“Selections from The Book of Rites: Record of Learning (Chapter 6)” in Clerical Script by Liu Xiangping

Description :
This powerful scroll features an excerpt from the sixth chapter of The Book of Rites: Xue Ji (Record of Learning) — one of the foundational Confucian classics on education and personal cultivation. Liu Xiangping presents this philosophical passage in Li Script (Clerical Script), a style rooted in Han dynasty aesthetics, characterized by its calm structure and broad, squared forms.

The text emphasizes the ideal learner’s relationship with knowledge, teachers, and friends: "The gentleman begins by storing and cultivating knowledge, practicing it and roaming within it, and thereby comes to love both the teacher and the path."

Excerpt (Translation):

Therefore, a gentleman, in his approach to learning,
Stores knowledge, cultivates it, practices it, and reflects on it.
Only then does he become fond of his learning and close to his teacher,
Delights in companions and believes in the path.
Thus, even when separated from his teacher’s guidance, he will not stray.

Original Chinese Text:
故君子之于学也，藏焉修焉，自焉游焉。
夫然后安其学而亲其师，乐其友而信其道，
是以虽离师辅而不反也。兑命曰：“敬孙务时敏，厥修乃来。”
其此之谓乎！

Script Style:
Clerical Script

Dimensions:
138 × 69 cm
(54 1/3 × 27 4/25 in)

About the Artist:

• Liu Xiangping, Jiangsu, China

• Vice President, Shaoshishan Zen Painting and Calligraphy Institute, Shanghai

• Member, Yancheng Calligraphers Association

• Member, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Association (Shanghai)

• Member, Overseas Chinese Artists Association

• Vice President, Four Elegant Arts Institute