What are the characteristics of Xian Yushu's calligraphy style?

Xian Yu's calligraphy is written with extremely elastic hard pen, mainly in running script and cursive script. He uses more pens than the Tang people, and his calligraphy is lively and powerful, and his brushwork is changeable. Positive ink, round and powerful. The beginning, end and turning point of each stroke are leisurely, but they change a lot. The change law of weeds in the middle of the running script adds more lively interest.

Xian Yushu showed his pursuit and creation of formal beauty of calligraphy with profound skill, and also showed his temperament and personality.

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Shi Gu Song, a book written by Xian Yu, was a great calligrapher in Yuan Dynasty, which had a far-reaching influence on cursive scripts of later generations.

His cursive poem "Song of the Stone Drum" is straight down, slightly round, round and rich, simple and dignified, and contains strict rules. It is understood that this book is not only Mo Bao's masterpiece, but also a calligraphy work. According to reports, there are two books of Xian Yu, one of which was written in the fifth year of Yuan Dade and is now in the Metropolitan Museum of America, and the other is this volume, which is a classic of Xian Yu's mature period.

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