Chapter 27 word edge

Several years ago, when I was editing Ming Pao Monthly, I read Mr. Tai Jingnong's writing in a Taiwan newspaper one day, and I liked it very much. I wrote to ask him for permission to reprint it.Mr. Tai replied that Mr. Shen Weichuang of "Dacheng" had already called to reprint the article, and asked him to write two words; Of course, Mingyue was not published; I kept Mr. Tai's short letter written in a ballpoint pen. I have never met Mr. Tai, but I begged him to write me a picture.The characters have been hanging in the study, facing each other day and night, and gradually made friends with Mr. Tai, at first casually, then deeply; people turned into characters, characters became people, seventy-three characters, each character is in the center of my eyes "Mr. Taiwan".

I often think that good words are ugly, and it is difficult to have a definite method. When I see my heart is happy, it is a good word.If you miss someone, once you get a piece of paper and a word, it is obviously a scribble, and you can't put it down; since the words are not speculative, no matter how beautiful the words are, you will not be satisfied.I really believe that people talk about popularity, and words also talk about popularity.Painting is probably the same.On Zhang Daqian’s birthday, Mr. Tai drew a small picture of plum blossoms for him. Zhang Daqian was very happy and said, “Your plum blossoms are good.” On his last birthday, Mr. Tai drew a picture of many branches. Zhang Daqian actually said, "This is Dong Xin."

Zhang Daqian said that Mr. Tai is "the first person to write Ni characters in 350 years", which is a traditional Chinese evaluation, as if good calligraphy and painting must have a source and a teacher.It is very useful to practice the basic skills of writing and imitate the ink left by the predecessors, but in the end, you still have to write your own spiritual personality.I also often look at characters with very subjective feelings, and try not to let some calligraphy knowledge interfere with my judgment; this way it is easier to see the people in the characters. I read Mr. Tai's writing and found it kind. I felt that he was not writing for others, but for himself.There are often misspellings and omissions in his calligraphy, but it does not destroy the perfect artistic environment. It can be seen that his calligraphy art has been reincarnated into his own personality world.The pianist Horowitz often played the piano incorrectly in his later years, but he was able to retain the unique momentum of the whole piece. He said he didn't care about these: "I am Horowitz!"

Tai Jingnong's character is Tai Jingnong, elegant and thoughtful, unrestrained without losing sense of proportion, and many places are cute, but he can never get rid of that lonely look.Such people and words are indeed very affectionate, and it is right not to go out to open a book fair casually.There are too many thoughts in his words, and it is a bit abrupt to hang them all in the exhibition hall.Mr. Tai will definitely say: "It seems unnecessary." Shen Yinmo's handwriting has the atmosphere of pavilions; Lu Xun's handwriting is perfectly suitable for displaying in the literati memorial hall; Guo Moruo's handwriting is the proud pace of walking in the South Study Room on the palace corridor.However, Mr. Tai's words can only sit in front of the window and talk with those who are destined.Every day when I came back in the middle of the night and walked into the study, I always saw him sitting alone, as if he had something to say, but he didn't want to.Mr. Tai has been there.