Appreciation of calligraphy with brush
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Changes of regular script calligraphy
After the writing came into being, calligraphy gradually came into being in the period of stippling symbols. By the Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han dynasties, ancient Chinese characters had evolved from big seal script and small seal script to official script. At that time, calligraphy as an art was not fully realized, but it had formed a set of writing techniques, and calligraphy theory also appeared. Scholars who are good at calligraphy have already evaluated the merits and demerits of calligraphy. For example, Li Si, the prime minister of Qin State, sighed for seven days after seeing Zhou Muwang's calligraphy, worrying that his calligraphy was too spineless. It can be seen that from now on, the quality of calligraphy and whether it is written with bone strength are a standard for evaluating calligraphy. But at that time, the quality of calligraphy did not affect its practicality, because it did not appear as a work of art, and its main function was not to watch.
The change of characters is always inseparable from practicality. Simplifying strokes and facilitating writing is a law of the evolution of characters. Therefore, the evolution of characters often starts from the folk and is established by convention. After official processing and confirmation, he became an official figure and a recognized normative figure. With the emergence of cursive script at the end of Han Dynasty, calligraphy has become an artistic ornamental and a treasure that people collect and appreciate. From then on, on the one hand, practical calligraphy; On the other hand, masterpieces have also become works of art and cultural relics of historical treasures.
Compared with seal script, the strokes of official script in Han dynasty are simplified and writing is much easier. However, the brushwork of writing waves is still very troublesome, so a simple writing method will naturally appear in practice, that is, regular script. The legend of regular script is that Wang Cizhong, a native of Shanggu in Han Dynasty, began to write regular script, with few waves, wide characters and large characters. It can be seen that the original regular script is an official script lacking waves, such as these words in Wuwei Han bamboo slips. If it is written in regular script, it is regular script. It can be seen from this change that the brushwork of regular script is more complex and rich than that of official script. Therefore, in the process of opening official script, it is often changed to be close to regular script in structure first. Through the comparison with mature official scripts such as Han Dynasty, we can see the difference between ink and inscriptions, as well as the difference between folk, lower and upper official calligraphers.
With the further development of regular script, the structure and brushwork of regular script are more mature, and the components of official script are less and less. It is said that Zhong You of Han and Wei Dynasties played an important role in removing regular script. Sheng Kai? . Most of his works are copies of Jin and Tang dynasties, but they always retain the basic characteristics of the original handwriting. Such as declaration form, seasonal recommendation form, post declaration form, etc. Judging from these three works, the declaration form was greatly influenced by the calligraphy style of the Tang Dynasty, but it was also influenced by the official script in general, leaving a legacy, such as the horizontal trend of the knot, the weight of the left pen, the weight of the right pen, etc., which is close to the font of Gulangbei written by Wu of the Three Kingdoms.
After the Eastern Jin Dynasty, regular script became more mature. For example, Wang Xizhi's "Painting Praise of Dong Fangshuo" is compared with Wang Xianzhi's "Thirteen Lines of Ode to Luoshen", and the points, horizontal lines, hooks, strokes and strokes are all regular script strokes, and the structure has changed from horizontal to vertical. However, there are still some style influences of that period, such as the stroke force of horizontal painting is light and the lines are thin, the stroke force of the right side is heavy, the stroke force of the dark front is slightly heavy, and the hook is exposed but not long. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, with the continuous development of the inheritance tradition, regular script was highly mature and various styles appeared. Such as the epitaphs of Dong and Su Xiaoci in Sui Dynasty. The former calligraphy is dignified and vigorous, with rigorous and neat structure, rich varieties and beautiful and lively style. The latter is rigorous in structure, precise in brushwork and elegant in style.