Three principles of calligraphy

The three principles of calligraphy stroke are: 1. Start the stroke against the front, 2. Stroke at the center during stroke, and 3. Stroke at the back when stroke is closed. The so-called three principles of calligraphy strokes are the simplest and most basic rules of calligraphy strokes, and in the long-term development of Chinese calligraphy art, a set of extremely rich strokes have been formed. Take regular script as an example. In the process of writing point painting, there are pen-stopping, pen-squatting, pen-falling, pen-curling (the pen moves forward and then moves forward), pen-swinging (the pen tip does not fall off the paper but bends), pen-folding, pen-turning (the pen tip turns to the second before the first stroke is exhausted) But the most important ones are two basic strokes, namely, lifting and pressing, and what you call reverse front (that is, reverse back front). Any stroke is a complicated process of lifting and pressing. Lifting and pressing can't be explained in isolation. It seems that lifting means that the pen tip rises and floats, and pressing means that the pen tip falls and sinks. In fact, lifting and pressing are not at the same point, it is the change of movement, the process of the pen tip running in the stroke, and the thickness and frustration of the stroke are the performance of lifting and pressing. The deeper you press the pen, the more paper you put on it, and the heavier and more powerful the strokes are. When the pen is lifted, the pen is running with little paper or only the tip, and the strokes are thin and light. Each character's stroke has several lifting processes, and the constant movement of lifting can be seen by looking at the thickness change of the stroke. For example, the traditional Chinese character "Ji" has more than eight lifting processes. According to the needs of the pen gesture, the time of lifting and pressing is long or short, the pen tip is high or low, the paper surface is deep or shallow, and the operation is fast or slow, which forms the changes of the rigidity, thickness, fluency, dryness and so on of the strokes. Therefore, it is very important to consciously understand and master the changes of lifting and pressing movements for mastering brushwork.