Ye KeQin, later given name MengZhi, male, born April 1960 in Beijing, is a professional Calligrapher, president of Beijing Yantian Academy, and founder of Ye KeQin Calligraphy Studio and Art Gallery of Yantian Academy.

Influenced by his family since childhood, he has a passion for calligraphy. He learned the calligraphy rules from tablets of the famous calligraphers of the past dynasties, studied with great concentration, and has continually been learning throughout his lifelong passion. His specialty is regular script, running hand, and large-character calligraphy.

In 2010, he became the first disciple of Tian YingZhang, a famous Chinese calligrapher. He studied calligraphy intensively and thought about tutoring. Someone once said to him “Knowledge and Calligraphy needs from the studied strictly and from the root. Forge each character with elegance and enjoyment

Thomas Franck

Born in Lübeck, Germany, I began to learn about Chinese culture in 2010, from curiosity to passion. In 2017, Ye Keqin, a disciple of the great calligrapher Tian Yingzhang, studied under him and has been diligently studying Tian style regular script ever since. And decided to become an ambassador for cultural exchange between China and foreign countries, spreading Chinese culture. Mr. Thomas has taught Chinese calligraphy at the British German Embassy School, the Confucius Institute in Hanover, Germany, and primary and secondary schools in Germany. He is highly respected and loved by foreign children and is the first bilingual teacher of Chinese regular script. Successfully passed the calligraphy CET-4 exam in 2018 and won the first prize in the 12th National Standardized Character Writing Competition in 2024.