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Draft cursive script

Calligrapher Chen Jusuo, 73, who is known for draft cursive script, or zhangcao, will hold his exhibition in Beijing. Born in Yuanping city, Shanxi province, Chen has studied calligraphy and painting since childhood and has been awarded as a national first class artist. More than 100 of his calligraphy works from the past three decades, which contained traditional draft cursive script style and also self-created style, will be displayed at the exhibition.