ziguangge Calligraphy and Painting Academy, and Mr. Qin Yi, Chairman of the China Diaoyutai Calligraphy and Painting Academy. His running script follows Wang Xizhi as the foundational model; his cursive script studies Zhang Xu, Huaisu, Huang Tingjian, and Chairman Mao Zedong; he also practices small regular script,瘦金体 (Slender Gold Script), and simplified bamboo-slip clerical script. Under the guidance of Mr. Zhang Hai, Chairman of the China Calligraphers Association and founder of the “Cursive-Clerical Script” school, he liberated his calligraphic consciousness, blending elements from several major script styles into small regular script, thereby creating a uniquely personal style of small regular script incorporating the brushwork essence of five script types. He has repeatedly participated in advanced calligraphy seminars organized by the Training Department of the China Calligraphers Association, receiving earnest instruction from leading contemporary calligraphy masters such as Wang Houxiang, Zhang Xuguang, and Liu Hongbiao. His works have been specially invited to numerous international exhibitions including Sino-Japanese, Sino-Korean, Cross-Strait, Sino-Russian, and Sino-French cultural exchange exhibitions. His works have won multiple awards in national, provincial, and municipal calligraphy exhibitions and are collected by institutions including the China-Japan Friendship Exchange Association, Tokyo Calligraphy Research Society (Japan), Busan Calligraphy Research Society (Korea), Bangkok Cultural Museum (Thailand), China Characters Museum, Henan Provincial People’s Congress Calligraphy and Painting Academy, Hebi City Museum, China National Committee on Aging Charitable Association, Shaolin Temple, and the Chinese August 1st Charitable Association. In 2016, he was invited to Taiwan to participate in the Cross-Strait “Chinese Sentiment, Chinese Dream” Fine Arts and Calligraphy Grand Exhibition. In 2017, he was again invited to Taiwan to participate in the “Bingshen Year New Year Celebration: Cross-Strait Family Cultural and Calligraphy Exchange Activity,” where the delegation was received by former Taiwan leader Mr. Ma Ying-jeou and jointly wrote Spring Festival couplets. His calligraphy work “Modesty and Prudence” was personally collected on-site by Ms. Hung Hsiu-chu, then Vice Chairperson of Taiwan’s Kuomintang Party. His calligraphy is frequently carried overseas by friends and business associates to Europe, America, Australia, Canada, and especially to regions where Chinese culture is prevalent, such as Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, as gifts for relatives, friends, and business partners. Beyond calligraphy, he has broad interests: literature and poetry, research on “Dream of the Red Chamber,” and military affairs are his passions. In his early years, under the pen names “Meizhu” and “Yizhi,” he published literary works on major literary websites and was friends with the famous poet Mr. Wang Guozhen. On the renowned literary website “Hongxiu Tianxiang,” he registered under the name “Meizhu Illusion” for literary essays and authored the poetry collection and novel “Seven Moles.” His studio name “Muyunfeng” was adopted by his literary confidant and online fantasy novelist “Ek Chocolate” as the protagonist’s name in the fantasy novel “Rise Beyond the Stars!” As a devoted military enthusiast, he served as a moderator under the online name “Eagle of Great China, Forever Hawkish—Eagle Overlooking the World” on the Military Equipment Forum of “China Military Network.” He was also specially invited to serve as Minister of Propaganda for China’s famous patriotic hacker organization, the “Red Hacker Alliance.” As a researcher of “Dream of the Red Chamber,” in 2007 he was invited under the online name “Cang Xueqing” to serve as moderator of the audition forum “People in the Dream of the Red Chamber” on the official audition website for the new TV series adaptation of “Dream of the Red Chamber.” He later aspired to collaborate with the “Jinhongjiu” Cultural Group in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, preparing for the production of the 111-episode TV series “Dream of the Red Chamber,” scripted personally by the renowned Redology scholar Mr. Zhou Lei. His poem “The Summoning of a Kindred Spirit” won first prize in the poetry competition hosted by the “Literary Station” forum of the major gaming website “Lianzhong World,” and he was subsequently invited to serve as host of the “Literary Station.” His poetry collection “What I Want to Say to You” won an award in the national poetry competition hosted by Sina.com during the first mainland visit by James Soong, Chairman of Taiwan’s People First Party, known as the “Bridge-Building Journey”; the winning entries were presented as gifts to Mr. Soong’s delegation. In 2010, he was invited by fellow calligraphy enthusiasts to reside and create calligraphy at the world-renowned Chinese Calligraphers and Painters Creative Research Base in Songzhuang, Tongzhou, Beijing—“China Academy of Hanlin Painting and Calligraphy.” Reflecting on writing and brushwork, pen names record the journey! Literary pen names used: “Meizhu, Yizhi, Muyunfeng.” Representative works: Poetry collections: Personal literary collection on “Hongxiu Tianxiang”—“Meizhu Illusion” “Eagle and Beauty—Cycle, Flowing Years,” “Dafeng Song” Poems: “The Summoning of a Kindred Spirit,” “What I Want to Say to You,” “The Roar of the Hawkish Great China,” “Continuation of Li Bai’s ‘Bring in the Wine,’” “Apricot Blossom Rain,” “Wine Song,” “Continuation of Ming Dynasty Yang Shen’s ‘Ballad of Twenty-One Histories,’” etc. Novel: “Seven Moles—Inquiring About Love” Pen name for Redology research: “Cang Xueqing.” Research directions: “Who Enacts the Great荒 (Wilderness) of Absurdity?”—Who is the true author of “Dream of the Red Chamber”? “Who Becomes the Person in the Dream of the Red Chamber?”—On the “Dream of the Red Chamber” Audition “People in the Dream of the Red Chamber—Response to Ren Chengfeng Regarding Tang Bohu and Li Qingzhao’s ‘Jealous Flower Song’” “Dreaming Back to the Red Chamber”—Audition, filming, and top-secret planning for exterior Red Chamber set construction Military forum pen name: “Eagle of Great China, Forever Hawkish—Eagle Overlooking the World.” Representative works: “On the Democratic Trap” “My Four Essays—Responses to Anti-Traditional Culture Advocates” Calligraphy studio names: “Qingyun Hall,” “Jifeng Pavilion,” “Dafeng Hall,” “Shuiyun Room,” “Longtu Pavilion.” Calligraphy pen names: “Muyunfeng, Longjuan, Grass Flyer, Mad Scholar of Central Plains, River-Southerner.” Personal religious beliefs embrace “Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.” Born a Confucian disciple, his Confucian studio name is “Yizhi.” Also revering Taoism and Buddhism, he once secluded himself for spiritual cultivation in a thatched cottage in “Zhongnan Mountain,” accompanied by orchids in secluded valleys. His studio names for this period are “Fuchen Thatched Hall—Humo Daoist Ground.” He adopted the Taoist name “Nanming Jushi—Moxuan,” practicing calligraphy as the foundation for health cultivation and spiritual practice. On the Buddhist path, he formed karmic connections with eminent monks and took refuge under Master Nima, one of China’s Ten Great Living Buddhas of Tibetan Buddhism, receiving the Tibetan Dharma name “Jiang Rong Dorje.” He is also friends with Venerable Master Dezhi, abbot of Jingshan Temple (a branch temple of Shaolin Temple, the “Number One Buddhist Temple under Heaven”), and Daoist Master Huang Zhijie of the Quanzhen Sect at the sacred Taoist site Zhongyue Temple (now elevated to abbot and serving as Vice President of the Henan Provincial Religious Association). Together they contemplate Chan and Dao, awakening to heavenly insights! He later founded the “Dafeng Hall Calligraphy Groups 1, 2, 3,” gathering renowned calligraphers from across the land, including hundreds of masters representing the highest level of contemporary Chinese calligraphy—such as Lanting Prize laureates and celebrated contemporary Chinese calligraphers including Qian Yuqing, Xu Youbing, Zhang Zhiqing, Yang Wen, Li Yan, Wang Zhaoqing, Liu Sentang, Qin Yi, Jiao Xinshuai, and others—to reunite as in the spirit of Lanting, discussing calligraphy and Dao while savoring the fragrance of ink together. Calligraphy creation is primarily divided into two categories based on audience: Category One Chinese Calligraphy Orthodox “Academy-Hall” School of Calligraphy. 1. Primarily studies “wild cursive script,” representing the highest realm of Chinese calligraphic culture. Models include the “Sages of Cursive Script”—Zhang Zhi, Zhang Xu, and Huaisu—as primary influences, supplemented by Huang Tingjian, Zhu Yunming, Wang Duo, and Fu Shan. Also studies the works of modern and contemporary cursive masters such as Yu Youren, Lin Sanzhi, Shen Peng, Lin Peng, Wang Houxiang, Ma Shixiao, Xu Youbing, Li Shuangyang, and Li You. 2. Running script traces its roots to the “Sage of Calligraphy,” Wang Xizhi (“Preface to the Sacred Teachings,” “Preface to the Orchid Pavilion”), supplemented by the “Three of the Four Song Masters”—Cai Xiang, Su Dongpo, Mi Fu—and Yuan Dynasty master Zhao Mengfu’s “Odes to the Red Cliffs (Front and Back).” Modern influences include Shen Yinmo, Bai Jiao, Zhang Xuguang, Liu Jingwen, Long Kaisheng, Sun Xiaoyun, Zhang Zhiqing, Fang Fang, and Li Yan. 3. Small regular script takes as its model the “Sage of Regular Script,” Zhong Yao’s most ancient and noble works “Memorial Recommending Jizhi” and “Proclamation Table,” supplemented by Wang Xizhi’s exquisite small regular script masterpieces “Stele of Filial Daughter Cao E” and “Discussion on Yue Yi,” Wang Xianzhi’s “Thirteen Lines on Jade Tablets,” and Fu Shan’s “Free and Easy Wandering.” He further incorporates brushwork from “Han clerical script, bamboo-slip script, silk manuscripts, large seal script, and oracle bone script,” writing clerical, bamboo-slip, seal, and cursive forms in regular script style, thereby creating a uniquely personal small regular script. Category Two – Popular among the General Public Innovative Painting-Calligraphy Styles Primarily caters to public and corporate preferences, drawing from folk popular script art, deeply researching public inner needs, and creating innovative script styles beloved by the common people! Innovation principle: “Whatever the people need is good!” Innovation motto: “A calligrapher who does not serve the people’s preferences is not a people’s calligraphy artist!”

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