Sun Rui is practicing calligraphy.
Some of Sun Rui's calligraphy works.
Born in 1976 in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Sun Rui was influenced by his father and began to practice calligraphy since childhood, starting from copying the "Tang Dynasty Three Tibetan Sacred Teachings", successively studying the works of Wang Duo, Sun Guoting, Wu Changshuo, Liu Gongquan, Yan Zhenqing and others, and then worshiping a number of famous masters to study hard for the teacher, forming a dignified and strong calligraphy style. He is currently a member of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Calligraphers Association and a director of the Hohhot Calligraphers Association.
The "law" must be adhered to before it can be achieved
"If the eyes are the windows of the soul, then art is the dance ground of the soul." A remark made when I first met Sun Rui many years ago made the reporter remember it vividly.
It was a summer afternoon, and Sun Rui used his precious lunch break to practice calligraphy in his study. Since childhood, he was obsessed with the world of pen and ink in front of him, and when the wolf waved it, he seemed to enter the center of the dance floor of life, swinging freely, like a drunkard.
Sun Rui's father worked in the court all his life, was honest and upright, and was recognized by his peers as a good judge. Sun Rui told reporters that in his impression, his father seemed to have no other hobbies besides calligraphy, and his time at home was spent on "practicing calligraphy". Under the influence of the eyes, Sun Rui has developed a strong interest in calligraphy since he was a child, and his father's ink splashing back has become the mark he has pursued all his life.
After graduating from university, Sun Rui entered the court and gained a deeper understanding of the social order maintained by the law and the practices and rules pursued in calligraphy. In his understanding, the law is not only a rule, but also full of philosophy for dealing with the world. "The law is aimed at people's norms of behavior, and calligraphy is to influence people's moral sentiments in the form of art." In Sun Rui's view, the roots of law and calligraphy are rules, and only by learning to adhere to them can we achieve a world in the world of the two.
"Ancient and modern calligraphy people often spend their whole lives studying and practicing diligently, and finally they can form their own calligraphy system, and the efforts and perseverance in the middle are unimaginable to ordinary people." Sun Rui told reporters that there are often people in the society who run some calligraphy crash courses to promote that calligraphy can be practiced quickly, which is completely contrary to the purpose of calligraphy in pursuing thick practice.
Look at the Chapters from a distance, look at the Exercises from a close distance
Chinese calligraphy is an ancient Chinese character writing art, from ancient times to the present, in addition to the change of font, calligraphy style has also changed with the evolution of calligraphy theory, all kinds of calligraphy masters have different styles, leaving an extremely valuable cultural wealth to future generations. In Sun Rui's view, the thickness of calligraphy lies in inheritance, paying attention to both the practice and the rules.
Sun Rui believes that to practice calligraphy, we must first learn to taste calligraphy works. After more than 30 years of calligraphy practice, Sun Rui put forward the calligraphy tasting concept of "looking at the chapter from a distance and looking at the gongfa up close" in accordance with the historical changes in Chinese calligraphy art, combined with famous works such as Jin and Tang dynasty calligraphy and modern calligraphy style, which was recognized by colleagues in the calligraphy community.
"Gongfa is the basis for practicing calligraphy, and it is the basic practice of the writer's long-term practice of The structure and lines of Chinese characters in accordance with the requirements of the ancient sages, and it is necessary to write it to the ease and vividness, not only to resemble the shape, but also to be similar to the gods, so that both the gods and the forms can be prepared." In Sun Rui's view, Gong fa is the foundation of calligraphy creation, and only by practicing gong fa can you navigate the world of calligraphy with ease.
"Special emphasis is placed on the training of hand strength and eyesight in calligraphy. Hand force is the ability to control the pen, the next pen directly to the meaning, the center of the pen, want to go out, want to in, accurate to a drop in. Eye power is the ability to accurately grasp the glyph, whether the knot is appropriate, whether the cloth and white are coordinated, and whether it is harmonious with the hand force, all require the support of the eye. Only when the two are combined can we write the charm. Sun Rui told reporters that kung fu comes from the details, judging the skill level of a calligrapher, you need to look closely at the trend of each stroke, so pay attention to "close look at the exercises".
"The fa is the root, and the rules are the soul." Sun Rui believes that in a calligraphy work, how to handle font size, upper and lower, long flat, left and right, straight circle, thickness, light and shade, dry and moist, etc. is particularly important, and the layout is reasonable and the overall sense is strong to directly reflect the spiritual style, artistic understanding, character momentum and aesthetic achievement of the work.
"Excellent works, a long glance can attract the attention of the viewer, only by the work, will look at the second glance or even carefully study its practice, if a work is messy, it will make people have no intention of looking closely, let alone appreciate." Based on this, Sun Rui put forward the concept of "looking at the chapter from a distance" to appreciate calligraphy.
Calligraphy is also a life of clean and self-righteous
"Bookworm, heart painting also." The Western Han Dynasty writer Yang Xiong commented on this famous quote of calligraphy, which closely links calligraphy with being a human being. Liu Xizai of the Qing Dynasty pointed out in the "Outline of Art": "Writers, writers also write Zhiye. He also quoted a sentence from Zhang Xu's teachings to Yan Zhenqing: "Non-Zhishi gaoren, can you be better than words?" "To illustrate the relationship between being human and calligraphy."
Since ancient times, writing well is the common pursuit of cultural people, people often judge a person's character through calligraphy, and the phrase "words are like their people" often said in people's mouths vividly illustrates this point. Sun Rui told reporters that in the eyes of calligraphy practitioners, Yan Zhenqing's "Duo Pagoda Stele" of the Tang Dynasty and Liu Gongquan's "Xuanmi Pagoda Stele" are must-practice works, and they are praised by later generations as "Yan Jian Liu Bone". The two enjoy a very high status in the history of Chinese calligraphy, not only because of their peak calligraphy achievements, but also by their upright personality and spirit.
Today, law and calligraphy are at the heart of Sun Rui's life. In his daily work, Sun Rui is the "desperate three langs" in the eyes of his colleagues, and he works tirelessly; in his spare time, he is a "calligraphy idiot", and whenever he has time, he goes into the study to study and practice hard.
"Sun Rui's calligraphy is in the style of the Jin and Tang Dynasties, and all kinds of bodies are capable, which can travel between both the Han and Wei dynasties and the compatibility between the Jin and Tang dynasties. Its conclusions are rigorous, deep and quiet, free to enter and exit, thick and powerful. Its cursive writing is natural and harmonious, vigorous and atmospheric, exciting and majestic, free and clear, which is pleasing to the eye. Pei Xinwang, a calligraphy and painting collector and head of Fuxi Cultural Tourism Town in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, gave this evaluation of Sun Rui's works.
Among the many calligraphy styles, Sun Rui prefers calligraphy and cursive writing, his writing is vigorous and powerful, majestic and simple, and cursive writing is as domineering as the tiger of the mountain, and all of this is not unrelated to his bold character and upright style.
"Calligraphy is also life, and the heart is clean and self-righteous." In Sun Rui's view, when a person creates calligraphy, he must have no distractions to write a good work. As a party member and cadre, we must not have any non-divided thoughts outside of work, and only by adhering to professional ethics and doing our own work well can we become public servants that the people are satisfied with.
Reporter: Song Hao