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Writing and calligraphy are very valuable.

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Writing and calligraphy are very valuable.

This paper demonstrates whether "writing" is "calligraphy" or whether "writing" is not equal to "calligraphy", which is a topic of long-term debate.

Note: This article has an epoch-making right to speak. After being selected, Hubei Calligraphy Newspaper can publish a small statement to the effect that "whether writing is calligraphy or writing is not equal to calligraphy debate", and no more arguments.

If you understand this paper, the creative pen is like putting wings on it.

Content summary:

* * The concept of calligraphy writing

* * The relationship between calligraphy and writing.

* * Calligraphy is regular, but there is no fixed rule. Calligraphy is a demonstration of the application ability and skills of "six methods in one" and "eight methods"

* */The connection between writing and calligraphy and dialogue, walking, singing and dancing.

* * The characteristics of calligraphy masterpieces and Lanting Preface are the models of "borrowing" and "living"

* * The integrity of calligraphy and Chinese characters is inseparable.

* * The characteristics of calligraphy

* * Calligraphy beauty standard:

* * Calligraphy, with one tablet and one post as the method, is difficult to learn.

* * Calligraphy is a heart dance, and writing is a model slave. A combination of the two is desirable.

* * The Inheritance and Development of Calligraphy

Text of "Writing and Calligraphy Together"

Whether "writing" is "calligraphy" or "writing" is not equal to "calligraphy" has been debated for a long time, and each has its own views. Is there really a difference? Is there a definition and basis? It should be said from the following aspects.

Let's take a look at what calligraphy is.

Literally, the word "calligraphy" means "writing" and "fa" means art, and the calligraphers association is also the art society. Modern Chinese Dictionary describes: "Calligraphy is the art of writing characters, especially the art of writing Chinese characters with a brush", which means:

First of all, the rules of the table. For example, the six-character method and social universality (Chinese characters are different from Chinese characters).

Second, the skills of table method. Such as calligraphy, brushwork, ink painting, composition, integration and reform. To show the organizational ability of "six laws in one".

Third, the particularity of calligraphy, first of all, is the responsibility, three-dimensional for the public, and then the interests. It should be carefully built with good intentions.

Fourth, calligraphy is a project, which needs extensive collection, sincere cultivation, quiet accumulation and thick accumulation.

See what writing is.

Modern Chinese Dictionary describes it like this:

"Books are writing". Obviously, "writing" only represents "book", not paying attention to "law", but drawing according to the model, because the lines drawn are also called writing, and the painter's sketch is to draw as it is, that is, to copy or sketch.

The Relationship between "Calligraphy" and "Writing"

We compare the usual dialogue to writing, so "poetry reading" and "singing" are calligraphy, and the basic requirement of "poetry reading" and "singing" is to be able to speak. This requires learning Mandarin first, otherwise the pronunciation will be inaccurate and the taste will change, and the formal books (official scripts and model books) are all in Mandarin. Another example is walking and dancing. Walking is writing, dancing is calligraphy. The basic requirement of dancing is to learn to walk first. Calligraphy is different from writing, but it comes from writing and cannot be separated from writing. One of the shortcuts to calligraphy is pasting. "Fa" in calligraphy includes "rules" and "methods". The key is to abide by the "rules" and use the art of "law" flexibly, that is, to make a breakthrough in following. Because the law is dead and cannot be crossed. This method is alive and flexible. Writing depends on "patterns" and "works", and the key is to make plagiarism by patterns in order to move on. It is an instinctive reaction to seek survival and fame and fortune in modern life, such as work demand and temperament cultivation. Of course, good handwriting is just like good handwriting and good road writing. What I want to say here is that calligraphy learns the ancients, reads the ancients, learns the ancients, and realizes the ancients. This is to integrate the ancient law into a new look, not to move in the past.

In short, calligraphy takes "Ze" as the rope, expresses the understanding of ancient posts and ancient methods with subjective consciousness, and combines the innovative ability of "six methods (word method, ink method, brushwork method, composition method, integration method and variation method)" with the skills of "eight methods", just like freehand brushwork in Chinese painting. Writing is the foundation of calligraphy, just like sketching and forging in Chinese painting. Then, calligraphy can be written first. Therefore, there is a continuous relationship between the two, and there are obvious differences. Writing for this is not equal to calligraphy.

What is art?

Since calligraphy is art, we should understand the concept and significance of art.

Art is a social ideology that reflects reality with images but is more typical than reality (Modern Chinese Dictionary); It is widely heard and witnessed deposition and fusion; It is the publicity and patent of personality; Generally speaking, art originates from reality and is higher than reality; It combines objectivity and emotion; It is the combination of life and real existence; It is a comprehensive carrier of truth, goodness and beauty. Once life and natural reality are integrated, any art will be integrated into its own works.

For example, a rotten root in everyone's eyes, but slightly carved in the hands of artists, feels lifelike and becomes a work of art, which is "from reality, higher than reality."

Artistic characteristics of calligraphy

Calligraphy has gone through a long evolution process from taking notes to humanities communication, and even rising to art. Calligraphy combines appreciation and practicality, dismembers seal script into official script, pulls official script into sentences, blends it into regular script and pulls it into running script. Incorporate your own line texture, movement rhythm, collection and distribution, turning and division; The shade of ink is dry and wet, the imagination is dry and full, and the calling power of the times. Then, the pen and ink flowing in his works has become the melting of natural and spiritual artistic conception, and what is sprayed out is: the carrier of the soul, the edification of responsibility, the accumulation of self-cultivation, the flash of spirituality and the elucidation of beauty. It is an explosion of emotion as well as skill and momentum. Pen words will rule everything, let it rise and fall, reverse turning, dry and wet, dry and smooth, let nature take its course. The process of the meeting is either easy, straight or round and heavy. In the aspect of bringing forth the old and bringing forth the new, Chinese character culture will be pleasantly surprised, and viewers will not feel tired. He will read between the lines and revel in his heart, while Zhang Chi will stay out and plan a bright future. Emperor Taizong's comment on Wang Xizhi's calligraphy has a wonderful saying: "Look at his dragging works, which are beautifully cut and yearn for hand pursuit."

This strong pursuit of formal beauty seems to be careless, but in fact it has the mentality of "peace of mind, no stimulation" (Emperor Taizong) and the rigorous principle of conception, which achieves a three-dimensional body for the public's thinking and becomes a combination of form, spirit and rhyme, so it can be' tired of playing'. This kind of integrated work has wonderful impact and the enjoyment of kissing beauty. This picturesque voiceless voice is more powerful and penetrating. It can enlighten the mind, delight the mind, cultivate the temperament and sublimate the yearning for tomorrow. It won't make people lose their minds.

It can be said that appreciating words is like appreciating paintings, and words are intoxicating, so why draw!

This integration not only respects the tradition, but also injects its own personality, so as to achieve * * * knowledge, * * voice, * * enjoyment, * * existence and * * * existence with society and the times. The official script "Zhang Qianbei" and the running script "Preface to Lanting" should be a model! Although their dynasties and calligraphy styles span a lot, their characteristics are the same: their advantages, feelings, harmony and changes cannot be surpassed.

Zhang Qianbei, the official script, was regarded as the top grade of official script in all previous dynasties. Its structure is changeable, with flat length, high side, tight bottom and loose top, and occasionally dotted with lines, such as the word' Lu'. His brushwork: square, neat, straight and flat, sometimes with clear waves and sometimes with a slight seal meaning, it seems that there is no brushwork or source at all. However, the square characters are blunt, angular, rigorous and concise. At first glance, it seems naive, but only by careful taste can we see its exquisiteness and antiquity. Composition and brushwork are also smart, calm and powerful, and quaint. It reveals a leader's spirit of forging ahead and connecting the past with the future. The seventh page of The Course of Official History (edited by Ouyang Xiu and Buxizuo, written by Liu Puxuan) describes it as follows: "The founder, with his own mistakes, has a strong intention, and his words are as powerful as those of a virtuous fool."

From the official script form to the Qing Dynasty, Cao Quanbei, a beginner in Aauto Quicker, became a fixed and flat state and became an official and universal style. Jin Nong (Qing) created his own lacquer book, which made the book world lively. This is by no means that Jin Nong can't write with a pen!

The preface to Lanting, a running script, has been praised as a "masterpiece of calligraphy" in past dynasties, and it is a masterpiece of Wang Xizhi, a book sage. Its characteristics are: "change"! With the rapid development of the world, changes are everywhere, not just the word "ambition". Among them, more than 40 paintings, with different pens, are smart and natural. It shows profound calligraphy skills and profound calligraphy culture, as well as agile control ability, excellent blending and flexible skills and super memory, which is unprecedented and unprecedented.

In the Southern Dynasties, Liang Geng shouldered my book: "Wang' s collection of laws, preparing a family'".

Tang: "Look at the dragging point, the cutting is wonderful, the smoke drops, even if the shape is broken;" Phoenix, like a dragon, is inclined and straight. If you don't feel tired while playing, you won't know the ending when you watch it, but you are eager to pursue it. This man is just ... "... from The Sage Wang Xizhi, page 82.

For another example, willows will make Yan's vertical strokes thinner and become Liu Ti.

In On Books, Emperor Taizong said: "When I come to ancient books, I will never learn their feelings, but seek their strength, and my feelings will be born." Therefore, adhering to the integration and change of calligraphy standards is inheritance and development, and it is the main way and characteristic to form calligraphy art.

Calligraphy and the wholeness of Chinese characters

Without Chinese characters, there would be no calligraphy. The carrier of calligraphy art is the Chinese character culture, which is unique and contains a wide range of connotations and philosophies. It is the mother culture of China culture, not a simple communication symbol. Other symbols representing Chinese characters cannot express the physical connotation of Chinese characters. For example, the word "person" is just a support, consisting of a man and a woman, one is a woman and the other is a man. The custom in China is "people get married", which means harmony and friendship, helping each other, and no one can be left behind. Except for people,' people' have no dots, which means they are headless and walking dead, and the word' household' has been added. China developed from primitive, slave to feudal society, and characters evolved from images and meanings. Man is the tail of a corpse, with small feet representing women, big feet representing men and horizontal feet representing ropes. Its meaning:' man' is led by hand and can only follow his feelings, which is in line with the background of slave society. Another example is the word "fate". It means that people can't live without land and water, and people live in groups. To face a thousand mouths, they must adapt to nature and make appropriate adjustments at any time in order to survive.

There are poems as evidence:

Chinese characters are round, flat and long. The mystery is profound and the feelings are logical.

One of the ways of enlightenment is to bow your head with the wind, and the ancestors are kind and not crazy.

Therefore, the blind pursuit of "grass" is divorced from Chinese characters, deviates from the original artistic significance and charm of calligraphy, and destroys the integrity and recognition of Chinese characters. Books should be loyal to Chinese characters.

Guidelines are the only correct way.

Everyone should act according to the code, and don't compete with the code, otherwise the "calligraphers" association will be renamed as the "writers" association; "Master of Calligraphy" is not famous; More can't blindly lure everyone into a dead end that only talks about writing and doesn't talk about charm. People in China don't know and can't just draw a few strokes and call it "the art of calligraphy". The name "calligraphy art" itself is not exact.

The viewpoints of "writing well is the art of calligraphy" and "writing is the right way of calligraphy" are not clear about the standard of "good" at all, which has certain blindness and preference. Taking preference as the standard will inhibit the creative spirituality of excellent calligraphers and hinder the healthy development of calligraphy. It has no idea what "calligraphy", "art" and "the standard of good calligraphy works" are.

Of course, the definition of good calligraphy is also very complicated, but there must be standards.

Calligraphy should have standards:

Any mature art has its own standards and direction. But in the world of books, there seems to be no standard, only "image and non-image" and "existence and non-existence" as "standards". This "standard" is only the standard of moving belt, that is, the "writing standard". This proliferation of "standards" has largely stifled real artistic innovation and talent, led calligraphy to the ghost road, led to "politicization" and instrumentalization, and led to lewdness and evil deeds.

Of course, any innovation will have sacrifices and setbacks, and calligraphy is no exception.

I summarize the following six points. What is the standard?

First, the standard: the origin of tradition; Exquisite pen and ink skills; Melt into harmony; * * * creation appreciation; Cultural interest; The originality of "seeing talents by form", such as Preface to Lanting.

Second, the process is divided into two stages: one is the sketch stage, which has two aspects. First, the combination of inscriptions and copybooks, hand in hand, heart in heart, has improved the skill of controlling pen and driving ink. The second is reading, observing the society and improving the aesthetic vision. The second is integration and innovation, which is divided into three levels. First, there is a post. Second, there are several posts, third, there seem to be posts, fourth, there are no posts, and a brand-new face depends on his theory of talent.

The Inheritance and Development of Calligraphy

The development of calligraphy art today is a plastic art that originated from and surpassed practical Chinese characters. It is the fusion of hand and emotion, and there are obvious individual differences in artistic skills; It is the calligrapher's intention to walk on rice paper with pen and ink.

Therefore, inheritance is law, tradition is a teacher, law is the foundation, development is the last word, and the responsibility of inheritance is like heaven. Change is an objective law and an eternal theme; Learn from others' strengths, draw inferences from others and expand new ideas; Fusion is the essence of calligraphy art; Emotion is the yeast of calligraphy art; Individuality is the necessity of calligraphy art.

Development is the best inheritance and innovation is the best inheritance. Without inheritance, there is no innovation. Just like system innovation and reform, there would be no prosperity today without yesterday's reform. Therefore, there is no "chapter" to learn according to law and act according to me. Only in this way can a hundred flowers blossom. How can a flower be spring? However, we must never replace the principle of calligraphy with emotion, and we must "create" at will. Writing should be like being pregnant in October. China has an impression of1300 million people and1300 million people. It's different, but it can't be a person. Otherwise, it is ugly and disabled. Who can like it? Just like a signature,1300 million people and1300 million bodies all have their own styles. However, it must be admitted. Pure text may be very similar, and some people may like it, but it is technical plagiarism, such as counterfeiting and processing, which is clear at a glance and has low collection value. You copied a dream of red mansions and published a book by Cao Xueqin. What about art?

When reading and writing, I like to "understand one post thoroughly and achieve mastery through a comprehensive study". Only when I have accumulated a lot can I make my hair thin.

"In short, it is difficult to learn official script by one tablet and one post, but to truly master the artistic characteristics of official script and make achievements in official script, we must study it systematically ... If we can learn more about the history and culture of Qin and Han Dynasties ... it will be of great benefit." Official script course (edited by Ouyang and Buxizuo, written by Liu Puxuan).

"In short, for the study of calligraphy art, if we want to deepen our pursuit and gradually improve our level, we must conduct a comprehensive, objective and historical investigation." Official script course (edited by Ouyang and Buxizuo, written by Liu Puxuan). "Copying is limited to one school, and the road to art is getting narrower and narrower." Qi Baishi.

Since art comes from feeling, truth, goodness and beauty are the soul of a real artist. Truth, goodness and beauty are the ideal of human beings, the harmonious body of knowledge and behavior, and the highest realm of China traditional culture. "Reality": that is, existence and truth, as opposed to the phenomenon of fooling and making up for rest. "goodness": kindness; Understand; In other words, cubism is for the society, not only for itself, but also for the behavior that harms others and society. "At the beginning of life, human nature is good"; Beauty is the integration and promotion of truth, goodness and beauty. "The purpose of the desire for knowledge is to seek truth; The purpose of moral desire is to seek goodness; The purpose of desire for beauty is to seek beauty.

Truth, goodness and beauty play a role in calligraphy, that is, calligraphers present high-grade and easily recognizable Chinese characters to the society with their true skills, true knowledge and a highly responsible attitude towards society.

The views of "image is calligraphy" and "writing is calligraphy" are obviously misunderstandings about calligraphy, ignoring the true meaning of "law" and the hard truth that only innovation can develop and "development is the best inheritance".

Calligraphy, without the foundation of writing, can not realize the application of pen and ink skills, but writing can not have the comprehensive skills of calligraphy; Calligraphy should not only learn the works of "everyone", but also learn the works of "everyone" and everyone themselves. This is not necessarily to surpass "everyone" and be "everyone", but "everyone" is a model of inheriting the ancients, and only by setting high standards can we have high taste; Calligraphy is a breakthrough in the future, just like writing an article, it should be beautiful, vivid, unexpected and interesting; Calligraphy is also a creative art, an exploration that strictly follows the law and breaks the routine; It is the research crystallization of culture and history in the process of rubbing, writing, melting and creation; It is the spiritual shadow of emotional sublimation, civilized accomplishment and beauty projection in the box; It is an admirable painting, a unique harmony, and makes people feel happy. Therefore, it has become a valuable work of art, and calligraphers are also highly respected.

To this end, calligraphers should combine the four flavors, be upright, calm, literary and kind.

Calligraphy is a heart dance, and it is the introversion and outreach of essence, qi and spirit; Writing is a written language that delights in modeling, and it is also based on speaking well. Calligraphers should have this spirit. Second, the main body of writing and calligraphy is Chinese characters, and it is more appropriate to combine them.