Calligrapher Li Mengzhen recently took a photo
Pen walk dragon snake knife can dance
——Calligraphy seal engraver Li Mengzhen and his art
Gao Liangang
Qilu armed police, heroes. But to point out the calligraphy and painting celebrities, it is rare. Since the 1990s, those who have come out of this olive green team and can gain a firm foothold in the field of calligraphy and painting and have been active in the art circle, secretly believe that in addition to Zhao Xiaozhu, a master of flowers and birds, Tian Deshou, a famous poet and calligrapher, Zhao Changjie, a famous painter and sculptor, zhang Guangsheng, a celebratory calligrapher, and Guo Peiyu, who is engaged in calligraphy teaching, that is, Li Mengxiu, a calligraphy seal engraver.
Mengxiu's military age is more than half a year older than me, and according to the rules of the army, I should call him "squad leader.". The biggest feature of Captain Li is that he is humorous and funny, and his words are full of agility. More than twenty years ago, he wrote and Zhao Xiaozhu painted, and as a reporter of the People's Armed Forces Alarm Station in Shandong, because I liked the collection of calligraphy and paintings, I was also happy to "lift a palanquin" and "blow a trumpet" for them. Both of us served and served in the political department of the headquarters, not to mention living in the same family home, which can be said to be a pot and a spoon in the ground, so good as a person.
At that time, as long as there was a dream in the presence, everyone would often be ridiculed or told by him, and they would be amused to lean forward and backward, and they couldn't help but be funny. Even today, whenever there is a calligraphy and painting networking event, people in the circle like to call him. It is said that the dream is full of jokes, is a pistachio, plays with him, writes, draws and draws without tiredness, is lively, and is very happy. It is reasonable to say that people like him who are joking, informal, seem to have no right shape all day, and seem to be incompatible with the work of sitting in front of the organs, but at that time he was "thick waist". Everyone knows that it is precisely by virtue of his good calligraphy that he has made the chief who likes to practice calligraphy and cultivate his personality in his life, and he has a great love for him. The troops not only gave him a big grin, but also often sent out vehicles on holidays to send him to the "General Building" to exchange books with the chiefs. Of course, the specific work he was responsible for has never been left behind. In the face of some urgent, difficult, dangerous, and heavy tasks, sometimes cadres of individual organs are often in a hurry because they cannot find an entry point, but he is calm and idle, and often "governs a big country like cooking a small fresh", whether it is drafting documents and telegrams, or organizing and coordinating, but he has completed it quickly and well. This is the skill, do not accept it!
Meng ji is a Manchu, talented and intelligent, who has studied calligraphy and seal carving with Mr. Zhang Buzhou, a famous calligrapher in Hebei Since childhood. The starting point is high, the road is right, the toddler is fast, the entry is early, and at a very young age, he basically mastered the writing essentials of the five major calligraphy styles of Kai, Xing, Cao, Li and Seal, and the calf was not afraid of the tiger, dared to learn from the ancient and the new, and boldly broke through the predecessors. His books often won prizes in calligraphy competitions or exhibitions, and he became a local calligraphy celebrity at a young age. In the spring of 1989, with the dream of joining the army, he enlisted in the army with pen and ink paper, all the way from his hometown of Baoding City, Hebei Province, to the beautiful coastal city of Qingdao. In the Qingdao Detachment of the Armed Police, it was precisely by virtue of his good handwriting that his recruits attracted the attention of the leaders of the troops before they could get down, and they were regarded as a good piece of steel and used on the blade of the knife. The troops gave full play to their special strengths, and not only entrusted him with some tasks of writing monograms, running blackboard newspapers, and engaging in seal engraving, but also made him a small calligraphy instructor, and pushed him to the podium of the military-local dual-use talent school to teach the officers and men calligraphy skills before the week. In those days, he knew that "if you want to give others a bowl of water, you must first have a bucket of water", and he was very grateful for the importance that the troops attached to him, so he knew how to work hard. In addition to duty and training, the most important thing I did was to plunge headlong into the vast sea of ink, painstakingly approach the inscriptions of the past generations, and delve deeply into the theory of calligraphy. For his own hard work, he once wrote a poem, recorded as follows: people lying on the bed, leaning against the wall, immersed in Qin and Han drunken Jin Tang. Tired and tired, eyes and sleepy, don't be busy, don't be busy, don't be busy, don't give up Xi Xian, still owe Su Huang, there is no progress in calligraphy, how can you fall asleep? The heavens live up to their bitterness! In 1991, as a special talent, he has been specially trained and was admitted to the Armed Police Academy with excellent results. During the study period, he was still a special talent with special treatment, and in his spare time, he was often assigned by the organization to go to the joint construction unit of the Armed Police Jinan Command School, splash ink to write plaques for others, and dedicate ink treasures. To this day, some halls and halls in Jinan still hang plaques or book banners that he wrote in that year.
Talent, talent, of course, people see people love. Soon after graduating from the Police Academy, Li Mengzhen was selected from Qingdao to the provincial capital by the Political Department of the Shandong Armed Police Corps. Since then, he has also served as an instructor in the Shandong Provincial Government Guard Squadron and a teacher at the Jinan Command College of the Armed Police. However, no matter how the job changes and how the position is promoted, I think that excellent calligraphy skills are always his passport. Even now that he has bid farewell to the police camp and transferred to the Jinan Lixia District Education Bureau, he is also respected by teachers and students by virtue of his calligraphy and seal engraving skills. How good is Mengji's calligraphy? I don't dare to make a judgment in vain. It is only known that since the establishment of the Shandong Armed Police Corps, the Armed Police Force is the only one who has held a book fair at the Shandong Provincial Museum. It was 2002. I remember that during the "August 1st" period, the opening ceremony of Li Mengji's "Hundred Military Poetry calligraphy exhibition" can be described as unprecedented. The leaders of the troops, the leaders of the provinces and cities, as well as many contemporary calligraphy and painting celebrities, collectors, and the vast number of calligraphy and painting enthusiasts came to the scene. The crowd of visitors to the exhibition was endless, and the crowds were overwhelming. The calligraphy collection "Li Mengzhen's Book of 100 Poems of Military Service" published and distributed with the book fair was also sold out. At that time, he was only in his early thirties, and he actually made such a big movement, which could not but make people envious, admired, and impressed!
Some art critics have given high praise to Li Mengxiu's calligraphy, saying that he has learned from the past and the present, has an elegant style, has momentum, charm, open-mindedness, and has a degree of law; looking at his calligraphy, whether it is the rigidity of the Wei Monument, the thickness of han li, or the flow of calligraphy, the wildness of cursive writing, all of them are posted in the stele, the law is rigorous, the rhyme is vivid, the momentum is ups and downs, the penmanship is rich, and it combines the Confucian literary and polite, elegant and elegant "etiquette" and the Taoist simple and simple, ethereal "Yi", which not only shows the legacy of the ancients, but also has a personality. Indeed, some of his works are a little simple and scattered in Hun Mu, a little graceful in Jinjian, and a few super elegant in condensation and elegance. On the whole, the strong knots, tough lines, and simple and mao breath all show his profound calligraphy skills, and also project his loose and uninhibited character and noble humanistic spirit. Savor it, it is really "like a breeze out of the sleeves, the moon into the heart", "like for the sages of Coats, forget the impetuousness and noise", let people open-minded, refreshed.
Looking at some calligraphy masters, or known for their strength and strength, or known for their profound artistic conception, and Mengxiu's pen, I think that the pen is exquisite, strong and strong, stable and old, and the pen is in place. Its line writing is natural and smooth, and the layout of the chapters is smooth and orderly. Words and words seem to be independent, but each is connected, a single look has a separate beauty, the whole look has a whole of charm beauty, both academic height, but also elegant and popular appreciation. I have seen the creation of the Dream Pipe several times, and whenever he writes about pleasure, he is always like a fool, like a naughty child. The pen is like a cloud flowing water, the air is relaxed, and the spirit is free. The writer is addicted, and the viewer is even more addicted. The Yuan Dynasty scholar Du Ben said in the "Treatise": "There is no normality in the husband and soldier, and the word is impermanent: if sitting, if walking, if flying, if moving, if going, if coming, if lying down, if rising, if the sun and moon are hanging, if water and fire are formed." If you realize the opportunity, it will become an image. I think that this phrase may also explain the calligraphy charm of Mengji!
"The seal is big, and the spirit is seen in every inch." The seal carving of the dream pipe is also very exquisite. Over the years, he has used the sword as a pen, the stone as the paper, the ancient as the teacher, and the diligence as the aspiration, traveling between ancient and modern times, wandering in the rhyme of gold and stone, approaching the pond day and night, slashing and plowing, and curing a lot of seals. Whenever the seal is treated, it is always a single knife straight in, and the knife is like a pen, easy and free, and the hand is grabbed. There are many remarkable points in terms of seal law, chapter law, knife method and so on. In addition to paying attention to the basic principles of composition layout, line, knife and pen and text modeling, his seal engraving also melts calligraphy, painting and carving in one furnace, which has both the strength of lush vigor and the majestic and simple atmosphere; both the vitality of Xiujun and the vitality of beauty and beauty, and the charm of grace and ease; that is, there is a bold and vigorous, simple and majestic atmosphere, and it also has the style of natural and self-contained, which can be called a fine product.
Meng zhen is deeply educated and versatile, and usually likes to recite poems. Often witty words like pearls, Jialian Tiancheng. This temperament inadvertently falls into the pen, cultivates its elegance, removes its customs, and makes his books and prints more chewy and intriguing.
"Shiju Yan Zhao Baoding Mansion, with a pen from Rong to Qilu. Young learns to print books with the master, and the pen can dance with the dragon and snake knife. Qin Beijin Ti sought true interest and turned upside down drunken standard bones. The heavens do not die for 30,000 days, and the dream is not willing to be blind. This is Li Mengxiu, my good friend, a man of temperament who is loyal to the art of calligraphy and has lofty ambitions.
Calligrapher Li Mengzhen poses with the author