Learning calligraphy is a complex and long-term process, and its complexity is difficult to explain in one sentence. For those who aspire to become calligraphers, in addition to following the methods and rules mentioned below, more efforts should be made "beyond the calligraphy", that is, they should dabble in all kinds of knowledge, among which literature and history are indispensable. , philosophy, aesthetics, etc. For the vast majority of teenagers whose learning of calligraphy is limited to practical applications, following the following methods and rules is a minimum requirement. As long as you have the correct learning methods, master the rules and regulations of writing, and practice hard, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort and rapid improvement.
1. Correct attitude and build confidence. Beginners of any age must remember Xunzi's words: "If you persevere, rotten wood will not break; if you persevere, gold and stone can be carved." As long as there is a spirit of perseverance, If you have a correct attitude towards learning and build up the confidence to win, there will be nothing impossible in the world. We believe that with the correct learning attitude, strong perseverance, and confidence to win, anyone can learn calligraphy well at any age.
2. Deeply understand and enrich your knowledge?
Just as Lu You said that "the effort of learning poetry lies outside the poetry", the ancients also had a famous saying about studying calligraphy: "The effort of writing is the key to learning poetry." More outside the book. "This means that to learn calligraphy well, you must work hard outside the book. Calligraphy is like a person, and calligraphy can best reflect a person's personality and cultivation. Therefore, ancient people put great emphasis on the cultivation of calligraphers when discussing calligraphy. Liu Gongquan once said, "A correct heart means a correct pen." Scholars must have good morals, sentiment and cultivation. In addition, calligraphers should widely absorb artistic nutrition. The essence of the beauty of calligraphy is to express various thoughts and interests through the processing of lines, so as to remind people of a beautiful life and enjoy the beauty. Therefore, calligraphers must be good at observing life, and be good at capturing and refining beautiful phenomena and tastes from life, and integrating them into their own calligraphy art.
3. Lay a solid foundation and proceed step by step
Learning calligraphy must start from practicing regular script, just like learning painting must start from sketching, and practicing martial arts from standing stances. This has been the case for thousands of years A truth proven through practice. After laying a solid foundation in regular script, you can learn a variety of skills on this basis, including seal script, official script, practical script, and cursive script.
4. Learn from the predecessors and inherit the tradition
The development of Chinese calligraphy to this day is all the result of the successors inheriting and carrying forward the traditions of the predecessors, especially when drawing lessons from the predecessors. achievements and experiences. Today, our learning conditions are so superior, so we should work harder to read, copy, and copy calligraphy, and learn as much as possible from the essence of our predecessors to enrich our calligraphy knowledge.
In addition, the excellent legacy left by our predecessors is not limited to calligraphy products. The calligraphy theory they left behind is also worthy of our cherishing and learning. If we can read several excellent books on calligraphy during our spare time and summarize our own gains and losses in learning from a theoretical perspective, we can quickly clarify a series of problems in learning and reduce the blindness of learning. Avoid detours and improve efficiency.