Qi Ming Publishing House: In the last article, Teacher Jian Huang told us about the inheritance of Wang Xizhi's brushwork. This paper mainly talks about the three elements of calligraphy. The middle school Chinese teacher told us the three elements of the novel: the characters, the plot and the environment. So, what are the three elements of calligraphy?
—— Huang Jian's Notes on Calligraphy Enlightenment—
Everything is determined by factors. Grasping a thing is the key to grasping it. Training a novice, of course, starts with the basic elements. What are the basic elements of calligraphy? Has anyone ever said that in history? Zhang Huaiguan's Forbidden Classics in Yutang in Tang Dynasty not only recorded the eight methods, five potentials and nine uses of Yong, but also summarized the three elements of calligraphy.
The last sentence is very strict. The so-called calligraphy must have all three, "all three." "Stick to one way", if you only stick to one thing, "You don't get it", then you don't get it, and it's not real calligraphy. Zhang Huaiguan is not an idle generation. In the history of China's calligraphy, he is a great authority in theory and the most talked about in the calligraphy field. Therefore, the words "Forbidden Sutra in Yutang" deserve our attention.
Eighth question, what are the details of the three elements: pen, insider and beam-winding?
The first element is to use a pen. As the name implies, using a pen is using a writing brush. It usually includes two contents, one is how to hold the pen, and the other is how to use the nib.
The first thing to do with a pen is to write. How to grasp the brush is very particular. Han's Theory of Giving Pen recorded five strokes in detail, which is the public content of Professor Zhang Xu. Zhang Huaiguan's Forbidden Sutra in Yutang recorded the content of "Nine Uses", which is about how to use the pen tip, and Zhang Xu kept it secret.
Five calligraphy techniques are popular in the Tang Dynasty, and each calligraphy technique has its own name, namely: grasping tube, Zhu tube, thick tube, grasping tube and angry tube.
But it should be noted that calligraphers only use the first method, and the other four methods are not used. Although popular, it's just for your analysis, which is a bad method.
The so-called nine uses are the nine usages mentioned above. One is brushstroke, the other is brushstroke, the third is controlling the front, the fourth is crouching the front, the fifth is guarding the front, the sixth is scraping the front, the seventh is t-front, the eighth is pressing the front, and the ninth is opening the pen. These are the terms of the Tang Dynasty.
Nine uses can also be divided into two categories: putting pen to paper and bending forward are writing actions, while others are pre-adjustment actions. Brush is different from hard pen, it will be scattered and distorted from time to time, so you should adjust your front when writing. After adjusting the front, the pen will be smooth.