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These visual elements were drawn on an artist’s body and face in the 1998 piece 1/2 (“one-half”) and the 2000 piece Family Tree. Four (10[1])of these visual elements make up the rightmost section of the painting The Remaining Mountain. A goose-loving artist drew these elements using a set of “eight principles.” (10[1])These elements make up an artwork that immortalizes a drinking (10[1])contest at the “Orchard Pavilion.” (10[1])In the 1980s, (10[1])an artist made (10[1])4,000 carvings that resemble these elements (10[2])for his (10[1])installation (10[1])A Book (10[1])From the Sky. (10[6]-5[3])Artists (10[4])often (10[1])train (10[3])by copying (10[2])a thousand of these elements (10[1]-5[2])that (-5[1])comprise a “classic” set drawn by Wang Xizhi (10[1]-5[3])(“wong shee-jurr”), who (10[2])used the “four treasures of study” to draw them in styles (10[1])like “regular” and “semi-cursive.” (10[4])For (10[1])10 points, name these (10[2])symbols (10[4])stroked (-5[1])with (10[1])ink (10[1])in Chinese (10[1])calligraphy. (10[2])■END■ (10[10]0[1])

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