A few suggestions for practicing hard-tipped calligraphy are for reference only:
1. Don’t join in the fun. A layman will only watch the fun, while an expert will know the rules. Be cautious about the works of popular calligraphers. Beginners lack discernment (including former popular calligraphers, although they may be popular for a while, such as Pang Zhonghua, Sima Yan, etc., it is enough to read the works of these people, but they are not worth learning) Yes, just like when you learn guzheng, don’t follow the Twelve Girls Band or street performers or just follow any video online. If you want to learn, you have to follow everyone. Of course, the real everyone is not necessarily known to the world.
2. It is best to learn from the masters in the history of calligraphy, such as Wang Xizhi, Mi Fu, Zhao Mengfu, etc. The works of these masters have been tested by thousands of years of history and the majority of calligraphers. Of course, what they handed down from generation to generation are all calligraphy inscriptions written in calligraphy.
3. If you feel inconvenienced by the second point, the next best thing is to learn from modern and contemporary hard-pen calligraphers who have inherited the essence of the masters and have a little history and connotation. Hard-pen regular scripts such as Tian Yingzhang and Lu Zhongnan, etc., hard-pen calligraphy such as Xie Feimo, Luo Hengguang, Wu Yusheng, etc. Tian Yingzhang, Lu Zhongnan, Luo Hengguang, and Ren Ping all have copybooks in the world.
4. There are many contemporary calligraphers who are good at hard-pen regular script, but there are too few famous calligraphers who are good at hard-pen regular script, and the good ones are not famous. This is the so-called master among the people, such as Luo Yinong, Zeng Weizi, Li Jiongfeng, etc.
5. A brief review of modern and contemporary hard-ink calligraphers.
Pang Zhonghua: I am a student of Wei Bei. I am too accustomed to writing with hard pen. It is very rigid and slow, so it is not suitable for learning. Rating 70
Xi Shu: I learned the hard-pen cursive calligraphy from Mi Fu, but I don’t have enough kung fu. Rating 75
Sima Yan: The regular script is printed, and the running script is wild. It is unbearably salty and vulgar, and it is unbearable to look at. It made me sick to watch it for three days. If the grade is failing, give it 30 points.
Tian Yingzhang: Ouyang Xun, a calligrapher in calligraphy and regular script, has profound skills and formed Tian's Ou style, but his writing is too rigid. His hard-pen regular script is also Tian Ou, which is not bad, and his running script is acceptable. The score of brush regular script is 90, hard-pen regular script is 85, and hard-pen running script is 78-80.
Wu Yusheng: Hard-pen running script has more connotation, but it feels a little plain, so beginners can learn it without any problem. Hard-pen running script score 85
Xie Feimo: a famous calligrapher with a mature calligraphy style, hard-pen running script 90-95
Luo Hengguang: hard-pen running script originated from Wang Mi (Wang Xizhi, Mi Fu) ), it is impressive and can be learned, hard-pen cursive writing score: 90
Ren Ping: Hard-pen cursive writing is smart and elegant, but the disadvantage is that it is sometimes frivolous and weak. The hard-pen running script score is 85
Wang Zhengliang: He belongs to the same Zhejiang school as Luo Hengguang and Ren Ping, but his skills are not as good as the two, and the name is not worthy of the name. The hard-pen running script score is 70-80
Luo Yinong: Not famous He is a hard-tipped calligrapher and the winner of the special prize in the 4th National Hard-tipped Calligraphy Competition. His award-winning works are of high quality, but it is a pity that Shenlong has only seen the beginning but not the end, and his works are rare to see. Rating: 92
Zeng Weizi: Dongkou calligrapher, member of the Chinese Calligraphy Association, good at regular script, running script, and official script, especially good at running script, with profound skills in running script, excellent hard-pen calligraphy, but unknown to the public, online Only calligraphy books. The overall score is 96, and the hard-pen book score is 98
Li Jiongfeng: A calligrapher from Longhui, a member of the Chinese Calligraphy Association, extremely talented and tasteful, good at calligraphy and cursive writing, and good at hard-pen writing. He has many online works. It includes hard pen, but it is not suitable for beginners. The overall score is 96, the calligraphy and cursive score is 98, and the hard pen book score is 95.
Zhang Xiu: female calligrapher, with the style of Daling (Wang Xianzhi), but the hard pen regular script is also Being dead and hard is not enough to follow the example. Hard-pen regular script score: 70
Ding Yongkang: Hard-pen regular script is generally 60, and hard-pen running script is not worthy of a rating of 50.
Chen Zhoubo: Hard-pen calligraphy is useless 70
He Dongxiang: Hunan-born calligrapher, hard-pen regular script is good, hard-pen calligraphy is average, but calligraphy is better. The hard-pen regular script score is 85, the hard-pen running script is 65, the brush regular script is 90, and the brush running script is 85
Li Yiping: The hard-pen running script is similar to Luo Hengguang, and the score is 86
Chen Lixiong: The hard-pen running script originated from rice. Fu and Wang Duo, chic and aura, rated 90
Gu Zhongan: It’s difficult to live up to the name, so I don’t recommend them.
Rating 50
Lu Weizhong: It’s hard to escape the tackiness. Score 70
Liu Huipu: (Wei and Jin calligraphy style) regular script is acceptable, running script is ugly, hard-pen regular script score is 70-80, hard-pen running script score is 50