Couplet is an important embodiment of the development of Chinese literature, and it has a great influence on our country. Nowadays, many couplets have been created into works with the characteristics of Liu Gongquan's calligraphy, and have been greatly appreciated by people. Below are pictures of Liu Gongquan’s couplet calligraphy works that I compiled. Pictures of Liu Gongquan’s excellent couplet calligraphy
Couplets, one of the traditional Chinese cultures, also known as couplets or pairs, are dual sentences written on paper, cloth or carved on bamboo, wood, or pillars. Couplets are a unique art form of the Chinese language with neat contrasts and harmonious levels and obliques. According to legend, the couplet originated from Meng Chang, the Lord of Shu after the Five Dynasties. Couplets are treasures of Chinese traditional culture.
Appreciation of Liu Gongquan’s couplet calligraphy works
Parallel prose and rhymed poetry are the two direct sources of couplets . In the process of its own development, couplets also absorbed the characteristics of ancient poetry, prose, lyrics and music. Therefore, in addition to verse and parallel prose, the sentence patterns used in couplets also include ancient poetry, prose, and imitation of lyrics and music. Different sentence patterns have different applicable rhythms and different leniency and severity. Among them, the rhythmic verse style has the strictest requirements, while the archaic verse style requires smoothness at the end of the sentence, but other positions are not restricted.
The historical origin of couplets
Couplets are the literature of antithesis. This parallel symmetry of language and characters is similar to what is called "Tai Chi Sheng Liang Yi" in philosophy. That is to say, everything in the world is divided into two symmetrical halves of Yin and Yang, which are very similar in nature of thinking. Therefore, we can say that the philosophical origin and deep national cultural psychology of Chinese couplets are the dual concept of yin and yang. The dualism of yin and yang is the basis of the ancient Chinese worldview. To grasp things with the dualistic concept of yin and yang is the way of thinking of the ancient Chinese. This idea of ??the duality of yin and yang has a far-reaching origin. The hexagram symbols in the "Book of Changes" are composed of two lines of yin and yang. The "Book of Changes" states: "One yin and one yang are called Tao." ? Lao Tzu also said: ? All things bear yin and embrace yang, and the energy is in harmony. ?("Laozi" Chapter 42.) Xunzi believes: ?The union of heaven and earth makes all things come into being, and the union of yin and yang causes change. ("Xunzi's Theory of Rites") "Huang Lao Silk Book" states: "The way of heaven and earth consists of left and right, yin and yang." ?This concept of yin and yang is not only an abstract concept, but also widely infiltrated into the ancient Chinese people's understanding and explanation of everything in nature and human society.