This was supposed to be a childish question, but it has become controversial today. For example, "You write a letter and look at it!" For example, "Ertian" is a famous calligrapher, and he will be said, "He will always be low-level!" "So, to learn calligraphy, do you have to learn calligraphy?" This depends on the positioning, if it is a general hobby, just want to learn a font, such as seal book or lishu. You don't have to learn calligraphy. If you want to learn the present grass and the book, it is necessary to learn the script. Because both Imakusa and Yuki are written in italics.
When the ancients were young, they went to private schools, they were all taught to write brush characters, and they had to prepare for the imperial examination, which required that the scrolls must be written in italics and that they should be beautiful and correct. In ancient times, there were no professional calligraphers, and calligraphers were amateurs. Calligraphy follows the inheritance, and learning calligraphy well is a compulsory course in calligraphy inheritance.
Yu Youren, a famous calligrapher in modern times, said in the "Seven Rules of Calligraphy": "Calligraphy is a noble art, starting from the seal, the li, and the letter, and then entering the line of grass pen, only then can it have charm." "Seal, Lishu and Kaishu are all canonical books, and the main book is the basis of the writing and cursive writing, and learning the xingshu and cursive without learning the main book is the wood without the book. If you want to become a well-rounded calligrapher, you should start with seal calligraphy, especially those who want to learn seal engraving.
Seal engraved Chinese seal
Those who favor Lishu can also learn from Lishu. Especially for those who want to learn Zhangcao, the step of learning the Book of Lishu cannot be omitted. Because the chapter grass is deduced by following the development of the Lishu, the chapter grass contains the meaning of the Lishu.
The Western Han Dynasty Chapter Grass Jian Mu
After learning the seal book, you can learn the lishu again, or you can directly learn the calligraphy. After learning the book, you need to learn the letter again. It is also possible to study the seal book without learning the seal book and the lishu directly. However, the link of learning to write or cursive, the script cannot be omitted. Both Imakusa and Xingshu were developed under the influence of the Script. Imakusa is a chapter grass to subordination, into the letter of the pen to become. It can also be said that the combination of chapter grass and calligraphy produces imakusa. The era is from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Western Jin Dynasty.
Three Kingdoms Chung Kai Shu "Declaration Table"
After learning calligraphy, you can directly learn to write, or you can directly learn cursive. What is a book? The characteristic of the line book is that there are many strokes between the strokes in the glyphs. This stroke usually refers to the stroke of a stroke in italics.
Wang Xi's travel book "Aunt Ti"
What about Imakusa? Imakusa is the cursive of the script, and many of the cursive books have mature writing methods in the capital, which is very different from the companion books.
Wang Xi's cursive book "Xing Yong Ti"
Modern calligrapher Pan Boying said in the "Miscellaneous Treatises on Calligraphy": "While writing calligraphy, you can also learn a kind of cursive or calligraphy." This adds some interest, so that it can be understood that the calligraphy is consistent with the brushwork of the cursive line. ”
From this point of view, to be a calligrapher, you must write well! Moreover, there are no calligraphers who can only write one kind of calligraphy.