Chapter 79 79. What is calligraphy?

Q line line line ask calligrapher I usually envy people who are good at handwriting, but I heard that good handwriting is not the same thing as calligraphy.I have read many calligraphers' works, but as a layman, I really don't understand them.I know that ancient calligraphy is even more extensive and profound...but I am very confused where the doorway is.I would like to ask friends who are engaged in calligraphy, calligraphy and calligraphers, and the ins and outs of calligraphy, what is it all about.Or you can tell me some calligraphy and gossip, haha, to increase your knowledge. A Calligraphy Researcher Niu Dalun Answers Lines Lines

The term "professional calligrapher" is actually only valid today. There were also people who were famous for their calligraphy in ancient times, but they had little to do with writing.Wang Xizhi was a general, Yan Zhenqing was the Duke of Lu, Zhao Mengfu and Genghis Khan slept in the same tent, and Dong Qichang entered the cabinet to pay homage to the prime minister.The history of calligraphers is essentially the history of princes and nobles who can play with two strokes, and has nothing to do with ordinary people. In fact, in ancient China, as long as you read books for two days, everyone can write well. A good handwriting is a stepping stone to fame and fortune. The first threshold is like going to Macau to gamble and kill the world. First, you need to apply for a Hong Kong and Macau passport.When Dong Qichang took the imperial examinations, he was still a poor scholar at that time. He got the second score for the first essay, but his handwriting was not good, so he practiced calligraphy hard later.In terms of proficiency, no great calligrapher is as proficient as Mr. Accountant.Great calligraphers are all high officials, and every day they have to approve official documents, meet the emperor, try cases, and keep the third concubine and the fourth concubine from fighting. The time spent writing is almost as long as squatting in the toilet.Mr. Accountant is different. It is planted on a chair. There is a beam on the top of the head. A rope is hung on the beam. A copper coin is tied to one end of the rope, and a piece of ink is tied to the other end. Just hang in mid-air, saving the time of wiping.So there are only two kinds of characters in the world, which are written the same as printed ones, one is the files of the imperial court, what did the emperor eat today, who did he sleep with, which toilet did he use, these are all low-level civil servants of the Imperial Academy Copying, if you write irregularly, you will lose your head. Another kind is the account book of the accountant.

The old method trains young students, and the basic skill of the test for talents is to write imitation, imitation, and imitation.Mr. Xing Busheng said that there was an old scholar in Shanxi who demonstrated a unique skill. He found dozens of sheets of thin paper, wrote the same character, folded them up and exposed them to the sun, and it turned out to be like a single character. There are also similar records, which is the skill of writing imitation.In the Ming and Qing dynasties, all the officials who passed the imperial examinations had to do this skill, so the handwriting was difficult to see where it was going. In addition, the status of the people was getting higher and higher, and the reputation was getting bigger and bigger. If you want to be a famous calligrapher Very difficult.

According to the textual research of unearthed cultural relics, in the early days, such as the Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, the writing brushes used for ordinary writing were different from what we see today. They were short, sharp, and delicate, similar to the ballpoint pens we use today, because they were printed at that time. The art has not yet formed, and the articles and classics are all hand-copied. The hand-copied money is calculated by the word. If the copying is slow, it will starve to death.The paper is also different, it is not melted, it has been glued and waxed, and it is extremely smooth. This paper has the highest writing efficiency, and you can get an article with just a few brushes.Mi Fu told the emperor, saying that the minister brushes the characters means that my calligraphy is brushed out. Readers can imagine the speed of his writing.

The raw rice paper we see today, the long-pointed brushes and big regular script are from the Ming and Qing dynasties, those princes and nobles, who have written imperial characters all their lives, are called Guange by experts, and they are bored to death. Yes, it's like getting tired of eating big fish and meat every day, get some green leafy vegetables to wash the intestines and stomach.In the Qing Dynasty, Bao Shichen and his successor, Kang Youwei, who couldn't write, called for writing about the Northern School and learning from stone steles.I don’t want the so-called professional calligraphers today to use the rotten leaves of other people as ginseng. In essence, they are poor and rarely smell the smell of meat.Every time I see a fool teacher asking preschool children to spread raw rice paper to read the European style, I feel sad. Is this how the European style is written? Chinese characters, what’s wrong with it.

Today, because of the prosperity of computers, even this mean article of the author who arranges calligraphy is typed by computers, ashamed.Because not practicing handwriting is no longer a hindrance to getting promoted and making a fortune, so it is not a big defect if you can't write well. At most, you can get promoted and poke people's backs. It's like scratching out a claw, I pooh.So now many leaders like to practice calligraphy. There is a row of cheap brushes hanging on the desk, which is the state of being kind and good. They should be sympathetic and highly praised.