Cursive script is a writing form with the most lyrical and freehand meaning in calligraphy art creation. Keeping the center line of characters is the basis for the expression of single structure or movement in cursive script creation. It is also the reason why cursive script works are scattered in form and spirit. The important factor of dispersion is the cursive calligraphy of Guanhai Tingtao. I hope you like it.

Appreciation of Guanhai Tingtao’s calligraphy and cursive script:

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Cursive script The artistic beauty of:

In the process of reading the official script of the Han Dynasty, I am full of the feeling of neat arrangement and orderly vertical and horizontal order. This is the most basic arrangement, like abacus beads, each word is in a fixed position. Just like a piece of music, it can't just be a melody. There should be many rippling notes and rhythmic sound waves that work together organically to form a dancing and whirling movement. In the Tang poem, Du Fu's "Two orioles sing in the green willows, and a line of egrets ascends to the blue sky." The window contains the snow of Qianqiu in the Xiling Mountains, and the door is docked with a ship thousands of miles away from Dongwu. It makes people feel that the work is divided and stable, and they become two couplets. There is no difference between visible and hidden, and the poetry and scenery are open and open like vernacular. They stay within the rules and lack vividness.

I saw Zhang Zhi’s cursive script in the Han Dynasty, and the great changes in the composition transformed the whole into a jagged beauty.

The whole work is like a Tai Chi movement scene where you come and go, you advance and I retreat, the virtual and the real interact with each other, and the graceful and ups and downs are achieved. This has changed the situation where each Chinese character falls into a square, no matter it is as simple as one stroke or as many as dozens of strokes, it is not allowed to go out of line. The calligrapher appears to be free and indulgent, taking advantage of the momentum, like water coming out of a sluice. Zhang Huai of the Tang Dynasty praised Zhang Zhi: "The style of the character is made up of one stroke, with occasional discontinuities, but the blood is continuous, and the connected ones are connected by the weather and alternate lines." This is called "One Stroke Calligraphy". It is obvious that the speed of movement has increased, and the prescribed positions between words have been broken. Even with one stroke, several words can be completed in succession. There is such a melon, and its vines are endless. I often write smoothly, my emotions and skills bloom like buds, and I can’t stop.

The continuous effect of cursive writing provides conditions for calligraphers to continue their writing. Even calligraphers have a special liking for creations with a large number of words. He can be like a brilliant commander, with thousands of troops under his command at his disposal? The more words, the more complex the relationship, the more it shows the calligrapher's talent of maneuvering and coping freely. . For example, Huang Tingjian's "The Biography of Lian Po Lin Xiangru" is more than 18 meters long, which can be described as a huge project. Huang Tingjian's brush strokes are sparse, dense, and at the same time, or he is dancing with long sleeves, or beads are falling on a jade plate. The changes are unexpected, and he can be regarded as a model of freehand brushwork. Another example is Zheng Banqiao, a native of the Qing Dynasty, who incorporated the calligraphy of Kaili running script and mixed it with the techniques of painting orchids and bamboos. The whole text is like a stone paved street of different sizes, sometimes naive and sometimes clever and colorful. Use the method of drawing bamboo to insert long lines diagonally, and suddenly the aura is transparent. Just now it is high and bright, and suddenly it is as stable as gold and stone. While appreciating the calligraphy, I often feel the wonderful interest brought out by the calligrapher, which brings me unexpected joy.

The same content can be formed into different forms in the pens of different calligraphers. There is no single formula that can be used to create a well-organized and vivid layout. It all depends on the tact and flexibility in creation. "The Thousand-Character Essay" has been written by many calligraphers, each with its own ingenuity. Huaisu Xiaocao's "Thousand-Character Essay" is written in a gentle and elegant manner, which is contrary to the agitation of his rough writing. The writing is broken but the meaning is continuous, and the tone of the writing is gentle and peaceful. Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, wrote "The Thousand-Character Classic" in cursive script. The characters are sharp and straight, twisting and turning like a whirlwind, and the rapid curves are like vines, tightly and loosely, which makes people excited. However, the running script "Thousand Character Classic" written by Cheng Nanyun, a calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty, is inferior. It lacks the ability to adjust the tightness of the space. It is similar to the arrangement of regular script. The placement of each word is too solid, making people feel that it is not free and easy, but more than restrained.

How to deal with the whole text like water stirring up rocks, vivid and lively? Obviously, calligraphers must not be too honest about space movement.

There are more and more people who like to express their feelings with running cursive. They appreciate the wind and water surging and the clouds and waves on a piece of paper, which makes their heartstrings twitch. Bao Shichen, a native of the Qing Dynasty, gave the most apt metaphor: "It's like an old man traveling with his young grandson. The lengths vary, but the affection is sincere and the pain and itching are related." ?