Draft of Wen Zhengming
Introduction—
Many famous inscriptions in history are drafts,
Including Wang Xizhi's "Orchid Pavilion Preface" and Yan Zhenqing's "Sacrifice nephew manuscript",
Su Dongpo said: I can't make a book.
It's about this state, a state of writing naturally.
Wen Zhengming was a famous calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty, one of the four talents of Wu Zhong, who was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and was also a famous calligrapher. This is his draft work, which is very interesting to taste.
Many famous inscriptions in history are drafts, including Wang Xizhi's "Preface to the Orchid Pavilion" and Yan Zhenqing's "Manuscript of sacrifice to the nephew", Su Dongpo said: I can't make a book, it is this state, a state of natural writing.
In this state, the wrist and pen are the most relaxed, the heart does not think about how to write well, but put more energy on the content of the writing, the care for the font is relatively small.
The writing of the subordinates is all based on a kind of nature, a subconscious formed by long-term writing, which is the most real state of writing. It is the concentrated embodiment of the author's long-term accumulation of kung fu, techniques, and cultivation, and it is the state that is easiest to produce fine products.