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China's Top Ten Calligraphy Appreciation, which one is your favorite?

楷書, also known as the main book, the real book, the right letter, comes from the subordinate, the shape is square, the stroke is straight, can be used as a model, so it is called the book. It began in the Eastern Han Dynasty and has been used ever since. The "Ten Great Chinese Calligraphies" include the most famous calligraphy posts in the history of calligraphy, such as "Zhong Xuan Declaration Table", "Wang Xizhi Huangting Jing", "Crane Ming", "Cui Jingyong Epitaph", "Zhiyong Zhenshu Thousand Character Text", "Ouyang Inquiry Jiucheng Palace Liquan Inscription", "Chu Suiliang Yan Pagoda Sacred Order", "Yan Zhenqing Yan Qinli Monument", "Liu Gongquan Xuan secret pagoda stele", "Zhao Mengfu Miaoyan Temple", etc., from which the development trajectory of the calligraphy can be seen, and each has its own classicity.

1. Three Kingdoms Period Zhong Xuan's "Declaration Table"

China's Top Ten Calligraphy Appreciation, which one is your favorite?

The Book of Shi Zai Zhong has three bodies: one is the Book of Inscriptions and Stones, the second is the Book of Statutes, and the third is the Book of The Book of The Book of The Path. Zhong Xuan's most famous "Declaration Table" and "Recommendation Season Direct Table" are all charters. The Statute Book is the Main Book, and Zhong Xuan is therefore enshrined as the "Ancestor of the True Book". The authentic manuscript of the "Declaration Table" is not passed down, and the engraving is found in the "Chunhua Ge Ti", "Daguan Ti", "Dai Ti", etc., and there are also single engravings in the Song Dynasty.

This book prints three kinds of "Declaration Table", selecting DuoyunXuan's "Song Tuo Jin Tang Xiao Kai Ti Nine Kinds", Shanghai Library's "Chunhua Ge Ti" Song Tuo Quanzhou Ben, and the Palace Museum's Collection of Song Tuo's "Daguan Ti" Ming Wang Shizhen Collection, all of which have been passed down from generation to generation, which can be called the best combination. This book is attached to the "Recommendation Season Straight Table" using Duo Yunxuan's "True Appreciation of Theai Ti", Wang Zhuanghong's discovery of the Tang and Song Dynasty ink facsimiles of the Republic of China photo orphan copy, which can be used to learn mutual verification.

2. The Huangting Jing of Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty

China's Top Ten Calligraphy Appreciation, which one is your favorite?

"Book Saint" Wang Xizhi is also good at all bodies, especially Gong Xiaokai. The "Huang Ting Jing" is amazing in pen power, the dot painting ripples in the air, and the return is interesting, this post is extremely strict, its qi is also easy, and it has a beautiful and cheerful attitude, which affects Zhiyong, Ouyang Qian, Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, and Zhao Mengfu. Commonly known as "Changing Goose Posts", it is a good story of book history.

This book is accompanied by the book "Thirteen Lines of Roselle Endowment", which is written in a strong and strict manner, and is known as the "Xiao Kai Ji Rule", in order to learn mutual verification. The special edition of the "Huang Ting Jing" uses Duo YunXuanzang 'Song Tuo Jin Tang Xiao Kai Ti Nine Kinds', which has a rigorous degree of law, a relaxed quality, and a beautiful attitude. The "Thirteen Elements of Roselle Endowment" is also a Cloud Xuanzang early Qing Dynasty Tuoben.

3. Southern Dynasty Tao Hongjing "Crane Ming"

China's Top Ten Calligraphy Appreciation, which one is your favorite?

Although the body of the "Crane Inscription" is a real book, it has the charm of a book, the strokes are smooth and round, the physique is broad and cheerful, and the dot painting is vigorous, which is a rare large-character work in the inscription calligraphy of the Southern Dynasty, and is known as the "ancestor of the big characters".

The "Crane Ming" takumoto has a water before the book, the water after the book, the water before the book is not easy to expand, extremely rare. This book is printed with one water front book and one water back book, the water front book is the Qing Li Guosong old Tibetan Ming Tuo ben, and the water post ben is the Qing Shen Yun chu old Tibetan Qing Dynasty after the water refined Tuo ben, are rare Jiatuo. It is now in the Shanghai Library. This book is accompanied by the "Crane Ming" and can be seen as a whole of the original work.

4. "Epitaph of Dong Meiren"

China's Top Ten Calligraphy Appreciation, which one is your favorite?

This is a burial stone commemorating Dong Mei's life deeds. Dong Meiren (578 – 597 CE), concubine of Yang Xiu, the fourth son of Emperor Wen of Sui, was a native of Bian Prefecture(b) whose name and character are unknown. Dong died of illness in the seventeenth year of Kai huang at the age of nineteen. Yang Xiu had deep feelings for him, so he wrote a mourning article and carved it as an epitaph to accompany the burial. The epitaph was excavated in Xingping County, Shaanxi during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, with 21 lines and 23 characters, known as the "Epitaph of the Beauty Dong Family", also known as the "Epitaph of Dong Meiren". The rough stone was destroyed by soldiers in the third year of Xianfeng (1853 AD). Takumoto is rarely circulated.

Sui calligraphy, inheriting the Northern Wei calligraphy on the upper and lower Tang Dynasty new style, is the Jinliang between the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Tang Dynasty. "The Epitaph of the Beauty Dong Clan" just reflects this, which belongs to the top quality masterpiece in the Sui Dynasty epitaph, which can be called "the first of the Sui Zhi Xiaokai", which is the first of the Tang Dynasty Zhong Shaojing all the way to Xiaokai. Its calligraphy layout is smooth and comfortable, neat and meticulous, the knots are respectful and rigorous, the penmanship is exquisite and subtle, and the elegance is elegant. From the perspective of the font, the kaifa is pure and the intention is exhausted, which is very different from the Jin people Xiaokai and the Northern Dynasty epitaph, but you can see some of the outer circles and gorgeous and firm strokes, giving people a clear and refreshing feeling, and the ancient meaning is not exhausted.

The epitaph had a great influence on later generations, and some famous calligraphers in the early Tang Dynasty (such as Ouyang Qing, Yu Shinan, etc.) took the method from the Sui Dynasty epitaph book style. Since the middle of the Qing Dynasty, it has been more loved by the majority of calligraphy lovers and is regarded as one of the models for learning calligraphy.

5. Zhiyong's "True Book of a Thousand Words"

China's Top Ten Calligraphy Appreciation, which one is your favorite?

The Sui monk Zhiyong, known for his "retiring pen tomb" and "iron threshold", once wrote eight hundred copies of the "Thousand Character Text" and distributed them among the jiangdong temples, which set a model of law in the inheritance of brushwork, and was the precursor of the Tang people's "Shangfa" atmosphere. The ink of the "True Grass Thousand Character Text" passed down from generation to generation, the air rhymes and flies, and it is superior to the divine product. There are also "Guanzhong Ben", "Bao Mo Xuan Ben" and Dong Qichang's "Xi Hong Tang Fa Ti" reprints, etc., of which "Guanzhong Ben" is preferred.

This book prints the "True Book thousand character text" handed down from generation to generation, and accompanies duo Yunxuan's old Tuo Zhiyong 'True Grass Thousand Character Text' Guanzhong true book partial photocopy, which is a unique combination and mutual verification of learning.

6. Ouyang Inquiry "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Ming"

China's Top Ten Calligraphy Appreciation, which one is your favorite?

Ouyang of the "Four Great Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty" inquired about his rigorous calligraphy, saw danger in the middle of the peace, saw elegance in the rules, had a unique structure, and became a family of its own, called "European body". His representative work "Jiucheng Gong Liquan Ming" has always been valued by the world and is known as the "Kaifa Extreme Rule". This stele is best known as Song Tuo.

This book printed "JiuchengGong Liquan Ming" for the Southern Song Dynasty Tuoben, "栉" character is not damaged, successively by Gao Fenghan, Guo Tingqi, Wu Shifen, Gong Xinzhao, etc., the mouth is rich and full, the ink color changes thick and light, such as mirror and run, for the rare jiatuo, for the first primary color full edition of the fine printing. This book is accompanied by the "Jiucheng Gong Liquan Ming" to expand the whole to view the overall brilliance.

7. Chu Suiliang's "Sacred Order of the Wild Goose Pagoda"

China's Top Ten Calligraphy Appreciation, which one is your favorite?

Chu Suiliang, the "master of the vast indoctrination" of Tang Dynasty calligraphy, was thin and elegant, and his rigidity and softness were harmonious, changing the style of Wei and Jin. His bo is involved in literary history, calligraphy is the first to learn Shi Ling, Ouyang Inquiry, followed by Yu Shinan, the second king of the final law, proficient in calligraphy. Its early style was mostly robust and simple, and then gradually evolved into its own style of elegance and elegance, beauty and stretching. As soon as Chu Suiliang's "Sacred Order of the Wild Goose Pagoda" came out, the emptiness flew around, the scum was exhausted and the void came, and there was a portal to be found in the Tang Kai Book.

The special edition of the "Sacred Order of the Wild Goose Pagoda" uses Duoyunxuan to hide the fine tuoben of the late Ming Dynasty, with Zeng Xi inscription and bianbao. Today, the first original original color fine printing is published. This book is accompanied by the "Sacred Order of the Wild Goose Pagoda" to look at the overall brilliance.

8. Yan Zhenqing's "Yan Qinli Monument"

China's Top Ten Calligraphy Appreciation, which one is your favorite?

Yan Zhenqing, who represents the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty, is simple and majestic, and the atmosphere is majestic, and it is called "Yan Body". His "Yan Qinli Monument" is really sealed, the gesture is round, the gas is thick, such as a dignified person, not to be blasphemed. This stele is said to have been passed down during the Song Dynasty, and the Books such as the Song Dynasty's "Golden Stone Hammer" and "Ji Gu Gong" all have a hammer, but its subsequent stone stone was re-excavated in Xi'an during the Republic of China.

The special issue of "Yan Qinli Monument" uses Duoyunxuan to collect Chen Yunzhang's book, and the post is covered with several parties of Chen Yunzhang's collection seal, and Zhu Xiaozang's inscription, Xu Xingba, is an early expansion of the Republic of China stele after the excavation, and now it is the first primary color full photocopy. This book is accompanied by the "Yan Qinli Monument" to expand to view the overall brilliance of the original work.

9. Liu Gongquan's "Secret Pagoda Stele"

China's Top Ten Calligraphy Appreciation, which one is your favorite?

Liu Gongquan, who is known for his "heart is right and straight" penmanship, his calligraphy is vigorous and elegant, and he has become a family of his own, known as "Willow Body". His calligraphy began with the Liu family, and later went in and out of Yan Zhenqing, and combined the steep strength of Ouyang Zhen, the harmony of Yu Shinan, and the sparseness of Chu Suiliang, taking the essence of Hong, the gods changed, so they expanded the steep and dangerous side of the square, and opened up a different face. Its most prestigious "Xuan secret pagoda stele" is strong and rigorous, and the eight laws exist, such as the upright man and the dignified soldier, and the tritium is unyielding.

The special issue of "Xuan secret pagoda stele" uses the Song Dynasty fine topography of the Shanghai Library and the old collection of Xu Weiren in the Qing Dynasty. This book is accompanied by the "Mysterious Pagoda Stele", which can be seen as the overall brilliance of the original work.

10. Zhao Mengfu of the Yuan Dynasty, "Records of Miaoyan Temple"

China's Top Ten Calligraphy Appreciation, which one is your favorite?

Zhao Mengfu, the leader of the Yuan Dynasty's calligraphy, his seals, fences, points, subordinates, truths, lines, and cursive scripts all crown ancient and modern times, and his calligraphy is called "Zhao Ti". Zhao Mengfu kaishu initially obtained the law from Zhong Xuan and Zhi Yong, and eliminated Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan with the Jinren penmanship of true deeds. After middle age, he joined Li Yongzhi's pen to increase the momentum of flying and the power of steepness, and was very different from his predecessors with a style that was both flowing and calm.

"The Record of Miaoyan Temple" is a representative work of Zhao Mengfu's kaishu, which has a soft pen strength, a pole kaize, a dignified and elegant and majestic atmosphere, and a very high artistic level. The Tale of Myoyan Temple is now in the Art Museum of Princeton University.

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