The Calligrapher — Wáng Chǒng 王宠
Ming Suzhou literatus, one of the 'Three Wu Masters'; famed for ethereal small regular script.
Ming calligrapher (1494–1533), master of running script/regular script — known for 《游包山集》. Ming dynasty
Cultural Story
憩 is the deliberate rest. The 詩經 sends the traveller to 憩 under the tree, and the landscape poets made 休憩 the pause that frames a view. The heart with 息, to cease, is repose taken on purpose. It is the stop that refreshes, not the collapse that ends.
Common words & phrases
- 休憩 rest · take a break
- 小憩 short rest · nap
- 憩息 rest · repose
Read the story behind the character
憩 is the planned break: 休憩 the park bench, 小憩 the nap after lunch, 憩息 the trail sign's promise. It is the word for rest with intention, the pause a city builds into its day. You meet it on maps and tea-house awnings more than in speech.
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