Man of letters finds words of inspiration
China DailyDe Laurentis at the Longmen Grottoes during a trip to Luoyang in Henan province in 2006. For Pietro de Laurentis, an Italian Sinologist who has been dedicated to Chinese studies for two decades, what fascinated him most about Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, was not the scenic West Lake or the delicious cuisine, but rather, Chinese calligraphy. De Laurentis is a researcher with years of experience in studying modern Chinese, ancient Chinese and Chinese calligraphy in China. Majoring in Chinese, de Laurentis' interest in Chinese calligraphy sprouted at an Italian university in 1999, which helped him make some Chinese friends from Shanghai residing in Italy, including a calligraphy teacher. "The Chinese culture in textbooks is charming, but I am more interested in Chinese people," he notes, adding that Chinese characters and calligraphy are what he uses to communicate with people from China.
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