Liu Shu referred to the classification methods of ancient Chinese characters and classified them into six categories according to their structural characteristics, namely pictographic characters, ideographic characters, knowing characters, pictophonetic characters, Zhuan Zhu characters and loanwords. This classification method is based on the shape and structural characteristics of Chinese characters, which is helpful for people to better understand and remember Chinese characters.
Liu Shu is the basis of Chinese character learning. By understanding the structural characteristics of Chinese characters, we can better understand and remember Chinese characters. In the process of learning Chinese characters, we can analyze and summarize the characteristics of Chinese characters according to the classification method of six books, so as to improve the effect of Chinese character learning.
Liu Shu's classification first appeared in Shuo Wen Jie Zi, which is an important work to explain and classify Chinese characters. Shuo Wen Jie Zi was written by Xu Shen in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Through the explanation and classification of each Chinese character, people can better understand and remember Chinese characters.
The Significance of the Theory of Six Calligraphy to Contemporary Calligraphy
Familiarity with "Six Books" is a necessary theoretical accomplishment for calligraphers. In China's calligraphy tradition, it is inseparable from calligraphy. Most ancient calligraphers studied the "Six Books", and some even mastered the "Six Books".
Yang Shen recorded a passage from Yu Ji in Rousseau, Mo Chi: "Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, a good calligrapher has never understood the meaning of the Six Books. Xing Wu Zhao Gong's books are the best in the world. He has studied six books for this purpose. This comment begins with theory. "
Zhao Jiguang's Talk on a Broom in Cold Mountain said: "Zheng Qiao said that' all six books are known' is a famous saying! If you are detailed, you will retreat: six books are clear, and all the bodies are like capsules. You can say it first. " This document has clearly pointed out the dual significance of understanding the "six books". "Six Books" is an important theory to understand the meaning of Six Classics and study five-style calligraphy.
Writing correct Chinese character symbols is the most basic requirement for calligraphers. For seal script and seal cutting creation, it is particularly important to master the theory of "Six Books". "Today's scholars, but can know eight methods, Dong Xiao six books, complete truth, and solid physique. Why should we confuse Europe, Henan, Chu and Liu? " ?
Understanding the structural principle of Chinese characters is helpful for calligraphers to create more vivid images of Chinese characters. "Zhu Xi said: Ancient calligraphers attached importance to righteousness and reason and posture. Zhou Guan taught Guo Zi to use six books, but only through the meaning of books. Therefore, if you want to know the meaning of the pen, seeing the book is just a close-up painting. "
"Righteousness" is truth, which refers to the truth and principle of word configuration. "Body potential" is the physical structure of words, belonging to the appearance level of pen and ink. If you know the calligraphy of "Yi", you can get "posture". The structure of Chinese characters is originally a visual symbol extracted from various images.
Therefore, "righteousness" can awaken people's image consciousness and give Chinese characters a "gesture", which can also be understood as a form of beauty. This actually gives Chinese characters a life form. Zhang Huaiguan summed it up as "everything is different, cut into one phase".
Therefore, calligraphy is not just "stippling and lettering", but represents all living natural things. ? Today, although great changes have taken place in our cultural ecology and calligrapher's knowledge structure, the fact that calligraphy takes Chinese characters as the artistic expression object has not changed.
Calligraphy art attaches importance to the fine tradition of cultural connotation, which is reflected in works on the one hand and calligraphers' cultural literacy on the other. The theory of "Six Books" is undoubtedly of great significance to these two aspects.