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...monochromatic style, to the 18th century. One could not hope for a more succinct introduction to what one of the artists represented on the walls, Tung Chi'i-ch'ang (1555-1636), rhapsodically called "the sheer marvels of brush and ink" wrought by the wen-jen or gentlemen scholars...
...realize how the terms have suffered in transit. To speak, for instance, of the "calligraphy" of a Western artist-Pollock's dripped skeins of paint, or the brisk rhythmic jotting of a Rembrandt sketch -is to use a metaphor. In classical Chinese painting, it is not. The wen-jen used the same brush for painting and writing, the same ink, the same habits of mind. The distinction between word and image, which is one of the sharpest divisions in our culture, barely existed for them at all; they expressed their thoughts with characters, not words, and these characters, having...
...that often declare "spontaneity" in the West. It is partly a difference of insight -Chii-jan's mountain, breathed into serenely vertical form, layer by stratified layer, is as mysterious in its allusions to geological time as any Leonardo landscape. It is also a difference of discipline. The wen-jen served no apprenticeship, and the idea of being "professional" painters would have appalled them. Nevertheless, it was recognized that one could hardly attain mastery of the brush before...
...More than 4,000 brightly dressed schoolgirls were at the airport last week to cheer and wave at the arriving 15-man French delegation. Seven of China's new 25-member Politburo were also on hand, including Premier Chou En-lai and the newly risen star Wang Hung-wen (TIME, Sept. 17). Pompidou himself matched the warmth of his welcome. Beginning his two-hour meeting with Mao Tse-tung−twice as long as Nixon's talk with the venerable Party Chairman−Pompidou declared: "It is a great honor for me to be able to meet...
...surprise was the election of a relatively youthful (37) Shanghai party leader, Wang Hung-wen, as one of the five vice chairmen. A onetime textile worker and later a boss of the city's rampaging Red Guards, Wang has powerful patrons-among them Mao's wife Chiang Ching. At the Congress, Wang gave the important report on the revision of the party constitution-a role possibly assigned by Mao himself. These developments make Wang one of the party's most important leaders...