In the habitual understanding, pen and ink are the remnants of the literati. Military generals always pay attention to dancing guns and sticks and so on. As everyone knows, the brush was invented by Qin General Mengtian. Specifically, first, as far as the literati are concerned, the connotation is constantly changing, the pre-Qin literati are both literate and martial, and Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period also wielded a sword. Even in the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai was still fighting with swords to go to the end of the world; second, in essence, whether it was a literati or a military general, he had to read and write. Guan Gong read "Spring and Autumn", which has been passed down through the ages.
Zhang Fei was a fierce general in the Three Kingdoms era. This stone carving is commonly known as the "Huanhou Monument", which is said to be carved by Zhang Fei on the stone wall of the Eight Snakes Spear. From the handwriting, we can see the trajectory of the lishu from the end of the Han Dynasty to the beginning of the Three Kingdoms, and we can also see the habits of the ancients to remember the work.
Han Qi was a famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty and a famous general. His calligraphy is very close to Ouyang Xiu. This codex is Han Qi's reply to Ouyang Xiu's thanks for his own house composition. With the end of the pen heavy and strong, there is a rounded breath, the characters are solid and strong, and the body is plump and free.
The Southern Song Dynasty produced many famous generals, such as Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun. Yue Fei has two poems passed down through the world, especially "Man Jiang Hong", which is famous throughout the world and has been recited throughout the ages. Yue Fei does not have many large characters, this volume is thick with a pen, starting with a line of calligraphy, the line of grass is mixed, dot painting circles and simple thickness, pen flying ink dance, quite powerful. The knot is thick and thick, and the momentum is magnificent. It was written in the "Eight Years of Shaoxing" at the age of 36. Han Shizhong's characters have changed from Su Shi, and his pen is rigorous and capable, meticulous, and you can think of his image of being well trained and disciplined. Zhang Jun's codex was written for Yue Fei. Yue Fei led his troops to Qianzhou in April of the third year of Shaoxing (1133) to quell the rebellion, "beheaded the Ten Kings", and in June he was a division. There is "Pious Thief Lu Liang" in this post, when it was sent in April and May, Zhang Jun was the same age as Yue Fei. This zha is yellow and has changes, the pen is introverted, and the aftertaste is subtle.
Li Gang, a veteran general of the Southern Song Dynasty, was the head of the "four ministers" of the Southern Song Dynasty, which made an important preparation for the Southern Song Dynasty Zhongxing. Large-character calligraphy liu gongquan and Huang Tingjian, the penmanship is hard and straight, the knots are compact and dense, the middle palace is tightened, and there is a clean and rigid atmosphere, which can be described as a book like its person.
Xin Zhiyi is a patriotic lyricist, a lifelong work, heroic and desolate, thinking about the homeland. As its only heirloom, this is particularly precious. After Xin renounced the disease Ping Chakou, Zhao Jiangxi proposed to punish the secret cabinet to repair, so this post was written in October of the second year of Chunxi, when he was 36 years old. What he said between the lines was a state affair, and he did not think about recovering his homeland for a day. Its calligraphy master takes rice, with the pen can get the old rice essence, dot painting is exquisite, quite interesting, can do small in the big, although there is no arrogance and wanton state, but also does not lose the square and upright atmosphere.
Wen Tianxiang is widely known for "who has not died since ancient times, and left Dan to take care of Khan Qing". Perhaps the impression of him by later generations is closer to that of a poet and literati than to a warrior. From this point of view, the essence of the so-called "military general" is actually a Confucian general, who may be born in the army, love Hanmo, or could have been only a literati, because of the changes in the situation and the situation, transformed into a general, to defend the family and defend the country. The preface of this "Wooden Chicken Collection" is Wen Tianxiang's representative work, with a light pen, flexible glyphs, meticulous strokes, and a unique style.
Judging from these works, the style of calligraphy cannot be demarcated and distinguished by identity. The so-called "literary quality is polite, and then a gentleman", "quality" is simple, that is, "true color", "wen" is "literary decoration", which can be extended to "culture", to cultural people. Their pen and ink books are essentially a concentrated presentation of their personal cultural qualities and cultivation insights.
Southern Song Dynasty Wen Tianxiang Wen Tianxiang "Wooden Chicken Collection" Prologue, 24.5 cm in length and 96.5 cm in width, now in the Liaoning Provincial Museum
Southern Song Dynasty Yue Fei Yue Fei Shu Xie Guan "Temporary Envoy to the Lower Capital At Night To Send Xinlin to Jingyi to Give Xifu Colleagues" (partial)
Southern Song Dynasty Xin Abandon disease Xin Abandon Disease "Go to the Country Thesis", 33.5 cm in length and 21.5 cm in width, is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing
Southern Song Dynasty Li Gang Li Gang 'You Qingyuan Poetry Stele' expanded edition, now in the National Library of China
Three Kingdoms Zhang Fei Zhang Fei "Eight Mountains"
Southern Song Dynasty Han Shizhong Han Shizhong's Gao Yi Ti, 21.5 cm in length and 33.5 cm in width, is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing
Southern Song Dynasty Zhang Jun Zhang Jun's "Talking about Laughter and Placing Posts", 31.5 cm in length and 38.2 cm in width, is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing
Northern Song Dynasty Han Qi Han Qi's "Xinsu Ti", 71.1 cm in length and 30.9 cm in width, is now in the Guizhou Provincial Museum
Original title: Famous General Confucian Wind
Text/Liqing
Source/Beijing Evening News