Huang Shi An was born by the names of ‘Zi Zhen’ and ‘Shi An’. He was a Hakka descent from Guang Dong. The distinguished literary figure was the chief editor for Ma Hua Ribao, a prominent judge for the national calligraphy contest and one of the founding members and consultant to Persatuan Seni Tulis Malaysia. Huang’s art exhibitions took to the international stage in Singapore and China (Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Painting in Beijing), for example. Huang’s notable publications include “The Calligraphy of Huang Shi An” (1988) and “The Calligraphy Exhibitions of Huang Shi An” (2005). Huang devoted his life to promoting calligraphy and therefore earned a great deal of respect from the community. He started his calligraphy journey with Northern Wei Dynasty’s tablet inscriptions, followed by other forms of stone-calligraphy. He was inspired by Qing Dynasty’s He Shao Ji, who was a renowned calligrapher, poet and scholar himself. Huang further enriched his calligraphy with Kang You Wei’s attributes. Overall, Huang’s calligraphy presents a classic, vintage profile filled with robust, graceful strokes. He was one of Malaysia’s top-notch calligraphy icons of the modern era. Xu Bei Hong, another remarkable calligrapher, regarded Huang’s calligraphy as something typical of Southeast Asia’s that shares a common spirit between them.