Zhong You, who is quite accomplished in calligraphy, is the founder of regular script art (lower case) and is honored as the "originator of regular script" by later generations. Zhong You had a far-reaching influence on the calligraphy of later generations, and Wang Xizhi and other later calligraphers had devoted themselves to studying Zhong You's calligraphy. Zhong You's calligraphy books, such as flying in the sea, dancing cranes and roaming the sky. Later generations commented that he was fascinated by his official career, which was very exciting. He and the great calligrapher Zhao Hu called him "Hu Fei Zhongshou". Also known as "Zhong Wang" with the King of Jinxi. On my deathbed, the teacher will say, "I think hard and learn to use a pen." Every time I see 10 thousand kinds, I paint, and I paint so intently. "
Zhong You had a great influence on the history of calligraphy in China, and has always been regarded as the originator of the history of calligraphy in China. He was the first person to write regular script in the history of calligraphy and made important contributions to the development of Chinese characters. Tao's Book History Society says: "The change of Wang Zhong can be divided into ancient and modern times, and the husband takes the ancient law as an official, but the present law can be used as a model." After Zhong You, many calligraphers competed to learn the clock body. For example, Wang Xizhi and his son have various clock styles. Later Zhang Chang, Huai Su, Yan Zhenqing, Huang Tingjian, etc. They all absorbed the length of the clock body and the essence of the clock theory from all aspects in calligraphy creation. Zhong You occupies an extremely important position in the history of China's calligraphy and plays an important role in the emergence, development and evolution of China's calligraphy. Zhong You represents the cultural changes of an era.
Zhongyou is in politics.
Legend has it that Zhong You was extraordinary in appearance and brilliant when he was a child. Later, he served as assistant minister of Tingweizheng and Huangmen in the palace and became the attendants around the emperor. When Dong Zhuo rebelled, Zhong You and Cao Cao made suggestions together and gained the reuse of Cao Cao. When Dong Zhuo holds Liu Xie hostage, Zhong You negotiates with Shang Hanbin to rescue Chang 'an. Because of Zhong You's outstanding achievements, he was worshipped as an imperial envoy, moved to China and served as a servant of Shangshu, and was named Hou Ting of Soochow. Therefore, Zhong You is closely related to the royal family of Cao Wei because of his high respect and outstanding achievements. Cao Wen Pi also gave Zhong You a "five-boiled kettle" and wrote an inscription: "Yu He has Wei, a vassal of the Han Dynasty. Jue Xiang is just a clock, but it is really a heart. Gong Jing night rewelding, bandits don't want more. Every teacher is a teacher, and everything is right. "
Zhong You's position in calligraphy
Zhong You has not only made important achievements in politics and military affairs, but more importantly, his calligraphy achievements are often praised by people and occupy a very important position in the history of China's calligraphy. As a famous calligrapher in the history of calligraphy in China, he and Zhang Zhi in the Eastern Han Dynasty were called "Zhong Zhang", and he and Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, were called "Zhong Wang".
Zhong You's seal script, official script, original script, running script and cursive script all work at the same time, and the best is regular script. Xuanhe Pu Shu commented: "Prepare your statutes and be the father of official books." Zhong You lived in a period when Chinese characters evolved from official script to regular script and were nearing completion. In the process of the completion of this important evolution of Chinese characters, Zhong You played a powerful role in promoting. On the one hand, he can conform to the trend of the times and be good at learning new books that appear among the people; On the other hand, he studies hard and is good at thinking and learning.
His regular script is at its peak, simple and simple, round and vigorous, ancient and mellow, with concise and natural brushwork, which is a rare calligraphy post for us to learn ancient calligraphy. Zhong You's calligraphy theory, scattered in the relevant book theory. The most important thing is his discussion on the use of pens. According to Zhang Yanyuan's "The Book of Dharma should be recorded, and the names should be taught by brushwork" in the Tang Dynasty, Cai Yong was influenced by the man of God, and passed on Cui Yuan, Moon Hee, Moon Hee, Zhong You, Zhong You, Mrs. Wei, Wang Xizhi and Wang Xizhi.
As a calligrapher, Zhong You's view of calligraphy has a great influence on later generations, and his calligraphy theory is fragmentary and scattered in later collections. Liu Xizai's "A Brief Introduction to Art and Literature" says: "Zhong You's calligraphy says:' The word is also a world, and beauty is also a person. "The Calligraphy of Jinghua, Qin, Han and Wei in the Bookstore also recorded Zhong You's similar words:" It is unusual to use the author's heaven and beautiful land. "The theory of calligraphy art based on heaven and earth and heaven and man refers to the natural spirit existing in calligraphy art. Applying the understanding of natural mysteries to calligraphy creation can achieve a superb realm and endow the natural spirit with a pen. It is precisely because this creation is associated with the natural Zhong Ling and Yu Xiu that it is called "extraordinary and unknown". In fact, this view mainly refers to the natural flow of books, plain and pure, and there are many people in the sky. Pursuing natural beauty in calligraphy art is an important aesthetic category in the history of calligraphy in China.
Create regular script calligraphy
In view of the establishment of regular script, history agrees with Wang Cizhong. "Biography of Wei Heng in Jin Shu" records: "The ancient Wang Ci initiated the law." There is also "Shui Jing Zhu Shui Qing Yi Shui", which says: "There are few different ambitions among the county officials and Wang Ci, and they are getting old, so they changed Cang Xie's old prose into today's official script. Qin Shihuang changed the word from Zhong Zhong, which is simple and amazing, instead of taking three signs ... "Song Xuanhe": "The word method has changed extremely, but it is still ancient, and the law is not ancient. In Zhang Chu of the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 76-83), Wang Ci-zhong began to use official script as the law. The so-called law is today's official book. " Although the three books cited above are all Qin people and Eastern Han people, they all think that Wang Cizhong is the founder of regular script.
However, the concept of regular script calligraphy was carried forward, and history awarded this reputation to Zhong You. In other words, the earliest calligrapher who founded regular script calligraphy was Zhong You. Li Xueqin's Outline of Philology: "The earliest regular script writer we know is Zhong You, and the oldest regular script we can see is the transcript of the declaration form and other posts written by Zhong You." Fu edited "Appreciation of Calligraphy and Painting": "The formation of regular script from Qin and Han Dynasties to Three Kingdoms, represented by Zhongyou regular script, is the regular script period." It is Zhong You's extremely high standard of regular script that established his position as the founder of regular script.
Chen Shou: "Zhong You was open-minded, reasonable, honest and handsome for a while. At the beginning of Wei Ming's life, he was promoted to the third division and became a husband! " Cao Zhi: "Listen carefully and analyze the nobleness. The rules can be followed, but Paul won't lean. Tie the words to your mouth and study right and wrong; Canon always relies on the heart, and the only one is Dr. Zhong Taifu. " Cao Huan: "I, a generation of three ancestors, am a great desk secretary, assisting in life and making contributions to the temple." Lu Bi: "Li Tonghuai, Ru, Qing, Xu, Zhong You, Guan Zhong, etc. all take the overall situation into consideration, not just the gains and losses in a corner."