“Guarding the Phoenix Tree, Listening to the Sound of Books” – Seal Script Couplet by Shangguan Xiongying Chen Xiran presents his self-composed poem

presents his self-composed poem

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Honorary Dean and Visiting Tutor

Script: Running Script (行书)Dimensions: 136 × 21 cm × 2 (53 1/3 × 8 1/4 in × 2)Artist: Zhu Shouchun — Member of the Anhui Calligraphers Association

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“Guarding the Phoenix Tree, Listening to the Sound of Books” – Seal Script Couplet by Shangguan Xiongying Chen Xiran presents his self-composed poemDescription : This elegant seal script (Zhuan Shu) couplet is a self composed work by Fujian artist Shangguan Xiongying, expressing a poetic mood of solitude, aspiration, and scholarly joy. The words describe a scene where one cultivates the heart under tall phoenix trees (), where old phoenixes restsymbolizing nobility and peacewhile the window frames beautiful waters, and the ear listens not to noise, but to the boundless sounds of books. Executed