If you want to learn the style of the two kings, you can't avoid Mi Fu. Among the "Four Calligraphers of the Song Dynasty", from today's perspective, it seems not an exaggeration to say that Mi Fu is a "professional" calligrapher. Su's and Huang's articles and poems are of the highest rank in ancient and modern times, and their influence is so great that Mi Fu has no comparison. But only for his achievements in calligraphy, Mi Fu's remaining works and his innovative spirit of integrating ancient works shine brightly in the history of calligraphy, and he is absolutely worthy of shame.

Mi Fu talked about his attitude towards calligraphy in "Hai Yue's Quotes": "Studying calligraphy must be interesting. He will forget all the things he likes, and then he will get into the wonderful things. Don't linger on them because of the things he likes, and you won't be able to learn them." Work." He talked about the two prerequisites for "book craftsmanship". The first is "getting interested". Interest is the best teacher. If all art wants to succeed, it must start from interest and become obsessed with it. Only when it reaches the state of selflessness can it succeed; the second is "he is good at it." The concentration of "forgetting everything" and "entering into the wonderful" must be concentrated in order to progress from the shallow to the deep and reach a height beyond the reach of ordinary people. Of course, success requires hard work. He also said: "If you don't write for a day, you will feel dull, thinking that the ancients have never had a chance to waste books." As the saying goes, "The fists never leave the hands, and the music never leaves the mouth." Mi Fu also never leaves the pen, and through precise interpretation of the ancients It takes a lot of courage and considerable self-confidence to be able to say that one's own calligraphy is a collection of ancient Chinese characters.

In "Autobiography", Mi Fu talked about his experience in studying calligraphy. Five people were deeply affected: Yan Zhenqing, Ouyang Xun, Shen Chuanshi, Duan Jizhan, and Chu Suiliang. Among them, the writings of Shen Chuanshi and Duan Jizhan are now rare, while Ou, Chu and Yan are all familiar Tang Dynasty masters. Mi Fu had the highest opinion of Yan Zhenqing's running script, but he demoted Yan Kai to nothing. Mi Fu's early running script, such as "Tiaoxi Poetry Volume", clearly shows the presence of European script. He himself said that "I admired Chu and studied for the longest time." In fact, Yan Zhenqing was also a follower of Chu Shu. It was through Chu that Mi Fu came in and opened up the line between the two kings.

Of course, the word rice is the most popular. The so-called Mi Fu's contempt for the Tang Dynasty and his admiration for the calligraphy style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties also have the word "shi" at its core. Most of Wang Xian's Dharma stickers handed down from ancient times are copies of Lao Mi. Continuous ups and downs, rapid and innocent. Huang Tingjian commented: "The calligraphy style of calligraphers is also limited by this." Mi Fu believed: "The real characters are very easy, but the posture is difficult. It is not as good as painting, which is even and the movement is vivid." He also said: "Zhang Zihou uses real characters My name is Wu Xing Cao, and I want my calligraphy to be like Pai Shuzi. However, the real characters must have a good posture." This is what Lao Mi thinks is the standard for good regular script. The practice of writing is like regular script, and the writing of regular script is like running script, which is explained by Mi Fu. Mi Fu, who built his family from ancient times, is not inferior even if he only talks about regular script. It's just that he loved cursive writing too much and left too few regular script works.

Nowadays, the study of calligraphy has broken down the boundaries of calligraphy styles, and you can get started with regular script, running cursive script, seal script, and official script. Some people don't write regular script and go straight to cursive writing. I think that seeking quick success and quick gain is a manifestation of eagerness for quick success and instant benefit. When writing cursive script, it definitely doesn’t hurt to have regular script skills. On the contrary, without the foundation of formal calligraphy, one’s writing skills will never be very good.