I prefer running script, but I don't know where to start.

The most famous running script is Preface to Lanting written by Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Predecessors described it as "a dragon flying from heaven, a tiger lying in a phoenix" and praised it as "the best running script in the world". In the Tang Dynasty, Yan Zhenqing's "Sacrificing a Nephew" was bold and unconstrained, and the ancients rated it as "the second running script in the world". Su Shi's Huangzhou Cold Food Sticker is called "the third running script in the world". The famous representative work in the running script is Lushan Temple Monument written by Li Yong in Tang Dynasty, which is fluent and rich. There are Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu, Xian Yushu and Kang in the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yunming, Wen Zhiming, Dong Qichang and Wang Duo in the Ming Dynasty, and Liu Yong and He in the Qing Dynasty. They are all good at running script or cursive script, and many works have been handed down from generation to generation.

Learning points

Pay attention to the following points when learning running script:

First, get rid of the rule of regular script.

When practicing regular script, I told you to hide the pen, change the press at the turning point, pick out the checked strokes first, and so on. These essentials should be tried to get rid of and forget when writing running script. For example, comparing regular script to martial arts routines, then running script is Sanda, and you can't start from scratch for every move and every style, so you should pay attention to fluency. Hard-pen running script advocates smooth writing and standard fonts, which is a good running script.

Long Ting preface

Second, serious plagiarism.

To learn running script well, we must go through special copying training and master its brushwork and writing rules. Find yourself a good copybook when copying. Danbabei in Zhao Mengfu is a good copybook, which can be used to practice calligraphy, and can also be used to practice hard pen calligraphy by copying. Hard-pen calligraphers such as Lu Zhongnan, Ding Yongkang and Wu Yusheng can write copybooks temporarily. Practicing both Chinese calligraphy and hard calligraphy is very beneficial to learning calligraphy and can complement each other. The brush calligraphy is carefully carved, and the hard pen calligraphy is repeatedly pondered, from big to small, and then from small to big, which is very conducive to strengthening the understanding of calligraphy learning.

Third, read the post.

There are only two ways to practice calligraphy: temporary posting and post reading, and it is particularly important to practice calligraphy and post reading. Tian, the plaque writer of our painting and calligraphy class, is my good friend and has similar hobbies. His method of practicing calligraphy is to read posts, rarely stick posts, and his handwriting is flowing in one go.

Semi-cursive/running/calligraphy (China's calligraphy)

. Originally written in official script, but the running script is also very good. Learn calligraphy from regular script as well as official script. It is easy for people who write official script to make a mistake, that is, the running script is often not well written, while Mr. Tian's running script is profound and graceful. According to himself, his method is to read posts.

Fourth, be diligent in practice.

Running script has an adaptation stage at the beginning. If you feel embarrassed if you write badly, it doesn't matter. You can practice in your notebook, or you can practice writing with lines for yourself when you are writing a diary. Practice makes perfect. From a word to a paragraph, from a few words to a word, I gradually mastered the rules of running script and gradually formed my own running script style. Be good at absorbing nutrition from many aspects, such as celebrity inscriptions, corporate plaques, school teachers and even classmates. As long as you observe carefully, you can find good words written by others, and when you learn them, they will become your words.

The above text is transferred from Baidu.