Artist Biography

Hailing from Ipoh, Chong Yin Chat is a talented veteran poet and calligrapher. He is the chairman of the Perak Cave Temple; advisor of the Malaysian Contemporary Chinese Painting & Calligraphy
Association’s Perak Division; vice-president of the General Society for Chinese Classical Poetry – Malaysia; and former committee member of the Calligraphy Society of Malaysia, among others. Chong learnt calligraphy and poetry from renowned figures in Ipoh, namely Lee Tiansheng, and Lee Bingren, as well as professor Liu Tai-hsi (1898 – 1989) in Taiwan. His poem was praised by the famous writer and poet – Yi Junzuo (1899 – 1972). Chong exhibited his calligraphy works across Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong,
Taiwan, Japan, Korea and more, often featuring his poetry.

张英杰，原籍广东蕉岭，是著名大马诗坛才子。他是马来西亚佛教旅游名胜“霹雳洞“主持、马西亚国际现代书画联盟霹雳州联委会顾问、怡保中山文物馆馆长、全球汉诗总会驻马副会长、台北春人诗社顾问、大马诗词研究总会会务顾问、台北古典诗刊顾问、杭州临安市诗词学会顾问、中华学术院诗学研究所社务委员、历任马来西亚诗词研究总会要职及前任马来西亚书艺协会理事。

他师从怡保书法家李天声、李冰人博士及台湾刘太希教授（1898 -1989），钻研诗学同时勤习书法，诗篇曾获得诗人易君左（1899 –1972）大为赞赏，所作诗词常发表于马来西亚、新加坡、香港、台湾、菲律宾、泰国、美国、加拿大、澳洲及中国大陆。书法方面，他临摹李北海、王羲之、文征明诸家的书法，尤其擅长行书，曾受邀参加马
来西亚、新加坡、香港、台湾、日本、韩国等地之国际书法展，书法创作皆书写其自制诗篇文句。著作有《蹑云楼诗稿》三集、《霹雳洞八景诗集》、《霹雳洞大观画书法》、《如玉楼诗存》以及《张英杰、张韵山昆仲书画专辑》。