Wang Chao Peng 王超鹏 ~ Yi Xing Zi Sha Number One Kai Shu Style Calligraphy Engraving Master 宜兴紫砂楷书刻绘第一高人。

Han Qi Lou is very famous and is a supremely respected figure in YiXing ZiSha.  The facts are thus: Han Qi Lou is a famed Calligrapher, and he is born in YiXing.  However, YiXing ZiSha for all its wonders and highest ceramic professional skill involved, was not well known outside of China before the 80s.  Han Qi Lou felt the duty to help his own YiXing folks.  In the 1980s he started bringing Gu Jing Zhou, Jiang Rong out of YiXing to promote ZiSha Art to the rest of the world.   Yes, indeed, he IS THE person who led and guided Gu Jing Zhou, Jiang Rong et al, overseas, in order to help these Artists spread and promote their works to the world.  Mr Han Qi Lou is seated in the center of our file photo:

Speak to any YiXing folk, and they regard Han Qi Lou as one of the major esteemed father figures who helped to propel ZiSha Art to the world and brought it to huge prominence, appreciation and recognition from the world of Ceramic Arts and the tea community at large.

Calligraphy Master Han Qi Lou's son-in-law is: Wang Chao Peng 王超鹏。

This is Master Wang Chao Peng 王朝鹏:

Wang Chao Peng 王超碰 is the Number One Artist for the inscription of Chinese Calligraphy in YiXing ZiSha Art, he had also won and garnered EVERY, ALL, of YiXing's Calligraphy Engraving Art accolades!

Wang Chao Peng is ZiSha Art Fraternity’s ONLY Master Engraver who can engrave/inscribe Chinese Characters with EACH CHARACTER MEASURING ONLY 1.5mm tall × 1.5mm wide!! AND YET DESPITE ITS ALMOST MICROSCOPIC SIZE, EACH IS STILL ABLE TO MANIFEST ALL THE BEAUTY, DETAILS, STRENGTH, FLOW AND DELICACY OF STROKES (Bi Feng 笔锋 of calligraphy).  Yes: each character measuring only 1.5mm by 1.5mm.  Here, Master Wang provided for us friends, the photos of ALL of YiXing’s Calligraphy Engraving Art accolades which he had won:

There are other respected Artists whom we know/work with, for example, Grand Masters and Masters Mao Guo Qiang, Bao Zhi Qiang, Fan Xiao Jun, Jiang Yan Bin, Yi Dian, Zhang Ye, Dong Shi etc, in YiXing ZiSha, but they are known for the engraving Art of: Pine/ Plum Blossom/ Bamboo/ Scenery/ Animals/ Characters/ and they defer either to engraving of the Realism 写实, or the Inferred/Artistic 写意。They are not known for their inscription of Calligraphy.  WHEN IT COMES TO THE INSCRIPTION OF CALLIGRAPHY,  WANG CHAO PENG IS, THE APOGEE, NUMBER ONE.

We sat down together in early 2024 and HE JOINS US at RealZiSha for all of you Friends!!  He is very happy here interacting, receiving your ideas which you friends would wish to have him translate onto your very own bespoke Calligraphy Engraved ZiSha Art.  You COMMISSION him!  Yes: to inscribe/engrave on any commissioned pots you wish to be crafted by our:
~ Senior Consummate Master Yuan Hui,

~ Senior Consummate Master Lu Xue Feng,

~ Senior Master Cao Lan Fang,

~ Master Artist Li Yan Ru,

~ Assoc Master Zhang Ke and,

~ Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng 杨全胜。

So far about sixteen have been done for our patrons.  And currently Master Wang is working on a few projects for our friends.  Please collect his works!

TOP CLASS CHINESE ART.

Yet, NOT extravagant.

Email us, realzisha@gmail.com for commissioning him for your ideal Calligraphy ZiSha Art.

Choose:
1. A ZiSha Model Shape,
2. Choose an Artist,
3. Choose what verses/characters you want Wang Chao Peng to inscribe for you.
For example:
Here, one of our local patrons requested for Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng 杨全胜 to craft a Gong Deng 宫灯 shape, and for the pot is passed to Wang Chao Peng for engraving/inscribing the verses:  .  Once the engraving is completed, Master Yang collected the pot from Wang Chao Peng so as to bring the finished work to the kiln for firing.

Wang Chao Peng 王超鹏 is born in 1961 in YiXing, DingShu Town.  His father-in-law is the famous calligrapher Han Qi Lou 韩其楼.  To repeat: Master Han Qi Lou is himself, the most famous ZiSha Art patron and collector in YiXing.  During the 70s to 80s, he led legendary Gu Jing Zhou and Jiang Rong in travelling overseas so as to introduce, educate and propagate ZiSha Art to the world.  Han Qi Lou is thus recognised as the leading, major and influential father figure in YiXing ZiSha Art fraternity.

Having such an Renowned Maestro Calligrapher and major ZiSha FATHER figure in YiXing as his father-in-law,
Master Wang Chao Peng had, under superior influence, worked hard and endeared himself to and, researched intensively, Calligraphy.   Toiling many years in research and practice, he fought hard to perfect both Calligraphy and ZiSha Engraving Art.

THE RESULT:  HE HAS WON EVERY YIXING ZISHA AWARDS FOR ENGRAVING ART. He is now known as the Apogee in Calligraphy Engraving.  Through his many years of perseverance and dedication, he is achieve TOP status in Calligraphy Engraving regardless of Kai Shu 楷书, Zuan Shu 钻书, Xing Shu 行书, Li Shu 隶书, etc.  However, he remains humble, ignores the noise, and focuses on giving his best Art to all our patrons.

Amongst all these various calligraphy styles, Wang Chao Peng is MOST famed in China for his KAI SHU Style works 楷书刻绘。

Any ZiSha Work born with his Calligraphy Engraving, INSTANTLY becomes a timeless, transcendental and prized ZiSha Work.

YOU CAN HAVE YOURS NOW.
At our RealZiSha tightly-knit team, he now works with:
- Senior Consummate Master Yuan Hui 袁辉,
- Senior Consummate Master Lu Xue Feng 路学峰,
- Senior Master Cao Lan Fang 曹兰芳,
- Master Lu Shun Rong 陆顺荣,
- Master Li Yan Ru 李艳如,
- Assoc Master Zhang Ke 张轲 and,
- Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng 杨全胜。
We recommend you to have yours early due to the queue!

In Chinese Calligraphy, Kai Shu style 楷书 is the most demanding.  There are five kinds of Calligraphy styles, e.g. Kai Shu 楷书, Zuan Shu 钻书, Li Shu 隶书, Cao Shu 草书, Xing Shu 行书。

The saying goes, if I were to hand you a page of Xing Shu 行书 to calligraph, you can finish it in ten minutes, but if I were to hand you a page of Kai Shu 楷书 to write, you may be sweating and puffing for half a day and still don't get one page out.

The Way of Kai Shu is the most demanding.   First you must have good upbringing:
Heart must be Quiet and Still with Integrity,
心要静，
Body must be Straight,
体要正，
Hands must be Steady,
手要稳，
Breathing must be Smooth with Stamina.
气要顺。

All these must co-exist together in ONE Master Calligrapher in order to perform and write stanzas of words which are COHESIVE, from start to finish.
From the First character to the Last character.

HIS MOST OUTSTANDING work which he is most famous for, is:
The Heart Sutra Small Kai Style.

This is the reason why very few modern great Calligraphers major in Kai Shu Style calligraphy.  It is the most demanding. 

GOING A MILLION STEPS FURTHER, MASTER WANG HAS TO WORK ON A SURFACES (OUR ZISHA POTS) that would not be lying flat on the table and can be curved surfaces on Roundish pots too.

Onerous.
But this is the reason Master Wang is known as THE APOGEE.
Endearing to all of us, he is extremely humble, and his price for performing his engraving Art for our ZiSha works, is not exorbitant.

His price ranges from $800 to $1950 for most works (price proportional to the number of words you propose to have),
and, $1800-$2500 for ZiSha's Fraternity Top:
Full Heart Sutra ~ Kai Shu Style in his Most FAMOUS, Skilled and Difficult: 3mm² to 1.5mm² Engraving Wonder.

Here are our previous organized works for our previous patrons,

 

 

Thank you for understanding all these information.
Master Wang stands ready as YOUR exclusive top choice, Number One Calligraphy Engraving Master.
He excels in ALL FIVE TYPES OF CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY, and professes all sizes from big to the smallest 1.5mm², so the sky's the limit for your wish, your choice of calligraphy engraving.

This important and happy announcement presents to ALL of YOU dearest RealZiSha friends and patrons, your affordable TOP ZiSha Art that can EASILY be commissioned for your tea table, as a heirloom as well, and just the same price more or less, as an iPhone (being candid and pragmatic about our expenditure/investment).  It has taken much effort behind the scenes, great friendship to excitedly have him working together with our Senior Consummate Master Yuan Hui, Senior Consummate Master Lu Xue Feng, Senior Master Cao Lan Fang, Master Li Yan Ru, Master Lu Shun Rong, Assoc Master Zhang Ke and Assoc Master Yang Quan Sheng.  Officially working with us only now and we will be able to invite all of you friends to put in your bespoke commissioning of superb ZiSha works by your chosen Artist endowed with the best Calligraphy Engraving in YiXing ZiSha Fraternity.

We welcome all of you friends the EXCLUSIVE route to attain such priceless ZiSha Works.  Talk to us and we will slot your bespoke work in between as our regular China friends and patrons are very accommodating to giving up their queue numbers for the international friends.  We cherish you as our guests.

Thank you Friends in Tea!