First, the cursive original gentleman
Zhang, the prime minister, is careless and good at cursive writing. At that time, all contemporary people laughed at it. The prime minister is calm. A word a day, a pen, a book, a piece of paper full of dragons and snakes dancing for my nephew to record. My nephew turned a deaf ear when the waves were dangerous. Holding a book and asking: What is this word? The prime minister has been familiar with him for a long time and doesn't know himself. Later, his nephew said, I forgot if you asked me earlier.
Second, the cursive king notes
1, Prime Minister Zhang: His name is a politician in the late Northern Song Dynasty. He likes calligraphy, but he is not good at it.
2. Generation: People of the same generation. Laugh: ridicule, joke.
3, self-sustaining: calm and calm, unhurried. Sentence: Get a good sentence.
4, sick book: fast writing. Flying dragons and snakes: Describe calligraphy as flying dragons and snakes.
5, let the nephew record: let the nephew copy.
6, when the waves are dangerous: where the strokes are tortuous, there are waves and steep.
Appreciation of cursive king's works:
Wang Caoshu is a calligraphy work of Zhang Shangying in the Northern Song Dynasty, which is written in cursive script. His works are mainly Cao Zhang and Cao Jin, with the style of "Cao Sheng" and Zhang Zhi. Zhang Shangying's original calligraphy is rarely circulated, and only the Song Dynasty engraving "Chunhuating Post" contains two volumes and five posts by Zhang Zhi. Whether these are true or not remains to be verified.
The works show Zhang Shangying's love and reverence for Zhang Zhi's calligraphy, and also reflect his own calligraphy attainments. The whole work is smooth and free, as natural and vivid as flowing water. Font variety is rich, which not only has the charm of Zhang Zhi's cursive script, but also incorporates his own understanding and innovation.
In the art of calligraphy, cursive script is a highly abstract font, which requires the writer to have profound calligraphy skills and unique aesthetic taste. Zhang Shangying's "The King of Cursive Script" fully demonstrated his attainments and talents in cursive script, leaving a valuable artistic wealth for future generations.