Someone once did a survey, if you can cross, which dynasty would you like to cross? Among the many dynasties in history, the largest number of people was chosen by the Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty can be described as the most prosperous dynasty in ancient times, whether it is economic or cultural, it is highly civilized, and the same is true in calligraphy, the Song Dynasty has emerged many outstanding calligraphers, and a large number of ink works have been preserved, which has become an excellent model for future generations to explore the mysteries of ancient calligraphy.
Song Huizong Zhao Yao cursive book "Thousand Character Text"
In the history of Song Dynasty calligraphy there is a famous "Song Four Families", they are Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu, Cai Xiang, the four of them represent the highest level of Northern Song calligraphy, to the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a special calligrapher in the book world, his profession is the emperor, on the level of calligraphy, his calligraphy overall temperament surpassed the "Song Four Families", straight to the Tang people.
He is the artistic genius Song Huizong.
"Daojun Emperor" Song Huizong is a household name in cultural history, he died because he liked art, he was a genius artist, but not a competent emperor, he was an artistic all-rounder, for calligraphy, painting, music, gold and stone, utensils and other aspects, have a very unique research. He was also a "player" who promoted the tea ceremony and the overall upsurge of the art of painting.
Song Huizong Zhao Yao cursive book "Thousand Character Text"
In calligraphy, Song Huizong is a top genius, he wrote a "thin gold body" thousand-character text in the third year of Chongning, that is, 1104 AD, and at the age of more than 20 years old, he has completed the "thin gold body" and reached a considerable height, becoming a recognized classic of calligraphy by posterity, making posterity follow the heart, which is also rare in the entire history of calligraphy.
But for Song Huizong, the "thin gold body" calligraphy is not the whole achievement of his calligraphy, and his understanding and creation level of cursive is much higher than that of his calligraphy.
Song Huizong Zhao Yao cursive book "Thousand Character Text"
In addition to the perfection of a person's cursive writing, the most important thing is his artistic acumen, that is, "talent", without cursive "talent", even if you try hard, it is difficult to become everyone, and Song Huizong's understanding of cursive is a height that is difficult for posterity to reach.
This can be seen from the fact that when he was 40 years old, he wrote a volume of "Cursive Thousand Characters", which was a work of divine excitement, momentum, pen walking dragons and snakes, a thousand miles, reaching a very high level, and even being able to be indistinguishable from Huai Su of the Tang Dynasty.
Song Huizong Zhao Yao cursive book "Thousand Character Text"
The Thousand Character Text is an essay written by Zhou Xingsi of the Liang Dynasty, which totals 999 different commonly used words, written in four-character and one-sentence script, which is all-encompassing and easy to memorize, and has become a classic often written by later generations of calligraphers. From Zhiyong to Ouyang Qian, from Huai Su to Zhao Ziang, almost every great calligrapher has experience in writing a thousand characters.
In the field of big grass, only Song Huizong's "Cursive Thousand Character Text" is the most commendable. This work is extremely luxurious on the paper used, a long scroll of more than ten meters depicting pure gold dragon patterns, this papermaking process has now been lost, the pen he used to create, is a royal special purple pen, in such a very luxurious piece of rice paper, the pen walks the dragon snake, a swing.
Song Huizong Zhao Yao cursive book "Thousand Character Text"
Song Huizong's volume of "Cursive Thousand Characters", even people who do not understand calligraphy, can feel his galloping vitality, just like a perfect piece of music, there is a beginning and a turn, there is unrestrained and silent, there is agitation and quiet, there is a thousand miles, there is also a momentum to be launched, this work is inseparable from Huaisu in terms of temperament.
This precious volume of "Thousand Characters of Cursive Writing" was once lost to the people in the last century, and after several turns, it is now stored in the famous "Liaoning Provincial Museum".
Song Huizong Zhao Yao cursive book "Thousand Character Text"
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