So what is reading posts? In fact, reading the copybook is not simply a matter of reading the contents of the copybook. Learning calligraphy depends on the content of copybooks, but looking at copybooks is far from limited to the content of copybooks. Reading posts is actually observing and studying the meaning of copybooks, because when posting, we will pay more attention to the pen or structure of single words, often seeing the trees but not the forest. By studying and analyzing copybooks, we can better understand and grasp the style and characteristics of fonts as a whole.
To make a metaphor, posting a post is equivalent to pulling a cart with your head down, and reading a post is equivalent to looking up at the road. Read the post to see what. First of all, the first and most basic point is to read through the copybook itself, and read through the whole copybook first to understand what the text content of this copybook is about. Excellent calligraphy works are basically similar in text content and calligraphy style, and have great correlation. For example, Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Lanting Pavilion, the world's first running script, has a beautiful and elegant overall style. Preface to Lanting Collection is also a beautiful article, which was written slowly and beautifully at first.
Secondly, we should look at the writing age and background of this copybook, understand the era of the author's life, and also understand the overall calligraphy atmosphere of the author's era. An excellent calligrapher's works must be integrated into his era, but at the same time, some parts of him will surpass this era. This is the master.