Wang Xizhi of Jin Dynasty was good at calligraphy at the age of seven. When he was twelve years old, he saw the ancient Pen Shuo under his father's pillow and stole it. Father asked, "Why did you steal my secret book?" Wang Xizhi just laughed and didn't answer.
Mom said, "He wants to see the way you use a pen." Seeing that he was young, his father said to Wang Xizhi, "I will teach you when you grow up." Wang Xizhi sincerely asked his father, "Give it to me now. If you wait until adulthood, I am afraid that you will bury your childhood talents. " Father was very happy and gave it to him. In less than a month, calligraphy has made great progress.
Original text:
Xi Zhi, King of Jin, is a good book at the age of seven. In the twelfth year, I saw the last generation of Bi Shuo under my father's pillow and secretly looked at it. Father said, "Why did you steal my secret?" Xihe just laughed. Mother said, "I want to see your brushwork." Seeing this, my father said, "I will teach you when you grow up." Xi's invitation: "If you treat adults, you will be afraid of shielding their talents." Father was very happy, so he followed.
If there is no full moon, books will advance greatly. When Mrs Wei saw this, she kept talking. Wang Ce said, "This son must read Tactics with a Pen. Read his books carefully and you will gain wisdom. " Snoring: "This child will stamp my name!" "
This article comes from Don Zhang Huaiguan's book Broken.
Extended data writing background:
Shuduan is a work of China who commented on calligraphers and calligraphy in Tang Dynasty. By Zhang Huaiguan. Among Zhang Huaiguan's calligraphy theory works, Shuduan has the greatest influence on later generations. It is divided into three volumes: upper, middle and lower. The first volume describes the characteristics and development of various calligraphy styles; The second volume lists the biographies of calligraphers in the past dynasties in three categories: "God, wonder and ability", and comments on the merits and demerits of calligraphy, which is of high historical value.
At the end of the book is a calligraphy review, a volume of three volumes. The book was first written in the 12th year of Kaiyuan (724) and completed in the 15th year of Kaiyuan (727). The records are all ancient and modern calligraphy styles and calligraphers' names, and their origins are described in detail.
The preface to the book says: "If you want to talk about it, you can destroy the ancient and modern times, pull out the roots of doubt and solve the knot of disputes." Test poverty and absurdity, dare not hide in the past; Explore the subtle, don't bully Xuan Jiang. "Outlines the purpose of this book.
The first volume lists ten calligraphy styles, such as ancient prose, big seal script, small seal script, eight-part essay, official script, Cao Zhang, running script, flying white and cursive script, and describes their books respectively, which are praised by various departments. Finally, it is a general introduction, which comprehensively describes the origin, characteristics and development of various calligraphy styles, as well as the relationship between characters and calligraphy, thus revealing
The middle volume and the second volume have their own absent-minded, wonderful and superior "-products", and each product also has its own characteristics. * * * 25 people (except for repeating each corpse 12 people), 98 people (except for repeating each corpse 39 people), 107 people (except for repeating each corpse 35 people).
There are 18 names in the front row, with biographies and appendices), which are recorded in detail and commented publicly, so that people can know the world, the grade, the characteristics and the origin. It is this book that has created the "three natures" of the calligrapher's spirit, wonder and ability.
About the author:
Zhang Huaiguan, a native of Hailing, Yangzhou (now Taizhou, Jiangsu), was a calligrapher and calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. During the Kaiyuan period, he worshipped the Imperial Academy and moved to the right to lead the government soldier Cao to join the army. He is very conceited about his calligraphy, claiming that "regular script and running script are comparable to Yu Shinan and Chu Suiliang, and cursive script wants to be independent for hundreds of years".
Chen Si, a scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty, called him "good, upright, practical and cursive" in A Brief History. There is no handwriting in the world. He is an important work in calligraphy theory, including book theory, paragraph, book review, painting paragraph, book review and medical stone theory, six-body book theory, ten strokes, forbidden sutra in Yutang and word theory.