Calligraphy in Song Dynasty is "respect for meaning", which has changed the traditional calligraphy style of "respect for law" since the Tang Dynasty and paid attention to the expression of personal style and personality. This era has created four masters in the Northern Song Dynasty, and people call them "Cai Su Huang Mi". Su Shi is natural, Huang Ting is strong, Mi Fei is secluded, and Cai Xiang is rich, each with its own manners, which can be called a boutique. Song Sijia learned from the legacy of Jin and Tang Dynasties, was determined to innovate, and each had its own strengths. The beauty of the four families is fully displayed here.
Su Shi was born in Meishan (now Sichuan). He and his father, Su Xun, and his younger brother, Su Zhe, are famous for their poems and are known as "Three Sows". His calligraphy draws nutrition from Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Chu Suiliang, Xu Hao, Li Beihai and Yang Ningshi, and strives for innovation on the basis of inheriting tradition. When talking about his calligraphy, he said, "The method of writing is not perfect, but I can't get it all." When talking about his artistic creation of calligraphy, he said: "I can't write books with my heart, and I am very happy." He focused on "meaning" and sent his feelings to the book with "faithful hand".
Huang Tingzhang, whose real name is Huang Tingzhang, was born in Fenning, Hongzhou (now Xiushui, Jiangxi) and is known as the "Yellow Valley". Poets, Chao and Qin Guanshi in the Northern Song Dynasty started Jiangxi Poetry School from Su Shi, who is known as the "Four Bachelor of Sumen". The cursive script has the free and easy charm of Zhang Xu and Huai Su's cursive script, but it has its own style. The pen is tight and steep, thin and strong, vigorous and changeable. Huang tingjian's calligraphy ink roll. Jianzhong was written in the Valley of Jingguoyuan at the age of 57. After the volume, the topic says: "If you hold Huainan, you can see the rest, and you can show it. Why is it like Yuan You's Zodiac Book? " Cover his proud pen in his later years. Wen Zhiming in the Ming Dynasty commented on this: "It's wonderful to break the hairpin and leak the house." There are photocopies for the world.
Mi Fei, Mi Fei, was born in Taiyuan and later settled in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu. Zhao, a doctor of calligraphy and painting, was called Guan, and was called Guan because of his madness. "The Biography of Wen Yuan in the History of Song Dynasty" said: "My calligraphy is particularly wonderful and I am deeply impressed by Wang Xianzhi's brushwork." "Xuanhe Pu Shu" said that he: "Generally speaking, the book is effective, poetry pursues Li Bai, spreads the history hoop, and copies it from the teacher; It is natural to claim that' there is only one good book, and I have four unique faces'. When Fang Bi wrote this book, people rushed to sell it and thought it was a treasure. " He tried to inherit the calligraphy tradition of the "two kings" and was able to enter the room. Original works, cursive script, official script, seal script and calligraphy can all be written, especially cursive script.
Cai ren, word. Originally from Gwangju, he lived in Xianyou (now Fujian Province) and then moved to Futian. Guan Zhi Duan Ming Dian Bachelor, knowing Hangzhou, Shi Zhong Hui. The works are upright, neat, cursive and official, and some are flying white. Try to use a pen as a cursive script, which is called "loose grass" or "flying grass". The world rated Cai Xiang's running script as the first, lower case script as the second and cursive script as the third.