About the site
Without the past, there is no future.
Traditional Chinese culture is long lost. This site aims to preserve and pass on the forgotten wisdom of traditional Chinese culture through Chinese calligraphy and concise English translations.
Throughout its long history, Chinese calligraphy has always been intermingled with tradition Chinese culture. As such, understanding one allows the appreciation of the other.
The site is mainly organized into:
a. Introduction (介紹)b. Shodo and Chinese Calligraphy (書法與書道)c. The Brush (筆)d. The Ink (墨)e. The Paper (紙)f. The Mounting (裝裱)g. The Seal (篆刻)
iii. Cursive Script (草書)
V. Videos (短片)
About KS Vincent Poon
KS Vincent Poon (潘君尚) was born in British Hong Kong and emigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1987. Currently, he is a high school mathematics, chemistry, and physics teacher at the Toronto District School Board (TDSB).
At the age of 6, he was taught the art of Chinese calligraphy by his father Kwok Kin Poon (潘國鍵, PhD HKU), a well-respected scholar and Chinese calligrapher who practices the art for over fifty years in Hong Kong and Canada (1)(2). During his formal education of becoming a biochemist and a teacher (CV here), he continued to study traditional Chinese calligraphy and Chinese culture under his father's tutelage.
In 2018, he published his first book on Chinese calligraphy, A Narrative on Calligraphy by Sun Guoting - Translated by KS Vincent POON and Kwok Kin POON.
"義 (Do What Should Be Done)", scribbled by KS Vincent Poon, at the age of six
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BOOKS
Poon KS Vincent, Calligraphy Meets Philosophy - Talk 2 尚語 - 第二話. Toronto: The SenSeis, 2023. [Link] [U of Oxford] [U of Cambridge] [Kyoto U] [National Palace Museum Taiwan] [HKU] etc...
Poon KS Vincent, Calligraphy Meets Philosophy - Talk 1 尚語 - 第一話. Toronto: The SenSeis, 2022. [Link] [U of Oxford] [U of Cambridge] [Kyoto U] [Harvard U] [National Palace Museum Taiwan] [HKU] etc...
Poon KS Vincent, Poon Kwok Kin, An English Translation and the Correct Interpretation of Laozi's Tao Te Ching 英譯並正解老子道德經: 附 《道德經》艱深句子正解並白話對譯 . Toronto: The SenSeis, 2020. [Link] [U of Oxford] [U of Cambridge] [Harvard U] [HKU] [CUHK] [Kyoto U] [National Taiwan U] etc...
Poon KS Vincent, Poon Kwok Kin, A Narrative on Calligraphy by Sun Guoting - Revised and Enchanced Edition 英譯書譜 增訂版 . Toronto: The SenSeis, 2019. [Link] [WorldCat] [U of Oxford] [U of T] [Harvard U] [Columbia U] [HKU] [CUHK] [Kyoto U] etc...
Poon KS Vincent, Poon Kwok Kin, English Translation of Classical Chinese Calligraphy Masterpieces 英譯法書. Toronto: The SenSeis, 2019. [Link] [Worldcat] [Columbia U] [HKU] [CUHK] [Universiteit Antwerpen] [Wesleyan U] etc...
OTHER SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Joshi A, Kate S, Poon V, Mondal D, Boggara MB, Saraph A, Martin JT, McAlpine R, Day R, Garcia AE, Mogridge J, Kane RS: Structure-based design of a heptavalent anthrax toxin inhibitor. Biomacromolecules. 2011 Mar 14;12(3):791-6. [Link]
Rai P, Vance D, Poon V, Mogridge J, Kane RS: Stable and potent polyvalent anthrax toxin inhibitors: raft-inspired domain formation in liposomes that contain PEGylated lipids. Chemistry. 2008;14(26):7748-51. [Link]
Rai PR, Saraph A, Ashton R, Poon V, Mogridge J, Kane RS: Raftlike polyvalent inhibitors of the anthrax toxin: modulating inhibitory potency by formation of lipid microdomains. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2007;46(13):2207-9.[Link]
Joshi A, Saraph A, Poon V, Mogridge J, Kane RS: Synthesis of Potent Inhibitors of Anthrax Toxin Based on Poly-L-Glutamic Acid. Bioconjug Chem. 2006 Sep-Oct;17(5):1265-9. [Link]
Basha S, Rai P, Poon V, Saraph A, Gujraty KV, Go M, Sadacharan S, Frost M, Mogridge J, Kane RS: Polyvalent Inhibitors of Anthrax Toxin that Target Host Receptors. The Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Sep 5;103(36):13509-13. [Link]
Gujraty KV, Joshi A, Saraph A, Poon V, Mogridge J, Kane RS: Synthesis of polyvalent inhibitors of controlled molecular weight: structure-activity relationship for inhibitors of anthrax toxin. Biomacromolecules 2006 Jul;7(7):2082-5. [Link]
Rai P, Padala C, Poon V, Saraph A, Basha S, Kate S, Tao K, Mogridge J, Kane RS: Statistical pattern matching facilitates the design of polyvalent inhibitors of anthrax and cholera toxins. Nat Biotechnol. 2006; 24(5):582-6. [Link]
Gujraty K, Sadacharan S, Frost M, Poon V, Kane RS, Mogridge J: Functional characterization of peptide-based anthrax toxin inhibitors. Mol Pharm. 2005 Sep-Oct ; 2(5):367-72. [Link]
Ishiki M, Randhawa VK, Poon V, Jebailey L, Klip A: Insulin regulates the membrane arrival, fusion and C-terminal unmasking of Glut4 via distinct phosphoinositides. J Biol Chem. 2005 Aug 5;280(31):28792-802. [Link]
Rand ML, Wang H, Bang KWA, Poon V, Packham MA, Freedman J: Procoagulant surface exposure and apoptosis in rabbit platelets: association with shortened survival and steady-state senescence. J Thromb Haemost. 2(4):651-9, April 2004. [Link]