We have published the 177 words that have laid the foundation for the study of seal books, and this article continues to say that the copying courses at all stages of seal book learning are in accordance with the order of Mr. Deng Sanmu's "Seal Engraving":
The scholar will first raise one hundred and seventy-seven words to the right, write one pass a day, and then familiarize himself with the first five hundred and seventy crosses of the text and write one by one in the first five hundred and seventy crosses of the interpretation of the text, and write one pass in two days—if time is limited, write one pass in four days—about fifty passes.
(177 words of the 20 words of the introductory basics of a stroke book)
The most basic exercise is to write the 177-character homework published in the previous article (see the previous one for details), and then go further after writing it, which is to write the 540 Chinese characters of the "Explanation of Words". At this stage, it is to master the writing of the basic compositional components of the seal book.
(Part of Wang Fu'an's "Speaking of the Head of the Literature Department")
After finishing, and then write the full text of the essay 9,353 words, in terms of more than 300 words written in a day, then in January, with a period of half a year, the pen will gradually stabilize, and then copy other seal inscriptions, in order to correct its posture, the stage of learning the seal and the application of the bibliography are listed below:
A. The first five hundred and four crosses of the Shuowen Jiezi
It is better to write by Wu Dayi and Yang Yisun, and the head of the book department of Wang Fuchang, who is close to him, has a golden stone atmosphere and can also be used.
(Part of Wu Dayi's "Speaking of the Head of the Literature Department")
Wu Dayi, Yang Yisun, Wang Fu'an three families have the "Shuowen Bushou" printed, for the seal book can be introduced, as for how to choose, all depends on the learner's own aesthetics, that is, when choosing posts, they see which one of the words is more "pleasing to the eye".
(Part of Yang Yisun's "Speaking of the Head of the Ministry of Literature")
Because the three of you have fans of the "Speaking of Literature", there are more prints and distributions, and these three versions are extremely easy to buy.
B. Xu Shi said that the text was deciphered
Xu Shen's "Shuowen Jiezi" has a total of 9353 words, all of which are headed by small seals, and finally seal the Yuan Zhu Wen, all of which are based on this book, so it is very important for the study of seal books and seal carvings. However, because "Shuowen Jiezi" is basically a dictionary, the amount of copying is large. But this is a seal literacy practice, and most famous seal engravers can skillfully write any seal character in the "Explanation of Words", which is hard kung fu.
(Part of "Explanation of Words")
A. Li Yang Bing's seal book "Thousand Character Text", "Three Graves", "Jinyun City God Temple Record", "Qian Gua"; Yuan Zi Seal Book "(Guangxia Wu) 庼明"; Ji Kang's seal book "(Guangxia Wu) Xi Ming"; Han "Yuan An Stele" and "Yuan Chang Stele"; "DreamIng Zen Master Seal Book Thousand Character Text"; "Xuanshan Stele".
In addition to the Han "Yuan An Stele" and "Yuan Chang Stele" (because it is closer to the Miao Seal character on the Han Seal), which must be used for seal engraving, the "Yishan Stele" is conducive to mastering the uniform and symmetrical characteristics of the small seal, other Linben are not good Linben, and the seal books after the Han Dynasty are not good Linben.
(Li Yang Bing Seal Book Thousand Words Text)
Why not good Linben, because these Linben have more or less had a tendency to extreme craftsmanship, or rather, the ancient meaning gradually disappeared.
B. Fifteen kinds of Deng Shiru seal books
There are six volumes of this book, the fifth volume of the Yin Rune Sutra, the seal method is more imaginary, and the sixth book "Zhang Zi Ximing" hook imitation is distorted, all of which are not available.
Deng Shiru's seal book is the most famous seal book in the Qing Dynasty, and it is an option to learn a seal book with a strong personal style. However, we recommend going back, because Deng Shiru's calligraphy is also derived from the "Stone Drum Text", "Taishan Carved Stone", "Yishan Stele", "Kaimu Stone Que" and so on. You don't have to separate this layer. What's more, this set of books can't be bought at all now.
("Deng Shiru Seal Book Fifteen Kinds" book shadow)
C. Siguzhai double hook Han stele seal forehead
The seal of the Han monument is varied, and it is most suitable for it to enter the Indian seal.
You can use the Han stele to open your eyes and learn the posture of the seal book, and it is not necessary to study it.
A, Stone Drum Text
It is necessary to seek good tuo, such as the Ten Drums of the Xishan An Clan, the Nguyen Clan Imitation Fan's Tianyi Pavilion Northern Song Ben, the Liu Clan Holding the Broken Zhai Collection, etc., and other engravings and facsimiles are not available.
(Stone Drum)
Shigu wen is a compulsory subject for learning seal books, but learning it cannot be done with the Linben that has been digested by famous scholars, and it is necessary to come to the original post.
B. Wu Da's "Filial Piety Sutra" and "Analects"; Tian Fuhou's "Diamond Sutra" and "Filial Piety Classic". The four on the right are all collections of Ding Yi characters, with a spelling out of the false borrowing place, which can be used as a ladder for the study of ancient songs.
These two types of seal calligraphy are not recommended to copy and study unless you like it, and like Deng Shiru seal book, it has a strong personal style.
To sum up, the books listed in the second stage should be copied in order for two years, and then the books listed in the third stage should be copied for a wide range of uses. However, the books listed on the right, many of which have been out of print for a long time, must always visit the cold stalls or old books to buy them.
In the following large paragraph, Mr. Deng also cited a number of xuehuan bibliographies, which are no longer listed, just look at the original book.
According to the process of learning seal books and the rationality of the course (laying the foundation stage, it is not appropriate to study the seal books below Han), we have also compiled a seal book study curriculum, as follows:
Basics:
1. "Speaking of the Beginning of the Literary Department" (Yang, Wu, Wang three editions choose one), 540 words of the beginning, written once in four days, written 50 times; the focus of this part is to master the basic stroke writing method and the method of using the pen, and understand the common writing method of all the seal books, write well, familiar enough to be able to group words; one year limit, must be completed;
2, "Shuowen Jiezi" 9353 words, write 300 words a day, once a month, write 6 times; mainly to recognize words, proficiency to any seal word, as long as you can think, you can write it at will, the time limit is half a year;
Small seal part:
1. "Taishan" nine characters written 20 times a day, master its symmetrical, uniform, fluent and elegant characteristics, and learn to accurately control the thickness of the lines for three months;
(Photo of the original stone of the Chenzi in "Taishan Nine Characters")
2, "Langya" thirteen lines, 86 words, written 3 times a day, if you can't find a good copy, you can replace it with "Yishan Stele" (only training symmetry, line, etc.), write for three months;
(Part of "Yishan Stele")
The Great Seal Part: 1, "Stone Drum Text" to write once in three days, find the original version to write, limited to half a year;
2. "Mao Gongding", "Sanshi Pan", "Lu Ding", "Song Ding" according to their own preferences, write it once a day, and it is limited to half a year.
Regarding the practice method of seal writing, Mr. Deng said:
1. When making a seal book, there must be no real calligraphy, and scholars only regard it as a pattern painting, and use a brush instead of a brush compass. In short, writing a seal book can be like painting.
2. The book of seals must start from the big characters, expand from a few inches to a foot, then the gesture can be stretched by hand, and the practice is familiar, although it is not limited to the rules and laws, and its rules and laws are naturally from the bottom of the wrist and reach the end of the pen. If you first engage in small characters, the situation is tight and there is no reason to expand. In short, write a seal book, starting with big characters.
3, Linchi to the early morning for the best, early in the morning, then get the breath clear, refreshed, do not fall into the wrong lazy, under the lamp to learn words, greatly hurt the eyesight, the most inappropriate. In short, to write a seal book, it is best to get up in the morning to write, in full light conditions.
(Deng Shiru statue)
Finally, he told a story of Deng Shiru's Xizi: After eight years of the Baishan people's KeMei clan, he was up, studied ink and panned, and went to bed at night, cold and hot, so for a generation of sect craftsmen, perseverance, is there him? Deng Shiru is a master of seal books, and this is how the master was refined!
([Perusing "Seal Engraving"] No. 38, some of the pictures come from the Internet, and the copyright belongs to the original author)