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95-year-old man created Thousand-Shou scroll

www.chinanews.cn 2005-08-02 16:38:03

Xu Tianjue is a 95-year-old man living in Guizhou's Tongzi. In the spring
of 1995, he wrote 1,000 Shou (a Chinese character meaning longevity) in
1,000 different styles in Xiaozhuan, an ancient style of calligraphy, to
celebrate his 85th birthday. It is learned that he discovered those 1,000
different styles in some ancient documents.

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