2026.11.02
The Courage to Pick Up a Chinese Brush: Body and Play
Speaker:
Discussant:
Dr. Kang-Ning Tan
Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, National Cheng Kung University
Calligraphy is more than the art of writing beautiful characters. It is also a bodily practice through which emotions are expressed, deeply intertwined with the writer’s personal cultivation and life experience.
To promote Chinese calligraphy and encourage more people to pick up a brush and experience the art of writing, Professor Tsang-Long Liu is invited to deliver a lecture, followed by an interactive calligraphy session co-led by Associate Professor Kang-Ning Tan.
The event consists of two parts. The first features a lecture on the relationship between calligraphy, the body and play. The second invites participants to experience the freedom and joy of spontaneous writing through large-character calligraphy (_bangshu_ 榜書).
Faculty members, students, and members of the general public are warmly welcome to join us.
