The "gold content" of the Lanting Award is self-evident, and every time it is announced, it will always cause an uproar. Many years ago, the 3rd China Calligraphy Pavilion Award also caused a lot of sensation in the circle because of his list, but no one said "no", let's take a look at a few of his works.
Zhang Wenyou's work
If you hadn't mentioned it in advance, I believe you wouldn't have imagined that such a subtle and quaint work actually came from Zhang Wenyou's "mouth"!
I often hear some scholars complaining that they have been studying for years, but they have not entered the country. or complaining about the poverty of the family, or complaining about the difficulty of meeting the Master, or listing many reasons, it is nothing more than to find some high-sounding rhetoric and excuses for still staying on the "halfway".
If you are fortunate enough to know or understand Zhang Wenyou, you may also be ashamed of your ridiculous statements or excuses, like many people.
Zhang Wenyou's work
The significance of Zhang Wenyou is to demonstrate a person's extraordinary perseverance, his calligraphy written by mouth is better than that of ordinary people by hand, and it can be from small block to grass, which is the positive energy of the calligraphy world.
is obviously contrary to common sense, but Zhang Wenyou insisted on cultivating his mouth into a skillful hand - catching a pen! Flying up and down, smart and free, but the joys and sorrows, I'm afraid only he can understand.
Zhang Wenyou's work
Netizens sighed:
- Even for a person with sound hands, it is extremely difficult for calligraphy works to reach such a state. It is good at both style, line and grass, which can be described as a wonderful flower of Chinese calligraphy at present.
——Zhang Wenyou writes with a pair of eyes looking for beauty, and he "insists that Qingshan will not relax", in exchange for the reputation of "spitting pearls".
——Although Zhang Wenyou's calligraphy is not formed by synchronous cultural education, it is all based on hard practice, but if you only rely on hard practice, you may not be able to become a calligrapher with an original spirit. Only by relying on one's own aesthetic spirituality of calligraphy can one achieve the greatest achievement beyond the law.
Zhang Wenyou's work
When it comes to the hardships and misfortunes of life, Zhang Wenyou is probably the most qualified to "complain", but he did not use this to win sympathy. You can't see the slightest trace of suffering carved into his countenance.
He said: Art is equal, no matter what conditions and what means are used to create, the ultimate purpose of art is to show it to others.
Nor did he want the media to promote him with inspirational typologies. "I'm actually the same as everyone else, others use their hands, but I use the other part of my body - the 'mouth'!"
When writing, Zhang Wenyou holds the pen in his mouth, presses and turns, and retracts and releases freely; dry and damp, suitable for use; Swift, unbiased, and breathtaking.
By chance, he received professional calligraphy training since he was a child, and he was familiar with the inscriptions of famous masters in the past dynasties, and found an aesthetic expression that was more flexible than ordinary people's hands. Later, he went to Shanghai to learn from his teacher, especially for his small style of taking the Wei and Jin dynasties. In 1997, at the invitation of Shanghai Zhenru Temple, it took more than eight months, and the book was 400 meters small long scroll - "Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law", which can be described as a huge project, if there is no solid calligraphy skills and enough perseverance, I am afraid it is difficult to take on this great task.
Detail of Zhang Wenyou's long scroll
Zhang Wenyou now lives in Chengtian Temple in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, copying scriptures as a business. In his opinion, it was a job that suited him well. While copying scriptures and propagating the Dharma, while focusing on the calligraphy you love, the pen in your mouth is enough to support your family and raise children, and you can enjoy it.
Zhang Wenyou inscribed for Longhua Temple
Mr. Wang Xueming, a painter and poet, has a poem to praise and say:
A regular script is like a set, and the huge grass is left to be frenzy.
Lu Gong put down his pen and turned it upside down, spitting the fragrance of lotus and ink in his mouth.
"It's not easy to do one thing well in my life, and I want to practice calligraphy well in my life." Zhang Wenyou said.