The inscription on the spring in Jiucheng Palace was written by Wei Zheng and by Ou Yangxun (557-64 1). It is recorded that Emperor Taizong discovered spring water during his summer vacation in Jiucheng Palace. This monument was erected in the sixth year of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty (AD 632). Regular script has 24 lines and 49 words. Ou Yangxun was 76 years old at that time. When Ou Yangxun was young, he studied the fonts of the two kings and the Northern Wei Dynasty. Later, he created his own style on the basis of the simplicity and neatness of the Six Dynasties-called it "European Style", and he was also called "four schools in the early Tang Dynasty" with Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang and Xue Qi. In his later years, he wrote inscriptions such as Jiuchenggong and Wenyanbo Monument, which are characterized by "muddy and vigorous, steady and smooth", "plain and elegant" and "strict statutes and unique features". For example, in martial arts novels, many excellent masters seem to be understated, but in fact they are ingenious and powerful.
European style can be summarized into three characteristics: strangeness, cleverness and precision.
Odd number:
Jin Yong's representative martial arts:
Nine swords of Lonely Valley-without tricks and discipline, it looks full of loopholes. In fact, it is to use flaws to attack each other's flaws;
Gan Kun moved a lot, and the stars also moved around-with his strength, he dialed four or two kilograms.
The characteristics of European style are "pen strength, fiber strength and steepness." The strange thing is the structure of the word: there are often many strokes that are crooked, and the whole word seems to collapse or tilt to one side, but at the critical moment, borrow a little or a little click, turn a corner, and it will be straight immediately. There is "negative is positive" in mathematics and "crooked is positive" in Europe.
Joe:
Jin Yong's representative martial arts:
Holding the "Flame Order"-The skill of the three men is not very high, but the tactics of the three men are different, and the fist is constantly changing, which has complementary effects.
The structure of the European body is "avoiding secrecy, avoiding danger easily, avoiding distance and avoiding proximity, and wanting them to set each other off just right." Words help each other to fill in the blanks, and they are perfectly matched without any loopholes.
Subtle changes:
Jin Yong's representative martial arts:
Beat the dog with the stick-subtle, just right, clever and tenacious;
Tianshan Mountain is broken-the reform is complicated, cold as the wind, and dangerous, but elegant and clear.
"Words should be arranged evenly, not wide or narrow", "The left and right sides of words, more or less, meet each other halfway, and it will be perfect": the font size is just right, and the typesetting concept is ingenious and integrated. Lively and changeable, it is not easy to produce visual fatigue, which makes people never tire of watching it. However, one mistake was "nine Niu Yi hairs, a thousand miles away".
Due to the rigorous strokes and neat connection of the European style, many beginners tend to write the European style as a lifeless "imitation song style", just because they have not understood the exquisiteness and uniqueness of the European style. Let me give you a few examples:
-Analysis of European bodies-
Ou Yangxun is a master of visual effects. Let's look at the three words "Jiuchenggong": "Nine": a horizontal line goes from the lower left to the upper right, and the whole word is inclined to the lower left, crooked; "Cheng": This is the famous "Jiaojiao City" in Ou Yangxun, because near the upper left, a "big foot" extends to the lower right, and the bottom of the whole word extends to the lower right, which is also crooked; "Palace": The part of the hijab is not in the center at all, but about two-fifths to the left, so a fold ends inward at the right end of the hijab and the force is borrowed back, which looks straight. If the point is in the center, the headscarf will lean to the right. Just like the lever principle in physics, if the center of gravity is close to one end, you need to hang a heavy object at the other end to turn the force around to maintain balance. As a result, none of these three words are completely positive, but when combined with the whole article, they complement each other and "leverage" is actually neat. This is why it is surprising that Europeans can keep their bodies stable.
In this article, we look at the words "toe", "ode", "no", "drop out of school" and "pen" on the left all the way along the structure, but the word "work" inclines vertically in the opposite direction, turning the whole into "fairness". No two strokes are completely parallel throughout, and they are all apart from each other; The horizontal lines are all from bottom left to top right, and no two horizontal lines are completely parallel. Some people commented that "there are many correct characters. If you have prejudice or tendency, you should follow the direction of the characters." European "Gothic" churches are supported by buttresses on both sides. Those brackets are not straight, but extend outward as they go down, thus supporting the high church. It seems that Teacher Ouyang knows the dialectics of "crooked is right, and right is crooked".
-The journey of learning-
To learn European sports well (in fact, so do others), we should use our brains instead of copying and practicing blindly. As the saying goes, "A fist never leaves his hand, and a song never leaves his mouth". Personally, the most effective way is not to practice calligraphy for too long every day, but to practice calligraphy every day or every other day, and often "read and paste" (mentioned in the second chapter) and listen to the analysis of experts. Many nuances in regular script are beyond beginners' comprehension at once. Read more stickers, use your imagination and daydream about the calligrapher's mentality and thinking when writing. . .
After practicing for a while, European sports can be transferred to Mi Fei, Wang Xizhi, Zhi Yong, Chu Suiliang and Zhao Meng. . . Wait, some lively words. As long as the basic skills are solid, the conditions for "transformation" will be mature. But any change has a price, and it is a painful process-just like a woman's labor pains before giving birth, it feels as if she will not reach the end and will surface. As the saying goes, "failure is the mother of success": Zhang Jizhong's martial arts dramas have been overwhelmed by conservative TV fans in the process of trying to change people's ideas under the influence of Hong Kong and Taiwan's martial arts dramas for more than 20 years; Science students change from ordinary algebraic geometry calculus to real variable function, and the transformation of complex variable function needs to "abandon" some previous understanding of mathematics; There is also a "magical skill of marrying clothes" in Gu Long's novels, which requires martial arts practitioners to "give up all their efforts" to enter the highest realm (God, how can I even involve Gu Long? ! . . . )。 When encountering difficulties, do whatever you want, don't care too much about the comparison with your current level, and don't want to reach a certain level. Just like practicing Yijinjing, if you care too much about improving martial arts, you can't practice it.
Breaking through the barrier is "another village": suddenly there is a feeling that "the sky is high enough for birds to fly and the sea is wide enough for fish to jump". Just like learning to swim, it is difficult to sink; After eating a good meal, eating simple tea and light meals, I immediately felt different. At this time, your calligraphy level will go to the next level. If regular script is a mechanical weapon to show the skills and basic skills of middle distance, then running script and cursive script are the free world to display personality and express unique feelings. When writing running script and cursive script, the feeling of being on cloud nine is more like a chivalrous hero in martial arts novels.
Three points are like stones falling from the top of the mountain.
L [vertical hook] is like the first month in the sky.
The span of 1000 miles is like a cloud.
What a long vine.
[Oblique hook] Jinsong hangs upside down and bends off the cliff.
【 Crosshook 】 Similar to a crossbow.
The sharp sword cut off the rhinoceros's horns.
\ [Si] A quilt is often written three times.
Four. Flowing clouds, firm but gentle cursive script.
That gongsun is so beautiful. Years ago, he danced with swords and flaunted everywhere. "。 The audience is like a mountain lost between them, and the world moves back and forth with her movements. "-Du Fu
People over the age of 30 will still remember a movie called Love in the Pen in the early 1980s. Zhao (played by Wang Bozhao), a scholar in the film, saw a sword-dancing device when he encountered a bottleneck in learning calligraphy. He was infatuated and suddenly enlightened. He immediately wrote his understanding on the wall and finally became a family. The name of this young calligrapher is "Zhao", which is probably a combination of (Zhao Page), Zhang Xu and Wang Xizhi. In fact, these three calligraphers were born in different dynasties, with different life experiences and different calligraphy styles. The one who really saw Gong Sundaniang's sword dancing was a fair-weather monk: Huai Su in the Tang Dynasty (there are many sayings about Zhang Xu, and I guess it was probably seen by Zhang Xu and Huai Su. Anyway, Gong Sundaniang has many disciples. It's a pity that the dates of birth of Gongsun and Zhang Xu are unknown, otherwise we can have a look. ) We have seen many heroes in Jin Yong's novels write while playing, and they are natural and unrestrained. This real-life expert in sword dance has indeed made outstanding contributions to the history of calligraphy.
"Yuefu Miscellanies" records: "Kaiyuan has Gong Sundaniang's sword-dancing device. When monk Huai Su saw it, the cursive script grew longer and longer, leaving it frustrated. " Gong Sundaniang was a famous female swordsman in Kaiyuan period. The poet Du Fu wrote in "Watching Gong Sundaniang Disciples Dance Sword": "The maid of the first emperor had eight dry people, but none of them could dance short sword like Mrs. Sun." When Gong Sundaniang dances the sword, it is like the arrival of a paradise: "It is as bright as an archer shooting down nine suns in the sky and as fast as an angel in front of a dragon's wings. She began to be like a thunderbolt, venting its anger and ending the shining calm like rivers and the sea. " ; And the soundtrack. After Huai Su's observation, he was greatly inspired, and his calligraphy attainments immediately entered a higher level: according to Gong Sundaniang's sword dance, he enhanced his "flying posture" in the distribution of painting shapes and the reciprocating strokes; Structurally, the rhythm of "light and heavy twists and turns, ups and downs" has also been strengthened. It seems that the combination of martial arts and calligraphy in Jin Yong's novels is definitely not groundless.
"Roaring Tigers and Singing Dragons" —— Three Running Scripts in the World
There are great differences between cursive script and regular script: regular script, cursive script mutation. Many excellent cursive works are completed by calligraphers in an "abnormal" state, such as the famous "three major running scripts in the world": The Preface to Lanting, which ranks first, is Wang Xizhi's drunken gaffe and sees through life-the ancients said, "Life and death are great." It hurts! . . . The Second Draft of Sacrificing a Nephew was written by Yan Zhenqing after his eldest brother was killed, holding his beloved nephew Yan Jiming's head and crying. The "third" Huangzhou cold food poem paste (some people say that the third is "Red Wall Fu") was felt when Su Dongpo was extremely depressed after being demoted. It can be seen that the emergence of "the three major running scripts in the world" has a lot to do with the abnormal psychology of calligraphers at that time. If they are in a normal state, I am afraid it is difficult to "create" such a style that future generations admire.
Preface of the Orchid Pavilion
Manuscripts for offering sacrifices to nephews
Huangzhou cold food poem paste
Wei Baoyu said, "The Preface to Lanting Collection is the wind of Confucianism, the manuscript for my nephew is the wind of sages and saints, and Huangzhou Cold Food Poetry Sticker is the wind of Confucianism. The relationship between them is the relationship of inheritance, development and creation. " It is hard to say which is better or worse, which embodies the realm of calligrapher's soul exchange and herringbone integration.
"Dramatically drinking a thousand cups of boy"-the click-through rate is soaring
Even so, two cursive genius Zhang Xu and Huai Su monk are even more crazy-
Huai Su (725-785), a mad monk, was a heavy drinker with "fine eyes" (as Huai Su said). He grew up in the prosperous Tang Dynasty with a very avant-garde style of writing, and he was arrogant and unruly. At ordinary times, "drinking raises the nature, cursive script raises the heart." Huai Su has been a monk since he was a child (it is estimated that his family was poor and sent him to a monastery), but he just isn't suitable for becoming a monk: he likes drinking, eating meat, traveling and aspiring. . . He seldom recites Buddhist scriptures, and he doesn't like to "study hard" in the meditation room, but he likes to practice calligraphy with a banana fan in the backyard-he buried his rotten bald pens together, which is called the "pen grave", and the bald man in the legendary swordsman has "written thousands of baldness", which is really dwarfed. Huai Su is characterized by his heavy drinking. If Huai Su is a "capable" monk, then history will never remember him. His amazing calligraphy, handsome appearance and rebellious image turned him from an ordinary monk into a fashionable youth and a popular star sought after by dignitaries at that time. With his growing fame, Huai Su also made a series of "amazing" moves: asking Li Bai for poems, visiting Wu Tong, and asking Yan Zhenqing for Zhang Xu's brushwork. . . So as to broaden our horizons and make continuous progress. Huai Su's cursive brushwork is "thin and round, flying and natural", which makes people feel thrilling and unpredictable. Popularity comes and goes quickly: Huai Su was miserable in his later years, and no one cared about his whereabouts. After his death, no one erected a monument for him, and the cemetery was unknown. It is thought-provoking to compare the scenery before his death. The cursive scripts left by Huai Su are: Forty-two Chapters, Zhu Lu Tie (haha, these two names are linked with Jin Yong again), Gan, self-narration, bitter bamboo shoots and eating fish. . . Wait a minute.
fish paste
Bitter bamboo shoot paste roll
Another fanatic, Zhang Xu (date of birth unknown), is also an alcoholic. Unfortunately, he was several years ahead of Huai Su. If they meet, they will be as drunk as the three brothers in Longbali. Zhang Xu is called "the sage of grass", and he is also called "the three wonders" with Li Bai's poems and Pei Min's sword dancing. "To Zhang Xu": "Expose the bed and shine on Hu, which is called three or five times. Xing Lai sprinkled the plain wall and waved his pen like a meteor. " Du Fu also said in "Song of the Eight Immortals: Drinking" that "Zhang Xu's holy biography has three cups of grass, with his hat off before the maharaja, throwing paper like a cloud". . . "Take off your hat" is to describe his madness when writing. Zhang Xu drank before writing, screamed and danced after getting drunk, and then began to write. Although he has the title of "Zhang Dian", Zhang Xu is actually a very careful person: he thinks that everything in life can inspire his writing, and once he gains something, he will integrate it into his calligraphy. Because of too much handwriting, the ponds where pens and inkstones are washed at home are all dyed black, which is called "West Wild Goose Lake", comparable to the "Pen Tomb" in Huai Su. Zhang Xu's calligraphy is characterized by elegance, continuous twists and turns, ups and downs, full lines, and "the beauty of lifting pressure"-this is the so-called "Zhang Miao Yu Fei". Moreover, Zhang Xu is also an example of "Lei Feng" who helps others: he often gives his words to the poor to exchange money.
Different from regular script, writing running script and cursive script should pay attention to the atmosphere, be confident and domineering, and have the feeling of giving up who I am-you can drink to help you. One step at a time, in one go. If there is any hesitation, it will be wasted. Pay attention to the following three points:
1。 Basic skills in place
If regular script is walking, running script and cursive script are running, running fast and hurdling. . . If you can't even walk, you will definitely fall down when you run. Therefore, before learning cursive script, practice regular script first, then running script, then cursive script. . . The cursive script is also organized. For example, China's simplified characters are compiled according to cursive script, and we can see the law. Moreover, the structure of cursive script is many times more difficult than regular script. If there is no solid basic skills, the words written in the future will be impetuous and weak, and the pen disease and structure will also become "hidden dangers"-that is, "possessed."
2。 Create atmosphere
When writing running script, I am narcissistic: sometimes I play my favorite music, sometimes I watch a paragraph to relax before writing, and most of the time I fantasize that I am a woman, fluttering in white, standing in the wind, replacing the sword with a pen and pointing out the country. . . Then when writing, "fly down", the true feelings are revealed and unrestrained. . . Learning anything depends on knowing something else to get inspiration: Milu, the coach who once brought the China men's soccer team to the World Cup, advocated "happy football" and sometimes let the players play rugby to stimulate their enthusiasm; Ray allen, the star of American professional men's basketball team, likes to go to art galleries in his spare time. He said that he figured out his feeling of dribbling from the curves and radians of his sculpture. Everson likes to relax himself by painting and singing rap. Yao Ming, an athlete from China, likes reading Jin Yong's novels. I don't know if the heroes in those books can help him cast his due domineering. . .
3。 Coherence before and after
Write all the way to the end, uninterrupted: from block letters to block letters, to running scripts, to cursive scripts, to cursive scripts, to weeds. . . In fact, there is no precise standard to distinguish, such as Preface to Lanting: some people say it is a running script, some people say it is a standard running script, and some people say it is a cursive script. . . Just like cooking language: what do you mean, medium rare, medium fire, and medium cooked? . . The chef may not know what the "percentage" is. Therefore, in writing, don't think about whether your writing is too straight or too sloppy. I just think it's right, and it's hard to be coherent when I think about it.
I never remember how the strokes were written: when Zhang Sanfeng taught Zhang Wuji Tai Chi Sword, "the second stroke was different from the first". Because what he preached was "the meaning of the sword" instead of "the trick of the sword", he had to forget all the tricks he saw, so as to "get the essence of the sword when facing the enemy and control the sword with his mind, which is ever-changing and endless". If there are still one or two tricks in fencing that can't be forgotten and the mind is bound, then fencing can't be pure. The same is true of calligraphy. If the strokes are the same, the meaning of "God is endless in front of the sword" is gone (we should change it to "God is endless in the pen tip"). Wang Qian is the "greatest calligrapher" because his words "get the essence"-for example, his interpretation of reduplicated words: none of the strokes of reduplicated words have the same structure, or even a capital letter: "ever-changing, different pens, different meanings of each word", but it is not artificial, perfectly coordinated and natural, like a broad and essential "nine"