Calligraphy is a traditional art unique to China. Chinese characters were created by the working people. They began to use pictures to record events. After thousands of years of development, they evolved into today's characters. And because our ancestors invented writing with brushes, calligraphy came into being. Throughout the ages, brushes have been the main method of writing Chinese characters. , as for other writing forms, such as hard pen, finger writing, etc., the writing rules are not completely different from the brush writing rules, but are basically the same. Based on Suoben's search for the source (after fingernail and bone inscriptions), here we focus on the rules of writing Chinese characters with a brush. As long as we have a "narrow sense" understanding of calligraphy, it will be of great benefit to understand "broad calligraphy".
In a narrow sense, calligraphy refers to the method and rules of writing Chinese characters with a brush. Including writing, writing, stippling, structure, layout (distribution, line order, composition) and other contents. For example, when holding the pen, the finger is solid and the palm is empty, and the five fingers work together; the center of the brush is spread out; the strokes follow the strokes, and the strokes are smooth and steep; the structure is based on the characters and shapes, and they echo each other; the distribution is intricate, the density is appropriate, the virtual and the real complement each other, and the whole chapter is full of spirit. ; Literacy in ancient times and today, big words and small words, it is better to be high than low.
In a broad sense, calligraphy refers to the writing rules of language symbols. In other words, calligraphy refers to writing according to the characteristics and meaning of characters, using calligraphy, structure and organization to make them into beautiful works of art. With the development of cultural undertakings, calligraphy is not limited to using brushes and writing Chinese characters. Its connotation has been greatly increased. For example, in terms of tools to use, there are many kinds of pens alone, including brushes, hard pens, computer instruments, airbrush and branding tools, etc. The pigments are not just black ink blocks, but also include inks, adhesives, chemicals, spray paints, glazes, etc. In the past, the four treasures of the study - pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, their meanings have also been greatly expanded, and there are so many varieties that they are too numerous to mention; from the perspective of the way of holding the pen, some use the hand to hold the pen, some use the foot to hold the pen, that is, use other organs There are also many people who write, and some people even write without using a pen at all, such as "Zhi Shu", "Squeeze Shu", etc.; in terms of writing type, it is not just Chinese characters, some ethnic minority scripts have also been on the list. In the world of calligraphy, Mongolian is an example; in terms of calligraphy style and composition, in addition to the authentic traditional calligraphy school, there is also the "intentional" school with the same curves and straight lines and a combination of movement and stillness, which is the so-called modern calligraphy. It is based on traditional calligraphy with innovations, highlighting the word "change", integrating poetry, calligraphy and painting, and striving to unify form and content, making the work a masterpiece of three beauties: "beauty of meaning, beauty of sound, and beauty of form". In Japan, many calligraphers abandoned the linguistic nature of writing and established the "imagery" nature of writing. The "Moxiang" school emerged, using the weight and speed of the pen, the opening and closing of the pen edge, and changes in the writing position to write. Various images of text. Although this school of calligraphy highlights "imagery" and its characters are novel, not all Chinese characters are "image" characters, so it is difficult to move forward and its development is limited. From all of these (of course not only these), we can see that calligraphy, like other things, is constantly developing and changing. This point must attract the great attention of people in the calligraphy field.