"Jade Trees Fill the Steps with Elegance, Golden Daylilies Shine in the Sun" Running Script Couplet by Ma Dingbin 龙腾九洲 Beyond the Great Wall

Beyond the Great Wall

9th National Youth Calligraphy & Hard-Pen Writing Competition

I alone love the lotus

transcribed in precise hard-pen regular script

The work reflects Dong’s philosophy that painting and calligraphy share the same origin

"Jade Trees Fill the Steps with Elegance, Golden Daylilies Shine in the Sun" Running Script Couplet by Ma Dingbin 龙腾九洲 Beyond the Great WallDescriptionThis running script couplet by Ma Dingbin, a calligrapher from Jingning, Gansu Province, presents the poetic lines: "Jade trees fill the steps with elegance; golden daylilies shine in the sun." The work expresses auspicious imagery and refined charm. Ma Dingbin is a member of the Gansu Calligraphers Association and the author of A Study of the Calligraphy of the Six Eminent Officials of the Late Qing Dynasty. Script: Running Script