Dong Qichang's "Zhou Zi Tong Shu" axis, which was written around 1611, is written by Zhou Dunyi, on how people learn to be holy. Letter, on paper, 189.4x154.5 cm, collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei. The whole text is mixed with the calligraphy style of Ouyang Zhenqing and Yan Zhenqing, with rounded lines and a correct and slightly slender glyph. The contrast between thick ink and flying white shows the rhythm of the proposal, and makes people feel the freedom and heroism of the brushwork.
[Interpretation] Saint can learn. Yes. There is a point. Yes. One is to be. One has no desire either. If there is no desire, it is still. Move. Quiet is clear. Straight is fair. Ming Ze Tong. Gong Ze Pu. Shu Shu. Dong Qichang Book.
Dong Qichang's Book of Zhou Zitong
-- Collection of National Palace Museum, Taipei --
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Dong Qichang believes that the study of books must be in the ancient world, the so-called "study of books does not enter from the ancient times, will fall into the evil way." "Rongtai Beiji" Volume II "Shu Pin" But what he advocates about Lingu is such that "Su Zizhan claimed to be self-proclaimed, hanging between the walls, and achieved its general meaning." ”
Dong Qichang, "Books" of the second volume of the Rongtai Beiji, proposed that "the magic lies in being able to merge, and God is able to detach", and he called this process of temporary practice "harmony". The one who is united, the god who robs others, is called "a sudden stranger, and does not have to look at his eyes, eyes, heads, hands and siblings, but look at his demeanor, laughter, and true spirit." "Departed," take off the pen of the family, from the axis of the machine, such as after the Zen family enlightenment, dismantling the flesh and returning the mother, dismantling the bones and returning the father, he heftian Buddha scolded the ancestors, and his face was not the same. "The Second Volume of the Rongtai Beiji" "Books" It is clear that this spirit of "shattering and revealing the whole body" is the result of complete innovation.
Dong Qichang also said that "abiding by the law is unchanged, but a slave to the calligrapher", from which it is not difficult to find the innovative spirit of a calligrapher.