Wei Shuo (衛铄), also spelled Maoyi, was a famous calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty, and was known as Lady Wei by the world. Lady Wei's family is deeply educated, her uncle Wei Guan is good at Lishu and Zhangcao, from her brother Wei Heng and husband Li Zhi are also good at calligraphy, and Lady Wei is also good at calligraphy, and Lady Wei is also good at calligraphy, Zhong Xuan (yáo), forming her own Juanxiu style of "Hairpin Flower Xiaokai".
She is not only highly skilled in calligraphy, but also the enlightenment teacher of The Book Saint Wang Xizhi, so she has a lofty position in the history of calligraphy. Talking about the teacher-student friendship between Mrs. Wei and Wang Xizhi, I have to say that she taught Wang Xizhi three calligraphy lessons, and even more three life lessons.
"Point": Peak falling stone
Friends who have seen Mrs. Wei's "Pen Array" will be surprised to find that the record she left behind is very simple, so simple that it is not easy to speculate. For example, she took a word apart, and after taking it apart, there was an element, probably the most basic element in Chinese calligraphy, a point.
Letter: Lady Jin-Wei's "Pen Array" I
Mrs. Wei led Wang Xizhi into the visual "aesthetic", only teaching him to write this "point", practice this "point", and feel this "point". She asked the childhood Wang Xizhi to see the traces left by the brush after touching the paper after dipping ink, and incidentally annotated four words: "Peak Falling Stone". That "point" is the power of a stone falling from a high place.
Letter: Lady Jin-Wei's "Pen Array" II
What Lady Wei taught Wang Xizhi seemed to be more than just calligraphy. In fact, there are many gaps in Mrs. Wei's lesson, and I don't know how long Mrs. Wei has let Wang Xizhi practice, whether it is as long as a few months or years, before continuing to develop into the second lesson. However, this basic skill of "point" seems to have had a profound influence on this great calligrapher in the future.
"One": Clairvoyant clouds
Lady Wei's second lesson is to lead Wang Xizhi to understand another element of Chinese characters, which is "one". "One" is a word, or it can be such a line. The lesson of understanding "one" is conducted on a vast land.
Madame Wei took Wang Xizhi outside, a young child, standing on a vast plain, gazing at the horizon, gazing at the openness of the horizon, gazing at the clouds arranged on the vast horizon slowly expanding to both sides. Mrs. Wei whispered in the child's ear, "A thousand miles of clouds." ”
The four words "clairvoyant clouds" are not easy to understand, and I always feel that writing "one" should only look at the horizon or horizontal line. In fact, "clairvoyant clouds" refers to the arrangement of clouds on the horizon. Clouds are arranged, arranged, and rolled low on the horizon, extending horizontally to both sides, which is called "clairvoyant clouds".
There is a very slow movement when the clouds are arranged, much like the moisture of the brush slowly blending and seeping through the rice paper. Therefore, the "clairvoyant clouds" is the relationship between brushes, ink and paper silk with strong water absorption.
Only when we have a memory of the quiet flow of clouds on the calm earth, and an understanding of the vastness, quietness, and outstretchment of life, can we also have the yearning for the dialogue between heaven and earth when we write "one" in the future. This is Wang Xizhi's second lesson.
Photo/ Mrs. Wei's calligraphy works
"Vertical": Long live the dead vine
The third calligraphy lesson that Lady Wei gave to Wang Xi was "vertical", which is a stroke that elongated in the middle when writing the word "zhong".
Lady Wei's "Inspector and Nan Ti"
Lady Wei took Wang Xizhi deep into the mountains and learned the power of gestures from the thick vines of the old man. She taught Wang Xizhi to look at the "long live withered vine", climbing an old vine while climbing a mountain, a life that grew up over a long period of time.
With the power of the vine, the child hangs his body up, and by the power of the vine, he hangs in the air. The body suspended in the air can feel the strength of a vine—the hard and stubborn force that cannot be pulled apart.
The old vine pulled continuously, very tenacious, very tenacious strength, this memory became Wang Xizhi's understanding of calligraphy. The line of "vertical" should be written to pull continuously, write to be strong, write to be elastic, and there will be a tension that develops on both sides.
"Long live the dead vine" is no longer just a plant in nature, it has become a line in Chinese calligraphy that metaphorically speaks of tenacious life. "Long live the withered vine" is a tribute to all the strong lives that look old but do not compromise.
We always say that calligraphy should "originate from above", because the beauty of calligraphy has always been connected with life, and modern and contemporary times are always difficult to understand, and the ancients did it. We summarize these three lessons:
"Peak Falling Stone" understands weight and speed.
"Clairvoyant Clouds" learned to open up the mind.
"Long live the withered vine" knows the persistence of toughness.
The essence of Mrs. Wei's classroom is no more than a thousand years. She is both a teacher of calligraphy and a teacher of life.
Lady Wei's "Ancient Name Ji Ti"
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