Wang Daoquan's "Red Cliff Ode" is in regular script. This work depicts Zhao Mengfu's roundness and beauty. His calligraphy advocates peace and tranquility, and his brushwork is precise. Pursue the calligraphy style of the Jin Dynasty that is neither exciting nor experienced, gentle and elegant. The knot characters are beautiful and graceful, using the principle of smooth and even knots. The retracting and interspersing strokes, the density and whiteness of the knots, the size and width of the fonts are all pure and natural, showing his superb skills.
The pen is strong and strong, round and square, flowing and moving. It not only inherited the calligraphy methods of Jin and Tang Dynasty, but also had Zhao Mengfu's vigorous and smooth calligraphy. He insisted on using the pen in the center, with round and luxurious stipples, and elastic lines. It looks soft on the outside but solid steel on the inside.
Wang Daoquan, a native of Dafan, Wuyuan, was famous in the county for his calligraphy skills. He was a famous calligrapher in the mid-Ming Dynasty and was deeply influenced by Zhao Xuesong's calligraphy. He is known as "Today's Zhao Mengfu", and many inscriptions were made by him in Huizhou at that time.
