One of the characteristics of regular script is that it pays attention to the beginning and end of the writing, and is careful, rich and in place; second, the movement of the strokes forming the middle part of the line is mainly lifting and pressing, with less twisted strokes; third, the horizontal folds are almost It is a turning point, with an obvious pen-folding movement. Wang Xizhi lived in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, which was the period when official script evolved into regular script, Zhangcao and Jincao. Wang Xizhi was good at regular script, and he also made great artistic achievements in regular script, such as "Le Yilun", "Huangting Jing", "Ode to the Portrait of Dongfang Shuo", etc. Compared with seal script and official script, regular script is not as dense and thick as seal script and official script, but the beginning and end of regular script are more delicate, rich and cautious.
In terms of the processing of cross sections, regular script mainly uses twisting and twisting. Compared with seal script and official script, it is less thick and heavy, but it has a few more minutes of length. The long completion is particularly special. It is to fold down the handwriting pen, open up a single character structure for cursive writing, strengthen the joint formation of word combinations and phrases, and play a key role in the closure of the entire work. Based on the pen-writing habits of the messenger, this transformation The pen provides another rich reference for Wang Xizhi's running script.
Before Wang Xizhi, Zhang Zhi was good at Zhang Cao. The character of Zhang Cao was independent and there was no connection between words. The words only echoed the temperament of the overall work. Wang Xizhi used turning strokes to change the direction of the horizontal strokes in calligraphy, from the original direction of the turning strokes tilted to the right to vertical downward or left downward. This vertical downward and left-slanting "moment" of the pen is very conducive to opening up the calligraphy structure, strengthening the connection between words and strengthening the combination of words. For top-down writing, from the right The cursive writing extending to the left has always been a strong support for the writing style.
One of the most important reasons why Wang Xi became a master of calligraphy is his ability to connect the past and the future. He can push cursive script to a new level, which is the ethnic and regular script he is good at. He is committed to the development of cursive script and mastering all the strokes of ethnic and cursive script. Therefore, he can sum up the experience of his brushwork and use the advantages for his use. Take the essence and remove the dross, so that his brushwork combines the brushwork of cursive script and transfers it to the brushwork of lines. He drew heavily on the writing habits of regular script, paying attention to the richness, delicacy, and accuracy of the starting and ending strokes, and adding horizontal turning points, which is most vividly demonstrated in Wang Xizhi's "Feng Cheng Tie".