Good calligraphy is to say that it is to see if you can write pen power.
The beauty of calligraphy, the core is the beauty of strength. What house leaks and cone painting sand, all in order to express the beauty of the power of calligraphic lines.
Many people can't write the power of calligraphy, in fact, they still lack movements.
For example, some people know that Mi Fu's eight-sided strike is very powerful, in fact, the eight-sided strike is only a result, and even if you lack action, even if you make an eight-sided strike, it is powerless, it can only be regarded as a look.
It's a bit like playing tai chi, you lack movements, the power you play is always scattered, can only be regarded as tai chi gymnastics, just put on a shelf.
I've seen a lot of people do the eight-sided strike, but in fact, they lack movement.
There is a very important premise for the eight-sided front, the front is not right and cannot write.
What do you mean? Even if the pen tip is not in the right position, it cannot be written.
Now many people understand the eight-sided front, thinking that it is enough to use the pen in eight directions, whether it is the right edge of the pen or not, such an eight-sided front has no power to speak of.
In Wang Xizhi's works, such as the Lanting Preface, you will find that some of the strokes are more strange, in fact, Wang Xizhi has been preparing for the eight-sided front - the front is not right.
Wang Xizhi's action before the eight-sided strike, or this positive front action, is called a setback.
Before the eight-sided attack, Wang Xizhi made a frustrated action
How to do this frustrating action?
That is, let the lying pen edge, by flinging back in the opposite direction, then the pen edge will be in the positive position. At this time, eight more sides of the front, the pen power can be used.
Without this action, the eight-sided strike is a decoration. Wang Xizhi's pen strength into the wood is based on the coordination of these two actions.
Conclusion:
As I said earlier, the calligraphy of the brushwork action is a continuous action, less than one, immediately become a decoration, martial arts immediately become gymnastics, the strength can not be used at all.
Original Author: Inkworm