The Calligrapher — Wáng Xīzhī 王羲之

The 'Sage of Calligraphy'; his running script has set the standard for 1,700 years.

Eastern Jin calligrapher (303–361), master of running script/cursive script/regular script — the Sage of Calligraphy; his Orchid Pavilion Preface is the most celebrated work in the tradition, and nearly every later master traces lineage to his hand. Eastern Jin dynasty

Cultural Story

晖 is the soft shine. 春晖 the mother's love, 'spring sunshine' in the old poem of the wanderer; 余晖 the afterglow on the western clouds. 朝晖 the morning light; 夕晖 the evening. The word is light gone tender — the warmth without the glare, the glow that lingers after the source. The Shuowen sees the sun's diffuse brightness.

Common words & phrases

• 春晖 spring sunshine
• 余晖 afterglow
• 朝晖 morning light
• 夕晖 evening light
• 晖映 shine upon

Read the story behind the character

春晖 is the tribute; 余晖 the skyline. 朝晖 the shot; 夕晖 the hour. 晖映 the gleam. The word runs the post and the poster — the mother's light, the sunset's. From the card to the window, 晖 is the gentle shine, the warmth that outlasts the noon, the glow you caption rather than the glare you flee.