One. The beauty of the word
In ancient times, the mainland often had such a conclusion, that is, the word is like its person. Indeed, there is indeed a great connection between a person's calligraphy and the writer.
However, the character is more about personal morality, behavior, and cultivation on the influence of calligraphy on a more important level. But here I want to put forward a different theory, that is, in fact, a word and the human body have a great similarity
For example, if we appreciate a person's figure, it is natural that people with a well-proportioned body, tall, fat and thin are more in line with the aesthetic point of view of the main stream, and are more easily appreciated by people. Of course, people are not the same, and their bodies are also very different, and their postures are different. Some people are thin and beautiful, and some people are fat to the advantage.
Then the characteristics of these people together are well-proportioned, not obtrusive, and natural, although he may be a little fat, or thin, but it can always fit people's aesthetics. The energetic temperament they show is a connotative, appreciative trait.
Well, this symmetry is the result of the harmony between a person's bones and flesh, so if the word can really be compared with the human figure, I think that only this word, the energy of its connotation, is his muscles and bones and its flesh and blood in harmony with it, to reach a balance, is beautiful.
Two. physique
A person's muscles and bones are often in the center of its body, if we compare human body parts to the strokes of Chinese characters, then the bones and bones of each Chinese character are in the center of this stroke.
From this, we can smoothly think that in order to achieve this kind of "bone", it is necessary to pay attention to the center in the writing process, and only the center needs to use a pen to complete this kind of bone.
Third, the direction of the center
Calligraphy can be roughly divided into three levels in terms of technique: strokes, structure, and rules. The strokes can be divided into a variety of brush strokes such as center forward, partial front, and Tibetan front. Among them, the problem of the center has always been paid attention to, even to the point that it is not calligraphy without talking about the center.
According to the theoretical deduction we mentioned earlier, if the word is like its person, then it is necessary to reach a harmonious unity of bones and flesh. And the achievement of the muscles and bones needs to be achieved by our center strokes, so the center forward is crucial in portraying the style of a calligrapher.
Fourth, the refinement of the center forward?
In the history of the continent, the obsession and fanaticism of calligraphers about the center forward has reached an astonishing level. For example, Zhao Mengfu, a well-known calligrapher of the Yuan Dynasty who we are familiar with, once discussed the use of a pen in the "Thirteen Journeys of Lanting" after the famous calligrapher Wang Xizhi's famous work "Orchid Pavilion Preface": The knot word is passed down from time to time, and it is not easy to use the pen for eternity.
Fifth, judge the center
The center is already so important, so can we judge whether a person is a center line pen when writing by the effect of writing? The answer, of course, is yes.
According to the previous theory, as long as we walk the tip of the pen in the center of the stroke to write, then the two sides of the stroke must be in a symmetrical posture. For example, a stroke, we split it with a line from the center, the remaining two halves are still similar, symmetrical, that is, the center line pen, and vice versa, not the center line pen.
Sixth, the center of the mistake
Having talked about the importance of the center forward and the importance of the ancients on the center, can the center be emphasized to the extreme?
For example, if you write a horizontal drawing, you have to start with a sideways front, and when you write to the center, you are a center, and at the end you have to return to the front. It can be said that the operation of a stroke, starting from his beginning to the end of the pen, is not the center of the whole process, if an action must be centered, then the word can not be written.
So you may have to ask, so in the end, do you want to be a center? Can't go to extremes, blindly focus on the center, be flexible, but the overall operation is still the center, other strokes as an auxiliary.
This is true, both in cursive writing and cursive writing. In short, the center of the pen is the fundamental law of calligraphy, is related to the appearance of calligraphy, style, energy of an important method, without the center of the pen, calligraphy will lose bone strength, no support, can not stand up, can not stand, can not sit steadily, fragile like a pool of mud, it can not be called calligraphy.