"10 Most Beautiful Calligraphy in Chinese History"
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Eastern Jin Dynasty Wang Xianzhi
Roselle endowed with thirteen lines
Referred to as "Luoshenfu", the representative work of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy, the original ink is written on the hemp note, the content is the famous article "Luoshenfu" by the famous literary scholar Cao Zhi of the Three Kingdoms.
In this work, Wang Xianzhi uses a straight and powerful pen, a beautiful style, and a spacious and stretched body. Strokes such as skimming in the characters are often stretched very long but not frivolous, and the pen force transports the end of the stroke, which is powerful and energetic. The font is symmetrical and harmonious, and there are subtle and vivid changes in the combination of various parts, the size of the words is different, and the spacing and line spacing change naturally.
Most elegant
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Tang Dynasty Ouyang inquiry
Jiucheng Gong Liquan Ming
The Tang Dynasty "JiuchengGong Liquan Ming" is a calligraphy work written by Wei Zheng in the sixth year of Tang Zhenguan (632) by the calligrapher Ouyang Shudan, which narrates the origin of the "Jiucheng Palace" and the majesty of its architecture, and praises the martial arts and frugal spirit of Tang Taizong.
The knot is slender, the middle palace is tightened, the four sides are opened, and the left and right are vertical, turning the danger into a disaster. The glyph is shaped with the potential, the left and right structures are opposite, the upper and lower structures are narrow and wide, the interstitial frame is open and stable, and the weather is solemn. Its cloth white is uniform, the word spacing and line spacing are sparse, it is the most accurate of the Nine Palaces, and the blood veins of the whole monument are smooth and the atmosphere is quiet.
The steepest
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Tang Dynasty Yu Shinan
Monument to the Temple of Confucius
Yu Shinan's "Monument to the Temple of Confucius", engraved in the ninth year of Tang Wude (626 AD). Yu Shinan wrote a book. It is an outstanding work in the inscriptions of the early Tang Dynasty, and is also recognized by successive epigraphers and calligraphers as a wonderful work of Yu Shu. This stele was erected to record that in the ninth year (626) of Gao zu Wude's reign, Kong Delun, the thirty-third grandson of Kong Qiu, was erected to praise the Holy Marquis and rebuild the Confucius Temple. The seventh year of Zhenguan (633) was carved, and there is no year of writing.
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Tang Dynasty Chu Suiliang
The Sacred Order of the Wild Goose Pagoda
Chu Suiliang's "Sacred Order of the Wild Goose Pagoda" is a famous inscription in the history of calligraphy, which was written by Chu Suiliang when he was fifty-eight years old, and is the most representative of Chu Suiliang's calligraphy style, with a clear and strong font and skillful penmanship. In the knot of the word, the long shape of Ou and Yu was changed, creating a font that looked slender, but was actually full of strength. The "Sacred Order of the Wild Goose Pagoda" adopts both square circles and reverses on the pen; horizontal painting is vertically entered, vertical painting is horizontal, there are ups and downs between the beginning and the end, and the lifting is made to turn, and the rules are into the mind.
The most vigorous
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Tang Dynasty Yan Zhenqing
Multi-pagoda stele
Yan Zhenqing's "Duo Pagoda Stele" is a classic calligraphy work written by the literati Cen Xun of the time in the eleventh year of Tang Tianbao (752), the calligrapher Xu Hao'e, the calligrapher Yan Zhenqing Shudan, and the inscriptionist Shi Hua.
The overall beauty and rigidity of this monument is refreshing and pleasant, simple and bright, and the characters are pearlescent. The pen is rich and beautiful, plump and calm; horizontal and vertical, with strong contrast; the beginning of the pen is more exposed, the closing pen is more sharp, and the turn is more than a pen. The body is rigorous and dense, compact and orderly, smooth and symmetrical, and the inscription is excellent, there are more words, and those who learn the face body are mostly from this monument to enter its church.
The most heroic
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Tang Dynasty Zhong Shaojing
Spirit Flying Sutra
Xiao Kai's "Lingfei Jing" was written by Zhong Shaojing in the Tang Dynasty, and has always been highly valued by the calligraphy community and regarded as a model of Xiao Kai, which is enough for learners to teach the Fa. Ming Dong Qichang thought that Tang Zhong Shao Jing Shu. The Spirit Flying Sutra is rounded and the font is exquisite. Qi Gongte wrote an introduction to this. The following is shown as the metropolitan museum to see the original picture, to see the change of its pen and the cuteness of the ink, breathtaking.
The most exquisite
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Song Jiang Fu
The Nanny Sticker of the King of Treks
Jiang Kui 's "Bao Wang Xian's Mother's Post", Xiao Kai. Paper, 316 mm, 101 lines, now in the Palace Museum. There are not many ink stains passed down from Jiang Kui. From Xiao Kai's "Bao Wang Xian Zhi Bao Mother's Post", it can be seen that he uses his pen to be exquisite, elegant and handsome, and influenced by the calligraphy style of the early Tang Dynasty, not at any time, fresh and vulgar.
The clearest
8
Yuan Zhao Mengfu
Rework the Book of The Three Doors
Zhao Mengfu's "Xuanmiaoguan Reconstruction of the Three Doors" is a classic masterpiece of his calligraphy, which is now in the collection of the National Museum of Tokyo, Japan, and the stone carving based on it is located inside the Zhengshan Gate of The Xuanmiaoguan in Suzhou. Zhao's pen, on the one hand, adheres to the principle of center forward and homeopathy, and on the other hand, integrates the penmanship of the book, thus forming a style that either hides the traces of the front and is subtle, or the meaning of the front is clear. It is not only different from the neatness and rigor of the calligraphy of the Wei and Jin dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, but also superior to the strictness and meticulous craftsmanship of Tang Kai, making it full of style, fresh and elegant, and elegant and popular.
Most elegant
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MingWen Zheng ming
Piano
Wen Zhengming's "Qin Fu", Xiao Kai, composed at the age of 74, this post is a fine work of Xiao Kai in the mature period of Wen Zhengming, with rigorous dot paintings, regular structure, rigorous and skilled law, stable knots, and good at leaving blank space. Wen Weiming Xiaokai is not just "showy and tidy" It is not limited by the Fa Jin and Tang Dynasties, not only is the dot painting quite vigorous and charming, the brush gesture is dancing, and the weather is open, and many famous works of Xiao Kai in history cannot do this. It can be said that Wen Weiming Xiaokai enriched Chinese calligraphy with a new aesthetic taste.
Most personable
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Qing He Shaoji
Pro Zhang Black Girl
He Shaoji, a famous calligrapher of the Qing Dynasty, spent his life drinking and swimming, many famous mountain resorts, visiting ancient monuments, chanting poems and waving books, and entertaining himself with calligraphy works, becoming a family of his own, known as "the first in the Qing Dynasty". Especially in "Zhang Black Girl", it can be called exemplary. "Zhang" is exquisite and ancient, simple and simple, ancient and elegant, and more submissive. He Shaoji praised in the Sayings: "The seal is divided into Kai, and there is no kind of unsightly, no wonderful and unsophisticated." However, there is no one who can compare with the "Black Woman". "He Shaoji has worked hard to write a lot, especially the "Epitaph of Zhang Heinu" is the most diligent, not seeking to be similar, but out of his own will, the "Zhang Heinu" is like his own intentions, especially outstanding.
The most athletic