Qiu Zhenzhong

Qiu Zhenzhong, born in Nanchang, Jiangxi, in 1947, is a calligrapher and art theorist. He graduated from the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts in 1981 with a master's degree in literature. He taught at Jiangxi Normal University and in 1998 moved to the Central Academy of Fine Arts as professor and doctoral supervisor, also serving as director of the Center for Comparative Studies of Calligraphy and Painting. His writing spans the history of calligraphy, research methodology and technical analysis, and contemporary topics such as writing and graphic generation. His representative works include The Form and Interpretation of Calligraphy, Where Does the Divine Dwell: From the History of Calligraphy to the Methodology of Calligraphy Research, Chinese Calligraphy: An Analysis and Training of 167 Calligraphy Techniques, Writing and Graphic Generation, My History of Writing, and "Ren Shu Ju Lao": Concept and Mechanism. His texts combine theoretical reflection with creative practice, often starting from specific works and exercises to discuss the forms, concepts and historical contexts of calligraphy, and have had a lasting influence on calligraphy research and art education.