Chen Ren Hao was originally from Fu Zhou, Fu Jian. Graduated from Shanghai Xinhua University of Art, Chen was a postgraduate researcher of Academy of Arts, Paris. He lectured at Shanghai Training School of Fine Arts prior to leaving his footprints in Southeast Asia as the principal of Chung Hwa High School (Muar) and Dunman High School (Singapore). Chen’s works exude the calligraphy characteristics of a typical scholar. He drew inspiration from the calligraphy styles of Song and Yuan dynasties, followed by immersion in tablet calligraphy. One may feel the vigorous pulses in his calligraphy, along with masculinity and femininity, harmoniously.
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Layer upon layer they rise to the jade terrace; how many times I call the boy to sweep, yet he cannot clear them away.
No sooner has the sun gathered them up than the bright moon sends them back again.