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Hao Xiaoshi (Chinese: 郝小石; pinyin: Hǎo Xiǎoshí, 1920-2012) was a Chinese calligrapher and painter, born in Zunhua, Hebei province.

From 1982 on, he worked as an art teacher at the Beijing International Teaching Center, teaching calligraphy, painting, and ceramic appraisal. Between 1992-2004, he was the vice president and secretary general of Beijing Honghua Painting and Calligraphy Society. In 1994 and onward, he held several solo exhibitions in Tokyo and other cities in Japan, and established the Japanese Jade Art Society (玉石書友會), serving as the chairman.

Early life
At the age of six, Hao Xiaoshi’s father and brother taught him Yan Zhenqing’s Duobao Pagoda. At the age of eight, he studied under the calligrapher Wang Hexuan. At the age of fourteen, he learned from Mr. Wang Wenge the Yan Style through the work Draft of a Requiem to My Nephew, and Wang Xizhi's style through The Preface to the Sacred Teachings, and Tang dynasty calligrapher Li Beihai’s Cloud stele. At the age of fifteen, he was asked to write for a stele belonging to a bridge placed at the Chapeng Gudao (茶棚古道) in his hometown. At Since the age of 24, he has been developing his skills under the guidance of the artist Mr. Wu Landi and his cousin Mr. Qin Zhongwen, who is also an artist. Since the age of 30, he entered the self-study episode and under the guidance of Mr. Chen Shuliang, he begun in-depth studies of the Yan style regular script of Yan Zhenqing and explored the running script of Wang Duo. He was also much obliged to the calligraphy theory guidance of Mr. Feng Yiwu.

Experiences and works
Since the 1980s, Mr. Hao fully devoted himself to studying calligraphy and engaged himself in international art teaching and exchanges. Between 1982-2003, he worked as an art teacher at the Beijing International Teaching Center, teaching calligraphy, painting, and ceramic appraisal. Between 1992 and 2004, he was the vice president and secretary general of Beijing Honghua Painting and Calligraphy Society. In 1994 and onward, he held serveral solo exhibitions in Tokyo and other cities in Japan, and at them same time established the Japanese Jade Art Society (玉石書友會), serving as the chairman. Between 2004 and until 2012, he served as an expert to the Beijing Honghua Art Society Council.

With unweakening spirit, Mr. Hao worked diligently and studied through the inscriptions of the past dynasties. He put special efforts in studing the “Two Wang” in-depth, and fully grasped the essence of their works. His calligraphy works of “Orchid Pavilion Preface” (Lanting Xu), and “A letter to Boyuan” (伯遠帖) have been received tremendously well. At the age of 80, he started to write the  the full text of "The Art of War” by Sun Tzu and the full text of the "Three Hundred Tang Poems" (唐詩三百首), including annotations, in the small size regular script style with gold lacquer. This calligraphic style is very neat and meticulous. Under the current contemporary trends where traditional basic skills are often neglected, these works have been perceived as incredibly valuable by some collectors.

As a result of long-term international art teaching, he has also been invited by the German and Japanese embassies to serve as a calligraphy instructor. Mr. Hao has also held several art exhibitions overseas. Although it is difficult to trace the origin of his brushwork in his ink landscape, his painting skills are also truly extraordinary, which reminds us a bit of Qi Baishi's arrogance and Chen Zizhuang's tranquility. As a painter, he is able to express the essence of the traditional landscape to the fullest, inadvertently revealing the wise personality of a calligrapher and painter. He insisted on traditional painting and calligraphy skills, and painted on antique paper with antique ink. Even in his later years, he still insisted on working hard and tirelessly on researching, exploring and refining his painting and calligraphy skills.

Hao Xiaoshi is not only an effective inheritor of traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy skills, but also a pioneer who kept exploring and innovating.