“A Treatise on Advocating Morality and Lenient Sentencing” Han Slips by Yao Yanxi Dragon Soars Over the Nine Continents Sharjah Calligraphy Museum, UAE | August 2024 Moyu Calligraphy Studio gulls and herons soar

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and winner of the First Prize in the “3rd National Calligraphy Competition of China Hard-pen Calligraphy Association

Qu Qiubai and Modern Chinese Culture

Rendered in the clerical script (Li Shu)

I become the summit

“A Treatise on Advocating Morality and Lenient Sentencing” Han Slips by Yao Yanxi Dragon Soars Over the Nine Continents Sharjah Calligraphy Museum, UAE | August 2024 Moyu Calligraphy Studio gulls and herons soarDescription: This calligraphy piece by Yao Yanxi from Gansu, China, faithfully recreates a Han Dynasty bamboo slip text by Lu Wenshu titled A Treatise on Advocating Morality and Lenient Sentencing. The work is rendered in the distinct style of Han slips, echoing the brush rhythm and vertical arrangement of ancient manuscripts. The text promotes humane governance and wise judgment, values that transcend time and cultures. Yaos work demonstrates not