"Jade Trees Fill the Steps with Elegance, Golden Daylilies Shine in the Sun" Running Script Couplet by Ma Dingbin 龙腾九洲 9th National Youth Calligraphy &

9th National Youth Calligraphy & Hard-Pen Writing Competition

and in the Beijing Youth & Middle-aged Calligraphy and Seal Carving Exhibition celebrating the 20th National Congress

I alone love the lotus

transcribed in precise hard-pen regular script

reminding us that both happiness and hardship must ultimately be faced by oneself

"Jade Trees Fill the Steps with Elegance, Golden Daylilies Shine in the Sun" Running Script Couplet by Ma Dingbin 龙腾九洲 9th National Youth Calligraphy &DescriptionThis running script couplet by Ma Dingbin, a calligrapher from Jingning, Gansu Province, presents the poetic lines: "Jade trees fill the steps with elegance; golden daylilies shine in the sun." The work expresses auspicious imagery and refined charm. Ma Dingbin is a member of the Gansu Calligraphers Association and the author of A Study of the Calligraphy of the Six Eminent Officials of the Late Qing Dynasty. Script: Running Script