Calligraphy is a manifestation of culture, and calligraphers must be qualified cultural people. What is worrying is that although many contemporary calligraphers do not lack the diligence to practice calligraphy and the courage to display, they lack the proper cultural literacy. I mainly refer to writing literacy and literary literacy. Since there are countless examples, I will only give two of them below:
A calligrapher is not necessarily a philologist, but he must know various fonts. Even if he cannot master the writing method of ancient seal script, official script and regular script, he can always You need to know the difference between modern simplified characters and traditional Chinese characters. Unfortunately, mistakes frequently occur in this regard. Some people who do not write calligraphy insist on writing traditional Chinese characters because they do not know traditional Chinese characters. For example, although "Zhong" and "Zhong" have now been simplified into one word "Zhong", "Zhong Ai" and "Zhong Sheng" are different in traditional Chinese characters. Some people wrote the famous line of Tang poetry as "The bell rings to the passenger ship in the middle of the night." "Zhong" cannot be pronounced. Others write the "only" in "can only be" as the traditional "only". For another example, some write the "ci" of poetry as the "ci" of rhetoric, probably thinking that the two can be used interchangeably. These are all manifestations of a lack of literacy in writing.
Calligraphers do not necessarily have to be writers, but they must have a certain degree of literary literacy, especially knowledge of ancient Chinese, and be able to understand the meaning of the classical poems or classical Chinese chapters they write, otherwise they will definitely write Wrong word. For example, someone wrote in a Tang poem that "a bosom friend is remembered in the sea, and the world is as close as a neighbor" to "oneself is remembered in the sea." After others pointed it out, they didn't know where the mistake was. Another example is that some people write "大行德广" as "大行德广" because they are not clear that "大行" here refers to great behavior, and it does not make sense to use the word "shaped". These are all manifestations of a lack of literary literacy.
When I was a child, I heard a saying called "A writer's pen has no typos", which means that for the sake of aesthetic needs, calligraphers can make appropriate adjustments to the structure or strokes of some characters. , in no way does it mean that writers should enjoy the privilege of being illiterate, illiterate, and writing incorrectly.
After all, calligraphy is not just a technical job. Just writing without knowing calligraphy is not enough; just practicing calligraphy without reading is not enough to become a calligrapher.
Calligraphy is one of the long-standing art categories in my country. In the imperial examination era that lasted for more than 1,300 years, if the handwriting on the answer sheet was not well written, the examiner would probably ignore it. Therefore, for scholars, calligraphy was an essential basic skill. According to the principle of a rising tide, a rising tide lifts all boats. There are not many people who can afford calligraphers, and the only ones known to everyone are Er Wang, Cao Sheng, and Ou Liuyan Zhao.
Since pens, pencils, and ballpoint pens replaced calligraphy pens, people who can write calligraphy with calligraphy have become increasingly rare. According to the principle of scarcity, almost all those who dare to write calligraphy are called calligraphers. . As for whether their "books" have "dharma", only a very small number of people can identify it. Therefore, even the random scribblings can stand in the forest of "calligraphy treasures". Everyone has their own interests and needs, so it doesn't hurt to let them all work together.