Xīlíng yìnshè 西泠印社
Xiling seal society
zìtiè 字帖
printed writing samples of famous calligraphers for calligraphy exercises; calligraphy template
Xīn’ān sìjiā 新安四家
or Xīn'ān sì dàjiā 新安四大家 Four Masters from Xin'an, also called Four Masters from Anhui, consisting of Zha Shibiao 查士标, Sun Yi 孙逸, Wang Zhirui 汪之瑞, and Hong Ren 弘仁.
xíngshū 行书[行書]
Cursive writing; flowing handwriting (in Chinese calligraphy).
shuǐfěnhuà 水粉画[水粉畫]
gouache; gua painting
Xíng-Zhāng-Mǐ-Dǒng 邢张米董
Xing-Zhang-Mi-Dong (Wade-Giles: Hsing, Chang, Mi, Tung), four masters. They are Mi Wanzhong 米萬鍾 (1570-1628), Xing Tong 邢侗, Dong Qichang 董其昌, and Zhang Ruitu 张瑞图.
shuǐmòhuà 水墨画[水墨畫]
Ink painting; ink drawing
xízìtiè 习字帖[習字帖]
calligraphic pattern book
Sì gāosēng 四高僧
Four Monks. The Four Monks from the beginning of the Qing Dynasty were Shi Tao 石涛, Zhu Da 朱耷 (also known as Bādà Shānrén 八大山人), Hong Ren 弘仁, and Kun…
Yángzhōu bāguài 扬州八怪[揚州八怪]
Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, a group of eight painters from the Qing Dynasty period in Yangzhou (Jiangsu), consisting of Wang Shishen (汪士慎) (1686-1759), Huang Shen (黄慎) (1687-1772), Li Shan (李鱓)…