Dr. Chao Daishuang is the Director of the Institute of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy at the National Museum of China

Entering the new era, the cause of calligraphy and aesthetic education has flourished, calligraphy not only embodies thousands of years of Chinese civilization, but also is an important way to understand Chinese cultural traditions and establish national cultural identity, and because of its popularity and extensiveness, it has become the most basic and important part of the aesthetic education cause.

In recent years, the state vigorously promotes calligraphy education, all localities, relevant institutions are also actively practicing calligraphy aesthetic education, how to more effectively promote calligraphy aesthetic education, so that calligraphy into the people's lives and hearts is the direction of in-depth thinking and exploration of many calligraphy aesthetic education workers, for this reason, in order to establish and lead the development direction of traditional calligraphy art, the original Calligraphy Research Institute of the National Museum of China Calligraphy and Painting Institute was adjusted to the Institute of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy, which was headed by Dr. Chao Daishuang, deputy director of the original collection of researchers of the National Museum of China. He is responsible for the research of ancient calligraphy, inscriptions, seal carvings and other aspects of the collection, and is currently focusing on the compilation of the "Complete Collection of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy collected by the National Museum".

The purpose of the reform of this calligraphy professional institution is to promote calligraphy to base itself on the present, return to tradition, improve the professional understanding of the aesthetics of traditional calligraphy and its ideological realm, incorporate classical calligraphy into the system of discipline, improve the construction of specialization, synthesize the current situation of contemporary calligraphy, and do a new genealogical construction in calligraphy aesthetics, and to some extent can be large and large for theoretical laying, such as the study of calligraphy, rubbings, inscriptions, and seal engravings in the collection of historical calligraphy, rubbings, inscriptions, and seal engravings. The systematic construction of historical value genealogy to new realm categories is a new thinking on the development of ancient calligraphy culture and contemporary calligraphy creation.

Appreciation of works

Cui Ziyu motto 362cm × 146cm

Pick mulberries Chongyang 29cm × 21cm

Haiwei State-owned Union 48cm× 139cm×2

Confused is Fu 136cm×34cm

Lanting set order 34cm× 265cm

Li Qingzhao Ru Mengling 69cm×34cm

Take the stillness of the mountain Sending love to the water 136cm×34cm

Oath of membership 29cm×21cm

Four Seas Clear 69cm×46cm

Tianxing Jian gentleman with self-improvement 68cm× 68cm

Wang Weishi a 68cm × 68cm

Xingcao Tuan Fan With the same title Xianyouguan 68cm× 68cm

Lack of knowledge, excelling in diligence 69cm×34cm

Artist Profile

Chao Dai double

Born in May 1970, Jiaxiang, Shandong. He is a research librarian at the National Museum of China and director of the Institute of Ancient Calligraphy. Expert in the grading of ancient Chinese calligraphy and painting inscriptions. Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Chinese Art Theory, Tsinghua University. Distinguished Professor of Qilu University of Technology, Master Supervisor. Doctor of Literature from Capital Normal University (Chinese Calligraphy Culture). Postdoctoral Fellow in Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University. Director of Beijing Book Association.

He is mainly engaged in the collation and research of the Collection of French Books and Tablets of the National Museum, the teaching of Chinese calligraphy and painting art theory, scientific research and calligraphy creation. His major publications include Studies on Calligraphy in the Republic of China Period (China Literature and History Publishing House) and The Collection of Books of the National Museum of China. Wenzheng Mingshu Pipa Scroll (Anhui Fine Arts Publishing House), National Museum of China Collection of Fa Ti Book Series. Ming Tuo ErWang Ti (volume 1 and volume 2) (Anhui Fine Arts Publishing House), Chao Dai Shuang Calligraphy Art Exhibition Collection (Shandong Electronic Audio and Video Publishing House), Chao Dai Shuang Yi Wei New Works Collection (Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House), etc. He participated in the compilation of "Ancient Chinese Calligraphy Collected by the National Museum of China", "The Collection of the Centenary Collection of the National Museum of China", "The Oracle Bone and Golden Text of the National Museum of China", "Commentary on the Translation of Ancient Chinese Books", etc. He has published more than ten academic papers in national core journals, and has undertaken three scientific research projects and projects in recent years, and has won the China Postdoctoral Research Fund and the Beijing Social Science Publishing Fund. He has participated in the preparation of dozens of exhibitions such as "Internal Academic Observation Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy in the Collection of the National Museum of China", "Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy in the Collection of the National Museum of China", "Exhibition of Oracle Bones and Golden Texts in the National Museum of China", "Guan Shanyue Art Exhibition", "Li Kuchan Art Exhibition", "Zhang Daqian Art Exhibition", "Biennale of Chinese Contemporary Arts and Crafts", etc.

The practice of calligraphy is based on the Eastern Jin Dynasty calligraphy style, especially the "two kings", and the Lishu is based on the Han Dynasty. His calligraphy works have been collected by the National Museum of China, the Confucius Foundation of China, the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, the Beijing Hotel, etc., and he has visited Japan as a representative of the "Chinese Calligraphy Higher Education and International Exchange Project" for visits and academic exchanges, and held calligraphy group exhibitions. He has also been invited to Singapore, Australia and other countries, As well as Taiwan, Macao and other regions for visits and academic exchanges; personal deeds and calligraphy appreciation were introduced on a loop in Times Square, New York, USA in March 2017.