The Calligrapher — Lù Jiǎnzhī 陆柬之

Tang calligrapher and nephew of Yu Shinan; his running-script 'Essay on Literature' survives

Tang calligrapher (), master of running script — known for 《文赋》. Tang dynasty

Cultural Story

晔 is the radiant. 晔晔 the bright doubled; 炜晔 the glory of the brocade. 晔煜 the shining. The word is pure splendor, a light with no source named — the polished bronze, the honored name. A single character for the gleam that asks only to be seen, the brilliance the elegy lavishes on the dead.

Common words & phrases

• 晔晔 bright · radiant
• 炜晔 bright · glorious
• 晔煜 bright · shining

Read the story behind the character

晔 lives in 晔晔 the literary 'radiant' and 炜晔 the glorious. You will not hear it alone. It names the shine in the inscription and the ode — the bright bronze, the bright fame. From the tomb text to the complimentary line, 晔 is the glow without an object, the splendor kept for the praised and the polished, never the street.