What are the advantages of learning Wei Bei in Chinese calligraphy?

Weibei refers to the inscription carved in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (mainly in the Northern Wei Dynasty), which belongs to the original (regular script). In learning calligraphy, the general view is to practice from regular script and gradually practice calligraphy styles such as calligraphy, official script, seal script and cursive script. Some people think that we should follow the evolution law of Chinese characters, start learning from the early characters, and gradually learn according to the evolution order of Chinese characters; However, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Jinwen and Zhuanshu are quite different from today's Chinese characters in font structure, so they are not practical. Therefore, from the research of official script, it can gradually become regular script, running script, cursive script and seal script.

However, there is still a big difference between the brushwork of official script and regular script, whether from official script to official script or from official script to official script, there is no difference in difficulty. Wei Bei's calligraphy style is the transition from official script to regular script. It has the font characteristics of regular script in shape, while retaining the characteristics of official script in some strokes. Therefore, starting from Wei Bei will be of direct help to the future study of regular script and official script. This is one of the reasons why it is suggested that learning books should start from Weibei.

The second and most important reason is. Learning calligraphy and copying the classic calligraphy posts of various times are mostly from inscriptions. In the Tang Dynasty and beyond, most inscriptions were written on paper by calligraphers at that time, and then carved on stone tablets by craftsmen. Therefore, it is considered that the words on these inscriptions are somewhat distorted compared with the original book; Weibei is mostly written directly on stone tablets by calligraphers and then carved by craftsmen, with less distortion.

These reasons for supporting learning from Wei Bei are also the benefits of learning from Wei Bei.