Careful analysis, it is not difficult to find that there are many commonalities between the Yan Ti Xingshu and the Yan Ti Kai Shu, and these characteristics are the best entry points for studying the Xingshu "Sacrifice Nephew Manuscript".
Yan Zhenqing was an outstanding calligrapher in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, ranking first among the "Four Great Masters of Calligraphy". His calligraphy style is graceful and majestic, with the style of the times of the Tang Dynasty. Yan Zhenqing has a profound tradition of family learning, and is deeply rooted in the brushwork of Chu Suiliang and Zhang Xu, with a rounded and thick tone, a smooth and dignified structure, instead of the beautiful Jinren style of writing, it has become a family of its own, known as "Yan Body".
Yan Zhenqing's "Sacrifice nephew manuscript" is known as "the second line of the world", it is majestic, the style is outstanding, and it is an important legal post that cannot be bypassed by the study of the book. Before studying Yan Zhenqing's book "Sacrifice Nephew Manuscript", it is first necessary to figure out the difference between it and the Yan Ti Kai book, especially in the similarities and differences in structure, pen and chapter, which is important for beginners to get started quickly. Carefully analyzed, it is not difficult to find that there are the following common points between the Yan Ti Xing Shu and the Yan Ti Kai Shu.
First, where there is a twist, use a pen
In the Yan Ti Kai book, the turning point is mostly used with a pen. For example, the pen at the turn of the word "tong" in the letter of the letter of lettering; in the Xingshu "Sacrifice Nephew Manuscript", this pen feature is also retained. For example, the pen at the turn of the word "figure" understands this truth, and anyone who encounters a similar way of writing can be solved.
Second, when the two verticals appear at the same time, they protrude to the left and right
In the Yan Ti Kai, when two verticals appear at the same time, it is generally the left vertical protruding to the left, and the right vertical protruding to the right, like a drum, like the left and right sides forming a tension. Yan Zhenqing's book "Sacrifice Nephew Manuscript" retains the characteristics of Yan Tikai's "vertical painting convexity and memory tension". As shown in the figure, the word "wai".
Third, dignified and majestic, the word takes the right trend
Although the "Sacrifice nephew manuscript" is a draft and written very sloppily, it is basically "the word takes the right trend", unlike the writings of Mi Fu and Wang Duo, there is rarely a phenomenon of twisting from east to west, so we say that the Yan body book also maintains the characteristics of the Yan body italic book "dignified and majestic, and the word takes the right trend". Such as the following "Yang" character, "father" word.
Fourth, the horizontal and vertical are thin and thick, and the characteristics are prominent
One of the major characteristics of the Yan body calligraphy is that it is thin and vertical, and the characteristics are prominent. The Manuscript of the Sacrifice of the Nephew also retains the characteristics of the Yan script "horizontal and vertical thickness". Such as the word "good" in the letter, the word "army" in the book, and so on. This is relatively easy to grasp.
In a sense, the "Sacrifice Nephew Manuscript" can be said to be the fast writing of the Yan Ti Script, and the pen, structure and chapter characteristics of the book have been flexibly applied in the "Sacrifice Nephew Manuscript". To learn the Yan body book, it is best to have a certain foundation of calligraphy, if you can grasp the above four points, you can also let beginners get started quickly.
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