In ancient times, there was a saying: "Learning calligraphy must start with the pattern, and writing must start with the big characters. Chinese characters are based on Yan, Chinese characters are based on Europe, Chinese characters are familiar, and then they are gathered into small characters. " However, according to the results of many years of experimental research, it is not appropriate for beginners to learn too big words first, but it is more suitable for Chinese letters.
Generally speaking, writing small characters is very different from writing big characters. In principle, writing big characters should be close and seamless, and writing small characters should be more spacious. In other words: writing big characters should be as accurate as writing small characters; Writing small characters is as cramped as writing big characters, so the ancients said, "Writing big characters should be like small characters, and writing small characters should be like big characters." In Su Dongpo's prose, there is a saying that "the big characters are hard to be seamless, and the small characters are hard to be generous". How do you say these words? Because when we usually write big characters, we think that our position (area) is very wide and we can write freely. As a result, the fonts become loose and empty. Writing small print is just the opposite, because the space is too small, and it is inevitable that you will try your best to shrink it if you are worried that you can't write it. It tends to curl. This is a natural psychological phenomenon, which is easy to break. Therefore, the CPSU's statement that "there are great difficulties and minor difficulties" is based on this statement and is based on experience.
There is not much difference between the center of gravity of writing fine print and the coordination of strokes. As for the pen, it is slightly different. Small print should be round, beautiful, straight and neat; Big characters should be magnificent and heavy. Use the back front (hidden front) to write big characters and the back front to receive pens; You don't have to use sharp edges to write fine print, but use sharp edges to collect pens. For example, when writing a horizontal line, the pen is pointed or pointed, and the pen is round; Write vertically, start or pause, and receive the pen sharply; Skimming the pen to make it fat: hold the pen to make it fat, and at the same time bend slightly from left to right, with vivid and emotional strokes; Point should be sharp and round, pick should be sharp and sharp, bend inside and outside, and hook should be half bent and half straight. The pen is flexible and limitless. In particular, the whole word should be written in different strokes, but in harmony. A line of words is patchwork, but it has always come down in one continuous line. If there is, it will naturally run through and look like a pearl necklace.
Fine print is a necessary calligraphy for daily use in ancient times. In the past, people who took part in the imperial examination mostly read the words first and then the articles. No matter how good the writing is, the article will be affected. He is the top scholar in the imperial examination and an academician, especially paying attention to calligraphy. So every scholar and Hanlin's fine print is exquisite. Generally reading, they are also good at writing small characters. Hard pen is popular now, and few people write small words with a brush. But writing small words with a hard pen can get twice the result with half the effort. Therefore, if you want to write hard pen, you might as well find a good fine print and practice it. Will certainly lay a solid foundation, lifelong benefit, inexhaustible.
There are many copybooks in small letters, among which the reputation of small letters in Jin and Tang Dynasties is the most prominent. These books usually include Wei Shizhong's Announcement Post and Ji Zhi Biao, Wang Xizhi's On Music and Yi, North's Huang Ting Jing, Luo Shen Fu Thirteen Lines, Tang Zhong Shaojing's Ling Fei Jing and so on. There are also ink photocopies of works in lower case such as Yuan Zhao Mengfu, Ming Wang Chong and Zhu Yunming, which are also good examples.
Zhong You's calligraphy style is simple, but none of the handed down works "Declaration Form" and "Recommended Season Table" are true, and most of them are handed down or temporary works by later generations. Appreciating a good copy, you can imagine its quaint style.