In Qing Dynasty, Liu Xizai said, "A word is like a person". People and words are like fish and water, and seeing words is like seeing people. The beauty of calligraphy lies not only in pen and ink and modeling, but also in the externalization of the writer's ambition and the expression of his mood. In Wang Zhigang's pen, the lines are filled with indifference, Jing Ya and silence. This extraordinary bearing comes from his growing experience, from his understanding of calligraphy and from his perception of life. Whether I met him for the first time or knew him well, I felt that he was modest and gentle as jade, and his sincerity and easygoing made friends around him affectionately call him "just old".
Wang Zhigang was obsessed with calligraphy since he was a child, and recalled stories related to calligraphy in his childhood, always filled with emotion. At that time, there was a shortage of ink and paper, so we made paper with polished square bricks and used rainwater in the patio as ink. No difficulty can stop him from practicing calligraphy. It is precisely because of this experience that his character is more tenacious and firm, and his love for calligraphy is rooted in his heart. In the 1980s, he devoted himself to reading the inscriptions, pursued the statutes of Jin and Tang Dynasties, adopted the brushwork of Zhong You, "Two Kings" and Yu Shinan, absorbed the verve of Xu Wenchang and Huang Daozhou, devoted himself to studying calligraphy, learned from others, and gradually formed a style of "gentle and natural, elegant and elegant, elegant and elegant".
Wang Zhigang is a diligent dreamer. He used to work in a machine tool factory. Although he is associated with the cold machine, there has always been a passion in his heart, that is, calligraphy, which accompanies him every morning and evening and adds color to his life. Fortunately, Wang Zhigang has forged a deep affection with Mr. Luo, an accountant in the same factory and one of Shaoxing's "Top Ten Old Painters". Mr. Luo is good at cursive script, and his works are vigorous and beautiful, which has a great influence on Wang Zhigang's personality and calligraphy style. Later, Wang Zhigang came to the book research institute because of his job transfer, as if the fish had returned to the sea. Wang Zhigang found his own pure land, and he worked hard here. As the saying goes, mountains rise from the dust. For more than 30 years, he has been wandering in the ink sea, saving his energy in his study with a unique cultural perspective and artistic feelings, and leading the compilation and publication of Shaoxing Calligraphy Research in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which won rave reviews in the industry.
Nowadays, when it comes to "just getting old", Shaoxing calligraphy and painting circle is almost unknown. On the one hand, as the predecessor of Shaoxing Calligraphy Association and the inheritor of intangible culture, he has devoted himself to Mo Tian for decades, and his achievements in calligraphy are of symbolic and exemplary significance. On the other hand, as the predecessor of Shaoxing Book Association, he has helped young talents for many years, and he is already full of peaches and plums. Despite his great achievements, as a Shaoxing native, he consciously has a mission to integrate calligraphy art with Shaoxing folk customs and carry forward Shaoxing culture. As a result, when he created calligraphy, he paid attention to the integration of folk elements, such as "Long life" and "The water in front of the school makes Shao wine smell like Wan Li" ... These auspicious wishes and famous sentences reflecting Shaoxing customs poured in, and he also looked for the most unforgettable scenes in his memory from the poems of Shaoxing poets in previous dynasties, such as Lu You's poem: "Next to the tobacco in the small garden, the sang zhe is faint." I lie down and read the Tao poem unfinished, and take a light rain to hoe the melon. " By holding some exhibitions, Shaoxing culture will continue to be transmitted in Mexico, so that more people can understand Shaoxing and enter Shaoxing.
Wang Zhigang loves calligraphy. Infiltrated and condensed his unique insights that he has been studying for many years. His works are full of brilliance and spirituality, giving people a feeling of profound artistic conception and abundant weather. The thick scroll breath and gloomy ancient style show gentle gentleman demeanor and elegant and honest literati temperament. As Chao in Song Dynasty said: "Learning books is in the law, and beauty lies in people. Buddhism can be passed on, and the wonderful will be in the chest. " (Xie Yongfeng)