"Tianfa Shenjian Stele" And The Qing Dynasty Calligraphy Circle

This article is mainly around Tian Fa Shen Chen Stele at the effect of Qing Dynasty calligraphy.Exploring the view of learning,and the practice of calligraphy of Qing Dynasty calligraphers.First of all,this article start with several related issues of Tian Fa Shen Chen Stele.Combing and analysis the controversial of chirography definition,author,and writer.Next review the historical position of Tian Fa Shen Chen Stele in Qing Dynasty,statement the controversy of the stele in every historical period,summarizing the interior and exterior factors of why it’s not getting the attention before and it’s revered after Qing Dynasty.Then discuss the spread of rubbing collections,Inscription and postscript,and the situation of the version involved in Engraved by Ruan yuan,Engraved in yellow mud wall and Collotype printed by zhonghua book company.Finally,organizing the relevant of calligraphy imitating and engraving seals of Tian Fa Shen Chen Stele at calligraphy in Qing Dynasty,found a dozen of calligraphy and seal masters,this historical phenomenon became a fashion which never happened before Qing Dynasty.Tian Fa Shen Chen Stele plays an important role in communicating and disseminating the Epigraphy of Qing Dynasty,an in-depth explanation of this phenomenon will have a positive sense to the calligraphy of Qing Dynasty research.