Yang Wanbing

Yang Wanbing (born September 12, 1976), known by his pen name Wanbing, style name Qinghua, and alternate appellation Master of Moran Studio, is from Wuning County, Jiangxi Province. He is currently Vice President of the Ink and Wash Painting Academy at China Education Television, a council member of the Quanzhou Hard-Pen Calligraphers Association, and a research fellow at the Wang Buqiang Carving Art Museum (Quanzhou Branch), hailed as a formidable calligrapher. Since childhood, he has harbored a deep passion for calligraphy, diligently practicing in his spare time without ever slackening. Over the decades, he has received meticulous guidance from renowned masters such as Ms. Huang Hongqiong, Mr. Chen Zhisheng, and Mr. Wang Buqiang. Skilled in both running and cursive scripts, he also excels in seal and clerical scripts, and has studied carving art, integrating the strengths of various schools into a cohesive whole. His work embodies the ethereal grace of Wang Xizhi, the vigorous exuberance of Zhang and Huai, and the refined structure of Ouyang and Liu, occasionally echoing the elegant contours of Han clerical script. While diligently practicing calligraphic techniques, he also intensively studies calligraphic theory and carving art, continuously learning from and internalizing the profound and extensive heritage of Chinese Han culture. He often remarks, "The world's treasures arise from refinement." Thus, through devoted study over the years, he has cultivated a distinctive and unique style in calligraphy.