“Guarding the Phoenix Tree, Listening to the Sound of Books” – Seal Script Couplet by Shangguan Xiongying Yang Huijun it is called the noble

it is called the noble spirit

striking a balance between structure and freedom

Rendered in the clerical script (Li Shu)

Member of Beijing Calligraphers Association

It features Su Shi’s ci-poem “Butterfly Loves Flowers” (Spring Scene)

“Guarding the Phoenix Tree, Listening to the Sound of Books” – Seal Script Couplet by Shangguan Xiongying Yang Huijun it is called the nobleDescription : This elegant seal script (Zhuan Shu) couplet is a self composed work by Fujian artist Shangguan Xiongying, expressing a poetic mood of solitude, aspiration, and scholarly joy. The words describe a scene where one cultivates the heart under tall phoenix trees (), where old phoenixes restsymbolizing nobility and peacewhile the window frames beautiful waters, and the ear listens not to noise, but to the boundless sounds of books. Executed