A Master of His Own

Download or read book A Master of His Own written by Uta Lauer and published by Franz Steiner Verlag. This book was released on 2002 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chinese Chan (jap. Zen) abbot Zhongfeng Mingben of the Yuan Dynasty forged a synthesis of buddhist sutra writing and draft-cursive (zhang cao) script in his calligraphy. This highly idiosyncratic, new style of calligraphy prompted innovative trends in Ming Dynasty China and transmitted current Chinese artistic developments to Japan where it had a major impact on Zen- and tea circles.