“Painting meditates on the West, calligraphy echoes the void” Zhuan Script Couplets by Sun Jinyu Dragon Soars Over the Nine Continents Sharjah Calligraphy Museum, UAE | August 2024 Self-composed member of the China Couplets

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the poem laments the passage of time and the transience of human glory

Poem Title:《七律·长征》 (Seven-Character Regulated Verse on the Long March)By Mao Zedong

Han Dynasty

a broad mind encounters the warmth of spring breeze everywhere

“Painting meditates on the West, calligraphy echoes the void” Zhuan Script Couplets by Sun Jinyu Dragon Soars Over the Nine Continents Sharjah Calligraphy Museum, UAE | August 2024 Self-composed member of the China CoupletsDescription: This seal script couplet by Sun Jinyu from Hebei, China, explores the philosophical unity of visual and written art forms. The right scroll reads: Painting meditation seems to grasp the meaning from the West, and the left scroll reads: Calligraphy resembles contemplating the sound beyond the void. This poetic expression evokes the spiritual essence of Zen and Chinese aesthetics. Executed in zhuan script, Suns work exemplifies the balanced