Most calligraphers are poets, and poets' calligraphy is not bad. If the fame of calligraphy is better than that of poetry, it will be handed down by calligraphers, and the fame of poetry will be better than that of calligraphy. Today, we are going to read a poem "Encouraging Learning" by Yan Zhenqing, a great calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty.
It is the best time for boys to read books from midnight to the night when chickens crow. Black-haired teenagers only know how to play, but they don't know how to study hard. When they are white-haired, they regret why they didn't know how to study hard when they were young.
Yan Zhenqing lost his father at the age of 3, and his family came down. His mother placed high hopes on him, conducted strict family education, and personally urged him to study. Yan Zhenqing is also very studious, studying hard every day. This poem was written by Yan Zhenqing to encourage future generations. In ancient times, a 24-hour day and night was divided into 12 hours and 1 hours, of which there were 4 hours completely belonging to the night, and every 1 hours, together with the five nodes at the beginning and end, were called the Five Watches. The middle of the night is midnight, that is, from 11: pm to 1: am. It's around 4:48 in the morning on the fifth watch.
Yan Zhenqing once learned from the calligrapher Chu Suiliang in order to learn calligraphy, and later he worshipped Zhang Xu. Zhang Xu was a leading calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, who could write in all kinds of fonts, especially in cursive script. Yan Zhenqing hopes that under the guidance of this famous teacher, he will soon learn the tricks of writing, thus becoming famous in one fell swoop. However, after learning from the master, Zhang Xu did not reveal any secrets of calligraphy. He just introduced some famous copybooks to Yan Zhenqing, and simply pointed out the characteristics of copybooks for Yan Zhenqing to copy. Sometimes, he took Yan Zhenqing to climb mountains, go swimming, go to the market and go to the theatre. When he got home, he asked Yan Zhenqing to practice calligraphy, or watched him write calligraphy. A few months passed in an instant, and Yan Zhenqing was so anxious that he couldn't get the secret of the teacher's calligraphy that he decided to ask the teacher directly.
One day, Yan Zhenqing got up the nerve and blushed and said, "The students have one thing to ask, so please teach the teacher the secret of calligraphy." Zhang Xu replied: "To learn calligraphy, one must' study engineering', that is, study hard and practice hard; Second, we must "comprehend", that is, accept inspiration from all the natural phenomena. Haven't I told you this many times? " Hearing this, Yan Zhenqing thought that the teacher didn't want to teach the secret, and took a step forward. Upon him, he pleaded, "I know all the things that the teacher said, such as' engineering' and' understanding'. What I need most now is the secret recipe of the teacher's stunt, so please teach me." Zhang Xu still patiently enlightened Yan Zhenqing: "I saw the princess and the porter fighting for the road and examined the brushwork. When I saw Gong Sundaniang dancing the sword, I got the charm of writing. Except for hard training, I observed nature, and there was nothing else." Then he told Yan Zhenqing the story of Wang Xianzhi, the son of Wang Xizhi, a book sage in the Jin Dynasty, practicing calligraphy. Finally, he said seriously: "If there is any secret to learning calligraphy, it is to study hard and practice hard. Remember, people who don't work hard will not achieve anything. " Yan Zhenqing was greatly inspired by the teacher's teaching, and he really understood the way to learn.
From then on, he studied hard, studied hard, learned the charm of calligraphy from life, and made rapid progress, eventually becoming a great calligrapher, ranking first among the four great calligraphers of his generation. Yan Zhenqing created the "Yan style" of regular script, which was called "four masters of regular script" together with Liu Gongquan, Ou Yangxun in Tang Dynasty and Zhao Mengfu in Yuan Dynasty, and "Yan Jin Liu Gu" together with Liu Gongquan. Only by keeping the spirit of diligent study can we achieve something.
anyone who has achieved something in the world must have the spirit of diligence.