[Buddha-l] Question about Chinese orthography

[Curt Steinmetz]

Michael LaTorra wrote:
> Hi Buddha-lers,
> How is written Chinese emphasized? Larger characters? Different colors?
>
> I ask because I see in John Blofeld's "Zen Teachings of Huang Po" that the
> word "BEING" is in all capitals in the middle of a sentence.
>
> Thanks in advance for any answers you may provide.
>
>   

I know of at least one famous example of SIZE being used for emphasis in 
calligraphy - although it is from Japan (but still it is "chinese" 
calligraphy). This is the calligraphy of Hakuin who once wrote 
"meditation in the MIDST of activity is a thousand times superior to 
meditation in stillness":
http://www.egreenway.com/vsjournal/images/hakuin27a.jpg

(This in turn was a commentary on a line from Ta-Hui.)

Curt Steinmetz