In contrast, there are more people who study the Mi Shu Xingshu than there are people who study the Yan Body Xingshu. In fact, this is a very normal and reasonable phenomenon. Because the Mi Fu Xingshu is easier to learn than the Yan Zhenqing Xingshu (suitable for beginners). To explain this phenomenon, we must start with the selection of posts.
The Second Book of the World: Yan Zhenqing's "Sacrifice nephew draft"
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Classic contrast
From the perspective of the classicity of the works, Yan Zhenqing and Mi Fu are both first-class calligraphers in the history of calligraphy, and their works have extremely classic characteristics, and their artistic attainments are equal, and their contributions to the history of calligraphy are also equal. Yan Zhenqing's own political influence and his family's image of loyalty and righteousness have made his works more influential and popular. However, in terms of the brilliance of his works themselves, Yan Zhenqing's Xingshu and Mi Fu's Xingshu can be described as equal opponents and have their own advantages. Whether you choose Yan Zhenqing's Xingshu or Mi Fu's Xingshu to study, it is all based on the Law.
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Comparison of surviving quantity and clarity
The surviving amount of the Mi Fu Xingshu is greater than that of Yan Zhenqing; from the perspective of the clarity of the works, almost all of the surviving works of the Mi Fu Xingshu are inkblots; while the Yan Zhenqing Xingshu only has the "Sacrifice Nephew Manuscript" and "Liu Zhong's Envoy Thesis" are inkblots, and the rest are engraved posts. It can be seen that the Mi Fu Xingshu not only has a large amount of existence and a huge amount of high-definition digital data, but also has a greater advantage in clarity and quantity, forming a richer and three-dimensional learning system.
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Collateral information
Yan Zhenqing's personality is very strong, and the only people who are close to his writing style and have high achievements are Zhang Xu, Yang Ningshi, and He Shaoji, but there have been countless people who have studied Yan Shu for more than a thousand years, and who have become famous? The Mi Fu calligraphy style has a stronger commonality, which can be described as the upper Jin Tang Dynasty and the lower Qi Song Yuan. The advantages of rice are obvious.
Yan Zhenqing's "Huzhou Thesis", suspected of being proposed by Mi Fu
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Creative awareness of the work
Since the Beginning of the Song Dynasty, the "creative consciousness" of calligraphy has become more intense, and the awareness of format, chapter law, falling style, and plutonium printing has been enhanced, and even if it is a small codex, Mi Fu will not let go of the creative performance. And Yan Zhenqing of the Tang Dynasty 300 years ago, either in the imperial court, or galloped on the battlefield for the country, where there was that leisure. Relatively speaking, Mi Fu's works have a stronger sense of expression, which is more suitable for the learning and creation reference of today's people.
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Documentary
Compared with Yan Zhenqing's book, there is a more valuable place for scholars- Mi Fu's works record the process of how to learn from the ancients to form their own style, including Mi Fu's many bookish comments, empirical creations, and the appearance of works that are integrated with documents. From this point of view, the "documentary" of Mi Fu is obviously stronger, and this sense of recording and circulation is very "circle powder" for today's learners.
Notes on the Book of Mi Fu Xing "Coral Thesis"
In summary, the Mi Fu Xingshu is more market-friendly than the Yan Body Xingshu, and the Xingshu is the most practical and popular advanced book in the five bodies, so the popularity of the public learning of the Mifu may be second only to Wang Xizhi. Of course, Mi Fu is mainly good at writing, and when it comes to the influence of calligraphy, Yan Zhenqing is unique and leads the way, while Mi Fu has almost no standard calligraphy works.