A few months ago, I wrote about using the names of RSN's frigates for calligraphy practice.
The Republic of Singapore Navy has six stealth frigates: RSS Formidable, RSS Intrepid, RSS Steadfast, RSS Tenacious, RSS Stalwart, and RSS Supreme, and the corresponding names in Chinese: 威武号, 刚毅号, 坚信号, 强力号,忠诚号, and 精湛号.
I have used 威武, 刚毅, and 精湛 in past works (in bold below), and thought about doing something for the rest. So I sat down and started thinking of phrases that can be created using these characters. The goal was to create 七言 phrases that start with the Chinese characters of each name. From there, I see if I can create 五言 and 四言 phrases from that base phrase.
RSS Formidable 威武号
威风壮志镇四海
武德明智服天下
威风镇四海
武德服天下
威风壮志
武德明智
威风壮志镇四海
武德明智服天下
威风镇四海
武德服天下
威风壮志
武德明智
威镇四海
武服天下
RSS Intrepid 刚毅号
刚勇魄力似猛虎
毅然英姿如古松
刚勇似猛虎
毅然如古松
刚勇魄力
毅然英姿
RSS Steadfast 坚信号
坚守边疆固山河
信誉卓越留青史
坚守边疆
信誉卓著
RSS Tenacious 强力号
强盛精英日月勤
力护家园万古记
强盛精英
力护家园
RSS Stalwart 忠诚号
忠义不歇护江山
诚恳全力保民生
忠义护江山
诚恳保民生
武服天下
RSS Intrepid 刚毅号
刚勇魄力似猛虎
毅然英姿如古松
刚勇似猛虎
毅然如古松
刚勇魄力
毅然英姿
RSS Steadfast 坚信号
坚守边疆固山河
信誉卓越留青史
坚守边疆
信誉卓著
RSS Tenacious 强力号
强盛精英日月勤
力护家园万古记
强盛精英
力护家园
RSS Stalwart 忠诚号
忠义不歇护江山
诚恳全力保民生
忠义护江山
诚恳保民生
忠义不歇
诚恳全力
诚恳全力
RSS Supreme 精湛号
精锐之师稳天下
湛湛冰心治万民
精锐之师
湛湛冰心
This is my best attempt at creating the phrases. Next would be to check the calligraphy dictionary to source for how to write each character, and then actually try writing them out. The 七言 phrases will have to be written on 半切 paper, which is about 34.5cm by 135cm. The 五言 and 四言 phrases will probably be written on paper of half that size, aka 34.5cm by 67.5cm. If they look nice enough, I may even submit them for exhibitions.
Something like this:
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