“Drinking and Teasing Lu Shaoqing on the Ninth Day” in Clerical Script by Zhai Xilong Heroic Couplet The cursive script style reflects

The cursive script style reflects both freedom and restraint

self-taught for many years

Crimson halls clash with waves

densely structured small regular script on elegant green paper

a renowned Song Dynasty calligrapher

“Drinking and Teasing Lu Shaoqing on the Ninth Day” in Clerical Script by Zhai Xilong Heroic Couplet The cursive script style reflectsDescription : This refined calligraphy artwork features Su Shis (Su Dongpo) poetic masterpiece On the Ninth Day on the Boat, Seeing Lu Shaoqing Drinking in Youmei Hall and Teasing Him with a Poem rendered in Clerical Script (Li Shu) by artist Zhai Xilong from Shandong, China. The poem humorously reflects on friendship, nostalgia, and the loneliness of separation during the Double Ninth Festival, a day traditionally reserved for reunion. Excerpt