★This is a set of exercise books, which provide classic brush calligraphy copybooks as the model for copying with a hard pen in Nine Chequers. It helps readers take systematic and in-depth ancient calligraphy copying training from easy to difficult, step by step.
★Looking back the development of the regular script, just like a river, it derived from the flowing official script as the source, with another parallel tributary of the elegant running script, and then converged to a great river of the regular script. Finally, it became what it is now, the application of which is as wide as sea. There we can also see the agile regular script in small characters.
★Our copybooks provide effective model copying training with the authentic classic ancient rubbings passed down from ancient times. They also offer teaching via video, which is very suitable for enthusiasts who want to acquire good handwriting, especially beginners.

This series contains the following works:
Hard-Pen Calligraphy Practice for Copying Ancient Masterpieces series Preface for Sacred Instruction at the Wild Goose Pagoda by Chu Suiliang
Hard-Pen Calligraphy Practice for Copying Ancient Masterpieces series Spiritual Flight Sutra
Hard-Pen Calligraphy Practice for Copying Ancient Masterpieces series The Legend of Ji An by Zhao Mengfu
Hard-Pen Calligraphy Practice for Copying Ancient Masterpieces series Cao Quan Stele
Hard-Pen Calligraphy Practice for Copying Ancient Masterpieces series On Sichuan Silk by Mi Fu
Hard-Pen Calligraphy Practice for Copying Ancient Masterpieces series Tao Te Ching by Zhao Mengfu

Editors-in-Chief:
Lu Zhongnan
He is a former member of the research institute of the Military Museum of the Chinese People’s Revolution (Chinese Military Museum), Director of the Calligraphy and Seal Engraving Committee of the Art and Calligraphy Creation Center of the Chinese Military Museum, a member of the 10th to 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Director of the 5th to 7th Chinese Calligraphers Association, a member of the Regular Script Committee of the 6th Chinese Calligraphers Association, Secretary-General of the Ideological and Theoretical Engineering Department of the Industry Construction Committee of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, and a member of the art committee of the PLA Academy of Fine Arts and Calligraphy Creation.
Jin Rifa
He used to be the Director of the Editorial Department of Calligraphy Newspaper • Hard-Pen Calligraphy. Now he is the Executive Editor-in-Chief of Calligraphy Art website (www.sfrx.cn) of Calligraphy Newspaper and the Executive Editor-in-Chief of Videos of Calligraphy Newspaper.

Compiled by:
Li Bo
He is Standing Director of China Educational Calligraphers and Painters Association, Director of Guizhou Calligraphy Education Research Association, a member of China Hard-Pen Calligraphy Online Editorial Board, a member of China Hard-Pen Calligraphers Association, and a member of Chinese Cultural Information Association and Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Art Committee.