Beginners say we should start with regular script. Many friends ask, from ancient times to the present, there are many regular scripts, of course, the most famous one is Harmony. So, where should we start? My suggestion is: Yan Ti.
There are countless excellent calligraphy inscriptions by predecessors, only Ou He's regular script, which most people have heard of, and these four people have many inscriptions, which are common models for beginners or primary school students to learn regular script.
These countless ancient law posts are deep and shallow, difficult to learn, and have been learned successively. Beginners or primary school students should consider the initial perception ability when learning regular script, and have a relatively scientific choice. Regular script originated in Han and Wei Dynasties, developed in Jin Dynasty and flourished in Tang Dynasty. Tang Kai is a model of regular script. It is understandable and correct to choose Tang Kai. If you are a primary school student, your experience is still shallow, your understanding is still poor, and some physiological functions are not perfect (the muscles of small hands are not yet mature). It is better for pupils to learn strokes from face and body.
The European style "Jiuchenggong" is dignified and upright, with little difference in pen structure, exquisite pen, regular words, rigorous and upright, good composition, unscathed, extremely difficult for beginners to learn, slightly skewed strokes, slightly different structure, slightly round and muddy turning point, so the shape and spirit are completely absent, or dull.
Liu Ti's "The Monument to the Shence Army" combines some characteristics of Europe and Yan, and is refined and vigorous, with a round and strong knot. However, there are "four difficulties" in primary school students' writing: first, the horizontal momentum is difficult, and the changeable square is round; Second, it is difficult to draw the outer edge vertically and control the strokes. Third, it is difficult to write vertically, and it is difficult to master the three-fold angular state; Fourth, writing small can also be difficult, while writing big is Liu Ti's character, and it is easy to lose grace. These four difficulties are difficult for primary school students to overcome when writing. And the characteristics of rough brush, multi-arc stroke, straight arc, square to circle, internal impact and external extension are just suitable for beginners to write.
In addition, the characteristics of Yan body such as "horizontal thin and vertical thick" and "silkworm head dovetail" are obvious and easy to master. Grasping its characteristics, writing from scratch, and the similar style of form, spirit and face often make beginners interested in learning China's calligraphy, thus enjoying it. I have taught calligraphy, and most of them have quick results and full confidence. Lu You, a great poet proficient in calligraphy in Song Dynasty, once said, "Calligraphy should be a kind of beauty", expressing his experience in learning calligraphy. This is also a guide for later beginners.
However, Yan Zhenqing's copybook is very popular, and his regular script can be divided into three periods: the early representative works include Many Pagodas and Praise of Dong Fangshuo Painting; Mid-term masterpieces include "Ma Gu Xian Tan Ji" and "Guo Bei"; Later masterpieces include "Diligence Monument" and "Book Confession".
Therefore, beginners or pupils of calligraphy can start with fonts and face. From Yan Jie's selection of posts, we can choose the early work "Twin Towers" with strict rules and rich nature as the best policy. After laying a certain foundation, you can continue to learn Confessions from Books to get the charm of Yan characters, and finally learn Exquisite Monument to get the overall style of simplicity, heaviness, bones and muscles, old and vigorous. Of course, learning should also be based on students' age characteristics and differences in understanding ability, and teachers should make appropriate adjustments instead of sticking to the rules.
As for Zhao Ti, beginners had better not learn it, not because Zhao Ti is not good, but because Zhao Ti is not absolutely neat and the running script is too strong. At the beginning of learning, fonts will be imprecise and slippery after practicing for a long time.