There was such a calligrapher in the Song Dynasty, we may not have heard of it, but at that time he was very famous, his small calligraphy has the name of "the first in the Song Dynasty", he created the original gossamer book, Qi Gong evaluated this kind of book style: through the bone to see the marrow.
Gossamer book is a unique book in the history of Chinese calligraphy, although this kind of book body is not introduced too much in the history of calligraphy, but there are many lovers of gossamer books in the folk, and the main reason why many people refine this kind of book style is that it is interesting.
The so-called gossamer book is actually not a kind of book, but a calligraphy style, because its strokes are very thin, thin as silk threads, and endless, so it is called "gossamer book". This style of calligraphy was originally created by the Song Dynasty calligrapher Wu Shu, who removed the "flesh" of the strokes on the basis of traditional Chinese calligraphy, leaving only the handwriting in the middle of the line, writing a thin and powerful and continuous calligraphy style.
This seemingly simple line, in fact, for the calligraphy skills of the writer is very demanding, without a good calligraphy foundation can not be written, gossamer book on Chinese calligraphy is not very influential, but for Japanese calligraphy has a certain impact.
Mr. Qi Gong once commented on the gossamer book: "When painting people, they see through their clothes and flesh, through their flesh to see their bones, and through their bones to see their marrow." Emperor Gaozong of Song's Zhao Zhi also praised: "Since Shaoxing, miscellaneous books have gone through the silk books, but Qiantang Wu said. ”
However, this style of calligraphy is not suitable for beginners, if you want to learn this kind of calligraphy, you must first contact the traditional classics, on the basis of which, frugal strokes and the thickness of the strokes, in order to write a good gossamer book work, Wu said that his calligraphy is not all gossamer books, there are also many classic calligraphy works.
However, this style of calligraphy can also be referred to in our current calligraphy creation, what do you think of gossamer books? Do you like this style of calligraphy? Welcome to leave a comment to like and follow.
About the author: Wu Shuzi Fu Peng, No. Liantang, Zixi of Juqiantang (present-day Hangzhou, Zhejiang), birth and death year unknown, Song Dynasty calligrapher, his calligraphy, line, grass and list of books are very good, his small calligraphy has "the first in the Song Dynasty".