One style of this genre is known as "steel strokes and silver hooks".
One style of this genre is known as "steel strokes and silver hooks". Another style was developed by the man who created the only surviving reproduction of Court Ladies Preparing Newly-Woven Silk, and was known as the "slender gold" style. Famous works in this genre include Ritual to Pray for Good Harvest and the Preface to the Orchard Pavilion Collection and it is based on techniques such as "The Horn of Rhinoceros" and "Bird Pecking," both enumerated among the Eight Principles of Yong. Wang Xizhi is known as the sage of this art, and during the Song dynasty, Su Shi and Mi Fu stood among the Four Masters of it.  Other noted styles of this genre include Yan, a variation on the traditional kaishu. For 10 points, name this art form, which also comes in seal, clerical, and semi-cursive varieties and is performed by writing sinographs with ink.
One style of this genre is known as "steel strokes and silver hooks".
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