Zhao Zhiqian was an outstanding Qing painter, calligrapher, and seal carver. Drawing on Qin and Han bronze and stone inscriptions, he selected widely yet distilled their strengths into a style that became known as the ?Zhao school.? His calligraphic achievement was broad, and he was especially skilled at using Northern stele structures in running script, written with a soft brush that gives the work richness and charm. This excerpt from Shi You's ?Rapid Memorization Chapter? is one of his representative works, with calm yet lively brushwork, dignified and simple structure, and an energetic force that fully reveals the spirit of Northern Wei-style epigraphy.