Xingshu is the most common calligraphy in the art of calligraphy. Writing styles are diverse, in terms of structure, various styles of writing have their own personality, but also have commonalities, that is, their writing knots have basic rules to find. Among them, harmony and change are the most intrinsic rules that govern the law of knots in the book, and the following lists, such as "flat and straight side", "dense and even", etc. all stem from the need for harmony and change. Learning to master the basic rules of the book can guide our appreciation, copying, and creative activities. Let's take Mi Fu's writings as an example to illustrate.
First, the size of the length: First of all, we must grasp the size and length of the glyph as a whole. The ancients said that writing is the most afraid of "words like operators", in terms of knots is to avoid the size of words, if so, there is no artistry to speak of. Mastering this law well can enable us to have an overall grasp of the glyphs of a single word when copying and creating. This is the most error-prone beginner copying process.
Second, the flat side: for the needs of the chapter, the line can be flat, can also be the side,
But the center of gravity of the word still has to remain stable. Different styles of xingshu have different degrees of side, such as the degree of side of The Book of Mi Fu is larger than that of Zhao Ziang's Book.
Third, reduce the provincial connection: Another big difference between the line book and the letter is the continuous echo of the pen under the line book, so that the direction of the dot painting is strengthened, the performance of the qi is more intense, and the performance is expressed in the knot, that is, the provincial simple strokes, and these connected strokes form a different interesting combination and form a contrast.
Fourth, retract and retract: in order to contrast the needs of change, a certain stroke (part) of the word shrinks left and right, highlighting another stroke (part); in order to contrast the needs of change, a certain stroke (part) of the word stretches up and down, and another stroke (part) shrinks.
Fifth, dense and evenly open- and open-minded: The book is generally evenly proportioned cloth white, and the cloth white of the book is much richer than the white cloth of the book, and the white cloth of the book is even and open-minded, and there is sparse and dense. This is also easy for beginners to make mistakes, easy to write evenly distributed, no fun at all.
Sixth, open and close to the back: the so-called open, refers to the stroke of the word has a tendency to expand outward; the so-called combination, refers to the stroke of the word is inwardly converging. Opening and closing is also known as "back to the back", the back is open, and the head is closed. The palace in the rice line book is tightly closed, the knot word is mainly open (back), the yan xing book is tight on the outside and loose inside, and the knot word is mainly combined (toward). In fact, every bookmaker's knot has open and close, or open and close, close and open, so that the party is vivid.
Seventh, there is a let there is a way: there is a let between the words, the stroke can be interspersed with echoes, unity. It should be pointed out that the degree of the line of writing is greater than that of the letter. The letters in letters still keep the strokes in the words not overlapping, and the lines of the book will sometimes be connected with several strokes, and there are overlapping parts. Such as "crane", "Qu", "final", "autumn", "brigade" and other words.
Eighth, jagged and staggered: the law of knotted characters in similar letters, in order to avoid the flatness of the words, the various parts of the words are moderately staggered, but the center of gravity is stable, vivid and interesting, and the creative performance of the calligrapher is also experienced. For example, "report", "body", "rainbow", "hong" is dislocated up and down, and "half year old" is dislocated left and right.
Nine, where the same is changed: the same dot painting in a word should be handled differently, such as the word "shape"; the same part of the word must also be changed, such as the word "feather"; there are the same words with the same partial partial head together, and the partial partial head must also have a change, such as "Shi Tired"; in a work, the same word appears many times and also requires changes, such as the change of several "good" words in the "Poetry of The Amaranth"