The Transmission and Development of Wu Changshuo's Seal Script Across Borders: Focusing on the Early 20th Century Korean Peninsula

Wu Changshuo, a highly acclaimed artist both in China and abroad, excelled in poetry, calligraphy, painting, and seal carving. He possessed a profound and unique artistic style that blended the classical with the modern, making him a leading figure in poetry, calligraphy, painting, and seal carving during his time. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Wu Changshuo, as a representative figure of the “Shanghai School,” greatly influenced the cultural trends of his era. His impact extended beyond China, significantly shaping calligraphic exchanges with Korea from a modern international perspective. Among Wu’s various styles, his seal script, which transcended the boundaries between different script forms, was the most influential. It was even said that he “strongly embraced the seal and clerical scripts to write wild cursive script.” Due to his unique creative methods and concepts, mastering Wu’s seal script became an essential step for students of his calligraphy, with his distinctive “Stone Drum Script” serving as a prominent model for contemporary learners. Due to his unique methods and ideas, Wu Changshuo's seal script has become an essential stage in learning seal script, and his distinctive Stone Drum Script now serves as a model for seal script study. 吴昌硕作为享誉海内外的优秀艺术家，于诗书画印等诸多方面均有着深厚而精深的造诣且有强烈而独具一格的艺术个性，以其不懈的艺术实践及创造力，集四艺于一身而借古开今，于时代中显露而为诗文、书、画、篆刻领域的领军人物。清末民初，吴昌硕不仅作为“海派”的代表人物而开一代风气，且从近现代中外书法交流的视域下亦对韩国有着重要的影响。在吴昌硕的众多书体中，最具影响亦是通过其来打通各个书体界限的无疑是其篆书，更有“强抱篆隶写狂草”之说。正因其独特的创作方法和思路，其篆书成为学习吴氏书法的必经阶段，其带有独特风格的”石鼓文 “更是当下学习的典范和代表。