The time of calligraphy signature is usually written according to the lunar calendar. The year is the Heavenly Stem (A, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui) and the Earthly Branches (Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai). and together.
For example, this year 2009 is: the year of Ji Chou. Months and dates can also be written using heavenly stems and earthly branches, but the following words are generally used to replace each lunar month.
January: first month, Meng month, early spring, Kaisui, Fangsui;
February: mid-spring, apricot moon, Liyue, flower dynasty, mid-spring;
>March: Jichun, Late Spring, Peach Moon, Silkworm Moon, Peach Wave;
April: Meng Moon, Sophora Moon, Wheat Moon, Wheat Autumn, Qinghe Moon.
May: midsummer, durian month, May month, midsummer, and Tianzhong;
June: Jixia, late summer, lotus month, Shu month, and Shu month.
July: Mengqiu, Guayue, Liangyue, Lanyue, Lanqiu;
August: Zhongqiu, Guiyue, Zhengqiu, Shuangyue, Guiqiu;
September: Jiqiu, late autumn, chrysanthemum month, chanting the moon, chrysanthemum autumn;
October: Mengdong, early winter, good month, beginning of winter, auspicious month.
November, midwinter, clear moon, midwinter, snow month, cold winter;
December: early winter, last winter, twelfth lunar month, ice moon, late winter.
In addition, when withdrawing money, you can also write the season instead of the specific month: such as: early summer of 1898.
Spring: early spring, early spring, Yangchun, Fangchun, late spring;
Summer: early summer, mid-summer, late summer, ninth summer, midsummer.
Autumn: early autumn, golden autumn, third autumn, late autumn, mid-autumn;
Winter: early winter, cold winter, ninth winter, late winter, mid-winter.
Extended information:
Common sense about calligraphy signing
1. Title
Elders: my teacher, senior, Taoist priest, sir, madam .
Equal or junior generation: brother, younger brother, dear brother, respected brother, eldest brother, wise brother (brother), benevolent brother (brother), Taoist brother, Taoist friend, Xueyou, Fang family, Mr., Miss, Fa Home (a term for calligraphy, painting or expertise in a certain area)
Relationship is relatively close: learn (benevolent brother), my brother (brother)
Teacher to students: learn (benevolent brother) , Xue (Ren) Di, Xianqi, Xiandi.
Classmate: senior, senior, classmate, classmate, seatmate.
2. The polite or respectful words for the above paragraph
Ya belongs to, Ya appreciates, Ya criticizes, Yajian, Yajiao, Yazheng, Yacun, Zhencun, Huicun, Qing Jian, qinglan, qingpin, qinggen, qingshang, qingzheng, qinghe, qingjiao, qingwan, jianke, jianzheng, knocking right, huizheng, gizheng, xuzheng, fazheng, bojian, respectjian ;
Dharma mirror, Dharma teaching, erudite teaching, great teaching, elegance, patching up the wall, covering the wall, being right, teaching right, teaching it, right wrist, right conduct, keeping in mind, Yicharong, Charmzheng, Yixiao, Xiaocun, Xiaojian, Attribution, Jian, and Play.
3. The following words of courtesy or words of respect
Calligraphy inscriptions are used:
To respect the book, to worship the book, to be respectful to the book, to pause, to belong to the book, to be drunk Book, mouth pen, essay, drama script, festival script, book, record, title, pen, write, script, seal script.
4. Seal cutting edges are used for:
Engraving, recording, making, stone making, and seal cutting.
5. Date
There are various methods of expressing dates in calligraphy and painting works of the past dynasties.
By understanding the date, when we read the Linxi stele calligraphy, we can grasp the style and appearance of the calligrapher's works in different periods, understand the age and historical background of a calligraphy work, and understand the calligraphy work. It is helpful to improve your own ability to appreciate calligraphy and painting.
Ancient calligraphers and painters generally used the method of combining the emperor's year number with the Ganzhi calendar and the lunar calendar as needed to record the year, month, and day.