the lively and vigorous movement of penmanship -- fine calligraphy

the lively and vigorous movement of penmanship -- fine calligraphy

Luan Xiang Feng Zhu is a Chinese idiom, pronounced Lu á nxi á NGF è ngzh ù, which means that Luan bird hovers and Phoenix flies high. It refers to the flying and stretching of calligraphy.

Idiom explanation

Both Luan and Feng are legendary birds. Xiang: hover and fly; Zhu: fly high. It is also called "phoenix flying".

Idioms and allusions

It is from Fu Yun Fu written by Lu Ji of Jin Dynasty: "Luan Xiangfeng Zhu, Hong Jing He Fei, whale and salamander tracing waves, and shark and alligator rushing." In Tang Dynasty, Han Yu's song of stone drum: "Luan Xiangfeng Zhu, under the immortals, coral and green trees make branches." /Zhang Jiuzheng's book with Wang Ruan ting in the Qing Dynasty: "the trace of the house leakage and the foot of the ancient hairpin are not unknown. They dare not fight against the right army."