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Zhou Man Sha: Xing Shu Horizontal Scroll
Zhou Man Sha, originally from Changsha, Hunan, graduated from Hunan First Normal College. He was an educator, calligrapher, and seal carver, and in his later years used the sobriquet Xintian Weng. He was one of the founders and advisers of the Malaysia Calligraphy Association, and also one of the founders of the Penang Art Society. For many years he served as general affairs and cultural-education director of the Penang Chinese Town Hall. He taught at Changsha Literary Arts Secondary School. In May 1937, he came south to Penang and became principal of Yuk Choy School in Kedah. Together with Ren Yu Nong, he founded Nanfeng Magazine, using it to critique current affairs and promote resistance against Japan, gaining recognition in northern Malaya. In 1945, he took charge of Ming Der School, planning its development with great effort and earning a strong reputation; in 1958, he founded a Ming Der branch school. His calligraphy is vigorous in brush strength and refined in style.
Transcription
Su Dongpo?s lyric, to the tune Jiang Cheng Zi.
Ten years, living and dead, separated in boundless distance; though I do not think of you, I cannot forget.
Your lonely grave lies a thousand li away, and there is nowhere to speak my sorrow.
Even if we met, you would not know me: dust covers my face, my temples are like frost.
Last night in a dim dream I returned home; by the small window, you were combing your hair.
We looked at one another without words, only a thousand streams of tears.
I imagine the place of yearly heartbreak: a moonlit night, the short-pine ridge.
Inscription to be completed.
Malaysia Chinese Calligraphy Stone Gallery