Appreciation of Shang Bo's Post Calligraphy

Shang Bo Post (see photo), paper book, length 25.6, width 16.6 cm. There are two ancient seals on the post, and the content is illegible. Before the post, there was a thin gold book by Song Huizong, entitled The Book of Don Ou Yangxun. Shang Bo's post was once combined with Zhang Hansi's post, entered the palace in the Song Dynasty, and was owned by Feng Xuan in the early Qing Dynasty, and was carved into a fast snow hall post. After that, it was transferred to the Qing Dynasty, and it was engraved in the Sanxitang Fatie. This discount is kept in the Palace Museum in Beijing.

In the European calligraphy and ink, except for the "thousand-character text", the other three pieces of ink are suspected to be manuscripts. For example, Chen Jiru thought that the Book of Poets was copied by Du Mu. But it's all speculation, and there's no evidence. In fact, Shang Bo's post, Dream Classic post and Zhang Hansi's post all belong to Ou Yangxun's "Historical Post" (Ou Yangxun recorded several biographies of ancient people and merged them into one set, collectively referred to as "Historical Post"), which was later dismantled, leaving only three posts today. The characters in Zhang Hansi's Lu Tie are close to a thousand essays, while Meng Diantie is full of the charm of the right army, while Champottie is unique. The brushwork of "Shang Bo Post" has many folds, revealing one person's paper, picking up a powerful hook, writing with certainty, clear handwriting, and showing angular North Monument and strong traces. Some brushwork even folds like "Stone Statue". This reminds us of Wang Xianzhi's Twenty-nine Posts, in which the words "Japan" and "China" are also Jun Fang's strength. If Shang Bo Tie, which was carved 100 years later than the Northern Dynasties, was influenced by the calligraphy of the Northern Dynasties, what about Twenty-nine Tie, which was carved 100 years earlier than the Northern Dynasties? It can be seen that this kind of square and vigorous brushwork is not a patent of the Northern Dynasties. At the same time, does this also indicate that Fang Bi in the Northern Dynasties' inscriptions was not only carved by hand?

The word "Li" in the post, especially the second word "Li", is very similar to the word "Li" in Wang Xizhi's mourning post, and some words also have the meaning of "frequent mourning post", which shows that the calligraphy of the right army has been consciously studied at this time. This article is undated, but some researchers think it was written by Ou Yangxun in his later years. Judging from the brushwork of the Northern Dynasties and the imitation of the structure of the Right Army, this post is unlikely to be Ou Yangxun's work with personal style characteristics in his later years, but its slender structure is consistent with the thousand-character writing. However, there is no doubt that this post is wonderful. For example, there are no similarities in the thickness and strokes of several horizontal paintings of the fourth word "book" in the first line; The strokes and gestures of the fifth word "Ru" in the third row and the third word "Shen" in the fourth row are varied and clearly distinguishable. Yu and Fu are the characteristics of Ou Yangxun.

Generally speaking, the first three lines of this post, especially the first two lines, are more open-minded and firm in writing. After writing, it was a little easier, and the meaning of running script increased, and the gold man and his face began to flow out. If you look at this post carefully, you suspect that the brush used is short and hard, which is the so-called "jujube heart pen"

Ou Yangxun is a pivotal figure in the history of calligraphy in China, enjoying a high reputation. He has written many suicide notes and many apprentices. He is also a calligrapher who pays equal attention to practice and theory, including Fu Shannv's teaching tactics, using calligraphy and thirty-six methods and eight strategies.