Brush-refers to writing with a brush according to traditional statutes, rather than writing casually with a brush. It is the first stage of learning calligraphy. How to write China's calligraphy well is a very complicated and specific problem, which cannot be thoroughly explained in a thousand words.

As a writing tool, the brush has a very long history. As early as Neolithic painted pottery, there were traces of brush. Although the writing brush had not been seen before the Western Zhou Dynasty, some signs of using a pen can be found in prehistoric painted pottery patterns of Shang Dynasty and Oracle Bone Inscriptions. During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the brush was widely used to write bamboo slips and silk books.

Yan style

Yan Ti is a font created by Yan Zhenqing, a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. Together with Liu Gongquan, they are called "Yan Liu" and "Yan Liu Jin Gu?" Statement. "Yan Ti" is aimed at Yan Zhenqing's regular script. Its regular script structure is square and dense, the strokes are horizontal and light, the brushwork is vigorous and round, and the momentum is solemn and vigorous.

Liu style

Liu Ti refers to Liu Gongquan (778-865), the last great calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty and one of the four masters of regular script. Liu's body is balanced, thin and hard, chasing Weibei steadily, with smooth and beautiful stippling, thick bones and tight body. "Books are expensive, thin and hard, and the spirit is clear." Compared with his face, his regular script is slightly flat and thin, so it is called "Yan Gu".

Zhao style

Zhao Ti is the general name of the calligraphy works of Zhao Mengfu, an influential calligrapher in the early Yuan Dynasty. Regular script pen is steady, well organized, round in shape and rich in bones and muscles. Its stippling is gorgeous, broad and beautiful, fair and dangerous, and the stippling echoes closely.

Zhao Ti's regular script not only retains Tang Kai's statutes, but also does not stick to Tang Kai's style. There are often some vivid and handsome strokes and structures in regular script, and the strokes are vivid and natural. Zhao Ti regular script is known as living regular script.

Zhao Ti's running script is gentle and elegant, light and elegant; Exquisite and beautiful brushwork, full of book spirit and wealth. Its "calligraphy is based on the use of pens, and it takes labor to knot words." The word Gaijie has been circulated from time to time, and it is not easy to use a pen through the ages. " It has become a famous saying through the ages.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-brush font

Baidu encyclopedia-Yan ti

Baidu Encyclopedia-Liu Ti

Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhao Ti