The first time I met her was 15 years ago, when he and his father attended a pen meeting, and the author was just a calligraphy student, without direct communication, just quietly watching Shi Charter and her, as well as other teachers splashing ink creation.
The second time they met, it was this interview, the two sat facing each other, from the early years of study, to the father's teachings, to their own efforts to change, and a happy family, slowly come...
The first time we met, Qingxiu's face, in a bunch of elderly male calligraphers, was particularly eye-catching, as if it were amazing.
The second time they met, they still had a beautiful face, but the precipitation of the years made the book volume on her body more intense, and the intellectual beauty was like a flower fragrance, gradually coming to her face.
The first time we met, I knew that she was the daughter of Shi Charter's teacher, and she was also very famous.
The second time we met, she was already Teacher Shi, a famous calligrapher, the vice chairman of the Shaanxi Calligraphers Association, the vice chairman of the Xi'an Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature, and the chairman of the Xi'an Calligraphers Association...
15 years, a quarter of a nail, but enough to make a person, the transformation.
Persistence will bear fruit: thank you for those boring but solid foundations
Originally from Tianjin, she grew up in Zhenjiang, an ancient city in the northwest of Chang'an.
My father was a native of Tianjin, in order to support the construction of the western region, from the harbor Jinmen to Shanghai, from Shanghai to Chongqing, and then from Chongqing to the northwest of the yellow earth, starting from the age of 30, staying, is a lifetime. And because he didn't have time to take care of her, his father consulted with his mother and sent her to Zhenjiang.
Zhenjiang, known as Jingkou in ancient times, is famous for having the Golden Mountain Temple, Maoshan Taoist Temple, the Jiangnan city on the banks of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the land of beautiful mountains and clear waters, and the first major stele forest in Jiangnan - Jiaoshan Stone Carvings. Jiaoshan stone carvings are known as the ancestors of the big characters "Crane Ming", but also the Tang Dynasty's "Diamond Sutra Verses" and the Song Dynasty's "Mi Fu Mo Cliff Inscription" and other well-known calligraphy works... and Long Yusi, with adults traveling here, hearing and seeing, naturally is the best condiment for life. Writing large characters is the characteristic of Shi Charter's teacher, and Shi Ruifang, who grew up in Si, can be said that the large character environment seems to determine the large calligraphy pattern.
At the age of 8, he was already well managed, and the little Shi Ruifang returned to his parents again.
My father was very busy every day, and only came back very late, but when he came back, he still insisted on practicing calligraphy. Shi Ruifang will also practice her calligraphy on her dining table and desk, the paper is a waste newspaper, and the front is written on the reverse. There are also very few posts for practice, such as Yan Zhenqing's "Oriental Shuo Painting Praise Monument" and several other postes. Shi Ruifang, who is already 8 years old, not only has to practice writing, but also has a task every day, that is, to take care of his younger brothers and sisters, not only to write homework, but also to help adults cook. Therefore, classmates want to come to her to play, often without time.
Even at one time, she would be locked at home, just because there was no interference from her classmates and she could practice her words well, so soon, there were even no classmates looking for her to play.
In the 1960s and 1970s, for calligraphy, it seemed to be the most embarrassing era, the most popular calligraphy at that time, probably the big character newspaper, and the teacher of the Stone Charter was the shuxiang mendi of Tsumen. In an era when many people only knew about movement and did not know what calligraphy was, Teacher Shi Charter was still practicing calligraphy diligently in addition to his busy work, and the calligraphy at that time did not have the current statement that a word could be exchanged for tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands. Because it is more pure, it is more able to test a person's heart. Shi Charter takes one of the eight masters of Jinmen, Mr. Hua Shikui, who is famous for his list books, as a model, and works diligently, and Shi Ruifang takes his father as a model and never quits working...
Almost all the dreams of success come from the original gritted teeth persistence, so that the final water droplets wear stones. If there is no long but boring study of calligraphy, how can cultural activities shine after the reform and opening up?
What kind of calligraphy and character will be created by the immersion of water and soil in the three parties and the influence of family learning?
What kind of calligraphy and character will be created when the calligraphy lingxiu from Jinmen Xiangmendi and is immersed in Jiangnan will grow up in the northwest, a land that is deeply permeated with thousands of years of culture?
Many times, we always emphasize the origin of family learning. In the 1980s and 1990s, shi charter teacher's list works were almost all over the streets and alleys of Xi'an and surrounding cities. But what Shi Ruifang saw more was that although Shi Charter teacher served as the chairman of the trade union in the unit, he was still practicing writing.
Shi Ruifang, naturally, also needs to practice words, in the newspaper, first use light ink to write small characters, and then use thicker ink, attach a layer, still small characters, and finally, attach another layer, just practice large characters. Writing, very tired, very boring, for an active girl, naturally is also a kind of torment, so the words written every day, must be marked with a date next to the newspaper, very similar to today's many elderly people receive pensions, such as holding the day's "People's Daily", once, Shi Ruifang used the last newspaper to try to fool through, but happened to be found by the "fire-eyed golden-eyed" Teacher Shi, so criticism and punishment - punishment kneeling.
The pain of not seeing hope became less devastating after a "chance encounter": at the age of 11, Shi Ruifang participated in the Sino-Japanese children's friendly exchanges, when there were 4 people selected in Xi'an, Shi Ruifang was one of them, and this honor was like Ganlin since the long drought, nourishing Shi Ruifang's confidence and also nourishing her perseverance. A small honor, what is important is not the honor itself, but the affirmation behind the honor.
Shi Lao once said that the nine palace grids and rice character lines pay attention to the rules, and if you do not follow the rules, there will be no square circle. This is, in fact, the best way to teach by example. Elder Shi once said that people's fame and status are all things outside the body, and being a good person and having a good reputation is the most important.
Calligraphy nourishes people, because of self-cultivation, can make people nourish, let go, and gain in the three aspects of essence, qi, and spirit.
And calligraphy to raise people, but also reflected in the can be indifferent to fame and fortune, Shi Lao has countless times to the surrounding districts and counties to send calligraphy to the countryside and other activities, book clubs, always from the beginning to the end, do not consider how much money is worth, and this kind of deep into the people, to meet the people's desire for beauty, in fact, can also make the cultural communicators full of joy.
And calligraphy works, many times, are also reflected in the ability to carry forward righteousness and positive energy. When Shi Ruifang told shi lao, he once told such a passage, there was a rural township party, with a bag of millet to the door, and said how to come, Shi Lao finally accepted the apprentice. In a word, the people will be satisfied when they like it.
This reminds me of an allusion I know, my friend for many years, a member of the Chinese Writers Association, Yanliang District Writers Association Chairman Ran Xuedong, is a simple local writer, when I first met the famous writer Mr. Chen Zhongzhong, the gift was a big bag of cabbage. And Elder Chen and Elder Shi are friends for many years!
The inheritance of Shi Laojia's style is not only reflected in his own daughter, but also in the influence of his granddaughter, in 2000, the three generations of grandchildren cooperated in a work on the CCTV scene, three fonts, three styles but very harmoniously combined, which is also a beautiful thing in the book world, which can be called tea talk.
Breakthrough, how to get out of the path that my father has walked - my father writes big me and shows off
As mentioned above, Teacher Shi Ruifang carved in Jiaoshan Stone in Zhenjiang, and when he was very young, he had seen the famous "Crane Ming" that was called the "ancestor of the big characters", and Shi Lao was best at writing "big characters", and the list book, many times, paid attention to the original big, and this is quite a bit of strength. Shi Lao once wrote a painting of "Songtao", which is about a long time, and it is exhibited in many places, and if the height is not enough, it can only be dragged to the ground. Because of the large number of characters, it once caused a sensation in Beijing. Before Shi Lao wrote, he often had a plate of peanut rice and a pot of wine to help him. Large characters can often fill large rooms.
In 1993, the works of Shi Lao and his daughter were exhibited at the National Art Museum of China, and before the exhibition, Shi Ruifang spent 2 to 3 months writing various books, and finally, more than 100 works of Shi Lao and more than 50 works of Shi Ruifang were exhibited.
At events organized by the Provincial Book Association, the works of the father and daughter were exhibited together, and many calligraphy enthusiasts mistakenly regarded the two works as one – because there was a rule at that time, each person could only have one work on the exhibition.
This can not only see Shi Ruifang's entry in calligraphy, but it can also be said that he is confined to it. Qi Baishi Qi Lao once said: Those who learn from me are born, and those who are like me die." Therefore, Shi Ruifang, who is constantly moving forward on the road of calligraphy, seems to have encountered his own bottleneck - how to take his own road, must be improved in the exploration, so Shi Ruifang actually read a graduate student majoring in Chinese of Shaanxi Normal University, and the study of broad and profound Chinese is the greatest benefit to calligraphy, because it is separated from the pursuit of the realm of calligraphy, and finally it is nothing more than a "craftsmanship" writer.
Gender is different, birth background is different, cultivation is different, the road traveled is different, in the copy of the two kings of calligraphy inscriptions, in the process of repeatedly studying various types of books, finally have some understanding, in 2004, Shi Ruifang teacher will be his "on cursive twelve meanings" article to the old father to see, Shi Lao is very happy, because the calligraphy world, can write a lot of people, but can write and comment on the people, but there are very few. Later, Shi Ruifang wrote a large number of works, and when he looked at Shi Lao, he was even more affirmed by Shi Lao.
Seeing his daughter's entry in calligraphy, and in view of the fact that in the past he wrote more to his friends and enthusiasts, but only wrote less for his daughter, Shi Lao promised to write a large work for his daughter. But who knew that the creation of people, just for a month, Shi Lao had already gone.
But Shi Lao has no regrets, after all, After years of exploration, Shi Ruifang has embarked on a path of calligraphy of his own: his calligraphy, after drawing on the inscription and obtaining the strength of simplicity and vigor, is quite gentle and feminine in the characters, elegant and handsome. There are both Huang Zhong Da Lu and gentle elegance. The flow of time and the exploration of the road of calligraphy in the past 40 years have finally become a book of the family. Although there is no silver hook iron painting of Shi Lao, and the handsome teacher Shi Ruifang, it is natural to be different from other people in the past in his own grace and wind bone.
Becoming the Crane: On the Cultivation of a Female Calligrapher
When my father left, the writing still had to be written, so no matter the highs or the lows, the writing continued and the study continued. Especially at the trough, it is even more necessary, because its genetic "wealth" essence must be inherited through its own efforts, and there is no way to directly inherit it.
Therefore, read more books, aesthetics, philosophy, historiography, not only in improving personal cultivation, since ancient times, calligraphy everyone, none of them are simply "writing", often everyone in all aspects, there is no huge knowledge reserve, there is no perception of life, where are the many square inches of writing?
Therefore, a lot of practice, all kinds of temporary posts, although there is no ink pool, but the paper that scraps the knife is singing about the past practice. Practice martial arts without practicing, until the old one is empty. Calligraphers, pro-thesis, is a basic skill.
Therefore, at the grassroots level, the pen still uses the father's original pen, Yantai, or the father's original Yantai, to support the father's hopes, you have to use the father's words and deeds to demand yourself. Just a week before the author's interview, there was a Sino-French cultural forum exchange activity, which had traditional Chinese cultural elements, and Teacher Shi Ruifang wrote 8 words on the spot, one 8 feet (1.8 meters) and one 6 feet (1.5 meters), each word was 1 meter old, which made many people at the scene also appreciate it. Teacher Shi Ruifang, who has organized cultural volunteer activities for many times, also wrote and wrote again and again on the spot. At that moment, we saw a continuation of the spirit, a continuation of culture, a continuation of posture.
The more you write, the better, but the head seems to be a little dizzy, and the long-term writing process has led to a small problem in the cervical spine.
In the past, there was a father's encouragement, and now, it is more of an insistence on faith.
Therefore, in 2005, Teacher Shi Ruifang served as the vice chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Youth Federation.
In 2006, he was the secretary general of the Shaanxi Provincial Book Association.
In 2008, he was a member of the 10th CPPCC National Committee of Shaanxi Province and vice chairman of the Xi'an Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature.
In 2011, the chairman of xi'an Book Association...
In 2013, the vice chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Book Association...
In 2017, the Standing Committee of the 14th CPPCC xi'an...
Gaoling, Lantian, Zhouzhi, Baqiao, calligraphy into the countryside...
Many foreign exchange activities...
The rise of calligraphy activities, the responsibility and mission of the chairman of the book association, and the transformation of calligraphy art seem to be quietly completed in this activity, after all, calligraphy works also need to be born into the world. In one activity after another, Teacher Shi Ruifang's works have become more and more broad, majestic and magnificent.
In the process of learning, I am also learning to play the guqin, and I am also slowly tasting xian tea, and I also go around to travel, walk around Nanjing, look at the Confucius Temple, walk around Hangzhou, look at the Xiling Printing Society, walk around Tianjin, look at my father's homeland, look at Zhenjiang, the hometown in my dreams, and the full memories of my childhood...
When she was 5 years old, she dreamed that she had become a crane and that she was born as a fairy. And now, it seems that her dream is getting closer and closer to the crane!
Walking through Zhenjiang, as if back in the dream, the branches of the trees in the haze were swinging, and in the haze, the crane slowly danced,
Father is imposing, is big, is quaint; Shi Ruifang is beautiful, exquisite, subtle. Seeing the world in every inch, this woman who was born in Jinmen, grew up in Jiangnan, and grew up in Chang'an, finally stepped out of her own direction on the road of calligraphy.
Maybe in another 10 years, looking at Shi Ruifang's words, it will be more simple and more ancient. After all, returning to the truth, after all, the old monk's words are commonplace, which is the highest state of life, the choice of the wise, and the precipitation of the years.
The three people to be thankful for: a lifetime of love
In 1988, Shi Ruifang got married, and like the young people of that era, there was no dowry, and the two beds became one, which is a common portrayal of that era. Although initially poor, 30 years of marriage, raising eyebrows, is also happy. In the impression, the most romantic thing that the lover does is to buy a bird made of shells when he went to Tangshan and Qinhuangdao on a business trip, and also bought four treasures of the study room and several posters! And this actually threw her deeply impressed, an unromantic person, can remember these, is not a kind of meticulous care?
And the agreed marriage conditions at that time were even simpler, I regarded calligraphy as a lifelong hobby (in fact, I just started to have my own job), so I must support me, and there can be no domestic violence. Promised you, so, got married! We now pursue all kinds of romance, but the longest road we have traveled is a routine!
Although he shared housework with his husband at the beginning, but the husband cooked, it was a long time later, after all, in that era, many men, the oil bottle poured, it seems to be a kind of peace of mind and even a natural thing, so in fact, the husband in that era, is considered to be taking the pioneer route! The process of children from kindergarten, primary school to middle school, because Shi Ruifang is too far from home, lives in The Eight Immortals Temple, works at the current Jiaotong University Medical College, and comes back very late, so picking up and dropping off the children is basically completed by the husband.
When Teacher Shi Ruifang worked in the more remote Big Poplar, there were occasional evening shifts, which were initially picked up by Shi Lao, and later became picked up by her husband, which was also a fortunate thing in that era!
Calligraphy is a profession that needs to show its face, and in that era of uncivilized customs, it is a blessing that husbands can be willing to make green leaves! Her husband came from an intellectual family, went to college, and loved the art of calligraphy and painting from an early age, and under the influence of Shi Lao, he also began to practice calligraphy.
Valentine's Day in the first year after marriage, did not send flowers, that era did not like to send flowers, please eat a meal on it, very practical a person! But such people who do not seem to understand romance, in this year Shi Ruifang teacher fell ill, the doctor said that after increasing nutrition, every day to keep, nothing to give his wife boiled silver ear goji berry porridge to drink!
Isn't the most romantic thing in this world to grow old with you? In fact, many times, we crave too much, and we lose more! Have Shi Ruifang and his wife, who have been together for thirty years, given us many thoughts to today's young people?
Gratitude to the father is unforgettable for a lifetime, and it is impossible to say it in a lifetime!
The companionship of the husband is indispensable for a lifetime! Grateful for the husband's decades of companionship, decades, really healthy, happy, happy!
Be grateful to your daughter because of a harmonious family, you can make a person go down more calmly! Therefore, in addition to gratitude, there is also a sincere hope that the daughter's family and career can be harmonious, especially in terms of career, can inherit the calligraphy style of the Shi family, and do not waste the teachings of grandpa for many years!
May the calligrapher's wind continue to circulate!
Shi Ruifang Profile:
Shi Ruifang, a native of Wuqing, Tianjin, is a graduate student Chinese. He is a member of the China Democratic League, a member of the 8th, 9th and 10th CPPCC Committee of Shaanxi Province, a member of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, a vice chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Book Association, a researcher of the Shaanxi Provincial Museum of Literature and History, a vice chairman of the Xi'an Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature, the chairman of the Xi'an Book Association, a national first-class artist, and a professional calligrapher of the Shaanxi Provincial Art Museum.
Shi Ruifang studied calligraphy with his father, Mr. Shi Charter, at the age of eight, and was selected as one of the four people in Xi'an to communicate with Japanese children's calligraphy at the age of eleven. He has been invited to engrave plaques for the inscription stones of Zhuge Liang Temple in Qishan Wuzhangyuan, Xi'an Great South Gate and Great West Gate City Tower, Jiaxian Baiyun Mountain, Kaifeng Hanmo Garden, Zhou Zhilou Guantai, Miluojiang Quyuan Stele Forest and other places of interest. She can not only write, but also occasionally make orchids, write poems idly, and recite happily. His works have won more than 30 awards in international and domestic competitions. In 1993, he and his father Shi Charter successfully held the "Shi Charter Shi Ruifang Father and Daughter Large-scale Calligraphy Exhibition" at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing; in 1995, he won the "Top Ten Talented Women" Work Award in the "Daqing Cup" Calligraphy Competition; in 1996, he won the title of "Ten Outstanding Young Calligraphers of Shaanxi Province"; in 1999, he was selected as the "Top Ten Journalists" of Shaanxi Culture and Art Circle at the Turn of the Century; in 2002, he won the National Outstanding Talent Award, and his works were selected into the "Third National Women's Calligraphy seal engraving exhibition" In 2003, his works were selected for the Korea International Calligraphy Celebrity Exhibition; in 2006, his works were selected into the "Fourth National Women's Calligraphy and Seal Engraving Exhibition". In 2009 and 2012, he was invited by the provincial government to write "Ugly, The Year of the Qingming Dynasty" Xuanyuan Huangdiwen". In 2012, she was awarded the title of "Excellent Woman of Sanqin Culture". In 2013, he was awarded the honorary title of the fourth "Artist of Virtue and Art in the Chinese Era"; in the same year, he made outstanding contributions to the literary and art worker activities organized by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the Ministry of Culture, the China Federation of Literature and Art, and the China Writers Association, and won the honorary title of individual. He was selected as an advanced individual in the activity of "Chinese Calligraphy into Ten Thousand Homes" by the China Book Association. In 2018, he was awarded the honorary title of "Xi'an Star" by the XIC Xi'an Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government.
His works and artistic strategies have been included in dozens of large-scale calligraphy albums such as "Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy Art Masterpiece" and "Sino-Japanese Friendship Calligraphy Joint Exhibition", and have been collected by many international and domestic large museums and friends. He has participated in calligraphy exchange activities between China and Japan, China and South Korea, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan for many times. His papers, such as "Academic Trivia" and "On the Twelve Meanings of Cursive Writing", have been published in major professional newspapers and periodicals across the country. He is the author of "Shaanxi Provincial Calligraphy Examination Textbook", "Shi Charter Calligraphy Works Collection", "Stone Charter Plaque Calligraphy Integration", published "Selected Poems of Shi Ruifang", "Shi Ruifang Calligraphy Works Collection" and so on. He has been invited to CCTV four times for exclusive interviews and live calligraphy and painting performances, which have received widespread attention from people from all walks of life and the media.
Author: Chu Shuang
Illustration of this article: Courtesy of the interviewee