[What is the "God" of Calligraphy] [Candle] [Scattering Flowers] [Rose] When tasting calligraphy, "spirit and spirit" is often regarded as the aesthetic standard, what is "God", which can not only reflect the inner spirit and spirit of the work, but also reflect the spirit and spirit of the creator.
The former is the god of the object and the latter is the god of the subject, which highly unifies the two, that is, reflects the spiritual personality of the creative subject through the spirit in the calligraphy work.
God is the best of the book, is the ultimate state pursued by the bookman, when the joy comes, the heavenly machine spontaneously composes the book, the heart and hand forget, the pen and ink are both, the pen and the underworld, like divine help, to achieve the natural follower, the state of the wind and spirit, the vibrant spiritual will in the work is implicated, evoking the deep meaning of the soul beyond words, conveying an ineffable sentiment and calcium carbide spark-like inspiration, with deep aesthetic experience value, full of vitality, full of art eternal charm.
"God" has the characteristics of unpredictability, change, nature, neutrality, etc. It is widely used in ancient books and has a variety of complex meanings, and is briefly discussed from five aspects:
(1) Derived from the ancient Chinese philosophy of the god of the universe. In calligraphy creation, it mostly refers to the unstoppable and naturally flowing passion generated by the creative subject under the stimulation of the object, that is, creative inspiration. Such as gods, gods, gods, gods, etc.
Tang Yu Shinan's "Pen Pulp Theory" cloud: "Therefore, knowing the wonderfulness of the book and the way must be met by God, and cannot be sought." Ingenuity must be understood, not visible. ”
Tang Zhang Huaiwan "Book Break" cloud: "Xizhi... Prepare the essence of all bodies, the law of its own family, ever-changing, with the help of God, self-creation and spirituality, how can you reach the pinnacle. ”
Yuan Sheng Ximing's "Law Book Examination" cloud: "The way of Han Mo leads to the gods; Therefore, we must accumulate learning and forget each other. When it is swinging luck, it has its own book in the chest, it is able to integrate the spirit, understand the book, slow or fast, move in accordance with the rules, changeable, and the wind and spirit are superb, is it a wise asset, who is Keranye? ”
(2) It refers to the spirit, mind and artistic thinking activities of the creative subject, and the single-mindedness of the spirit or the free transcendence of the spirit at the time of creation. Such as divine thought, divine enlightenment, divine meeting, contemplation, conveying divineness, etc.
Jin Wang Xizhi's "After the Inscription Wei Lady's "Pen Array Diagram" cloud: "Those who are popular writers, first study ink, concentrate on meditation, anticipate the size of the glyph, lean up, straight, and vibrate, so that the muscles and veins are connected, the intention is in front of the pen, and then compose." ”
Song Shenkuo "Mengxi Pen Talk" Yun: "The beauty of calligraphy and painting, when the gods meet, it is difficult to form a tool." ”
Yuan Sheng Ximing's "Law Book Examination" cloud: "The traces of the heart of the master and the scholar are also in the middle and the form, and the heart should be in the hand, but the magic of luck will be realized by the gods, and the importance of handling is especially the priority." ”
Mingfeng Fang's "Book Tips" cloud: "Bo Gao has the law of He Jizhen, his pen is like a bomb thrown in the air, magnificent and strange, and looks high through the ages." Just to be able to move the wrist with all his strength in the pen, the pen and God meet, do not know why but also. ”
Qing Song Cao "Calligraphy Covenant" cloud: "Only by exerting force to a calm and painful place can you take the god of the ancients." If you blindly imitate the ancient method and feel that the portrayal is too much, you must take off the imitation path, come out of the shaft, grow old and mature, but create a plain, so that the ancient method is good at the end of the pen, and then convey the spirit. The messenger will take form, form and hand and forget what God trusts. ”
Qingkang Youwei "Guangyi Zhou Shuangji" cloud: "Young Master Yang may not understand the truth of Ben Han, and the divine and mental coupling are already peerless." If a scholar wants to study, he should know what he is doing. ”
(3) Refers to the inner spiritual essence of the subject of aesthetic experience. Such as my god, spirit, spirit, etc.
Tang Zhang Huaiwan's "On Words" cloud: "If you don't help the spiritual platform, you will lack spirit." The heart of the person whose shape is depressed is not long. ”
Song Cai Xiang's "Cai Zhonghui Official Documents" cloud: "The key to learning books is only to take God and qi as the best." If the image is like a body, although it is like a form and has no spirit, it is the ear of the one who does not know the book. ”
Qing Liu Xizai "Book Overview" cloud: "Books are precious into God, and God has the difference between my God and other Gods, and those who enter other gods, I turn into Guye." Man and I are gods, and the ancients have become me. ”
Qingzhu and Tang "Linchi Heart Solution" cloud: "Writing is based on essence, qi, and god. ”
(4) Refers to the intrinsic spiritual essence of calligraphy works. Such as radiance, charm, magic, wind god, etc. The monk of the King of Qi of the Southern Dynasty "Pen Yi Praise" Yun: "The wonderful way of the book, the divine brilliance is the first, and the form is secondary." ”
Tang Zhang Huaiwan "Book Discussion" cloud: "Those who have the backbone of the wind god are on the top, and those who are beautiful and functional are at the bottom." ”
Qingzhu and Xian "Linchi Heart Solution" cloud: "Ou and Liu's thunder elite are many wind gods, wind gods, and flesh in the bones." ”
(5) Refers to the state of calligraphy achieved by creation. Such as divine character, deification, divine union, entering the divine, etc. Zhang Huaiwan of the Tang Dynasty "Book Break" cloud: "With the will and the spirit, the pen and the underworld, the gods will be combined, and the changes are infinite, although the courage of the dragon is not measured; Xiongtu should be the emperor of the seal, can not look up to its height, meditate in the slightest, escape the breath in the universe, ghosts out of the mind, chase the void and catch the small, then it is not the words like hooves can survive. ”
Song Huang Tingjian's "On Books" cloud: "Most of them should take ancient books to look at carefully, so that it is wonderful to enter the gods." But the intention is not mixed, but it is the way to enter God. Ming Dong Qichang's "Essay on Painting the Zen Room" cloud: "In short, I want to create the extreme, so that the spirit is indelible." The so-called divine product is also written by my God. ”
Ming Xiangmu "Calligraphy Yayan" cloud: "If you want to book, you will be comfortable and embraced, and as for what you wish, you can call God ... Deification is also the name of the spontaneous and vivid spirit of the heavenly machine. ”
To sum up, the realm of "God" is the highest aesthetic ideal pursued by the calligrapher, the joint crystallization of talent, academic ability, talent and wisdom, and a spiritual realm rich in life philosophy and interest, revealing the dialectical relationship between the inherent inevitability of calligraphy and the contingency beyond the rules.
