? I started to read calligraphy papers of the past dynasties, and I knew early on the reputation of Zhao Yi during the Eastern Han Dynasty, and knew that he was a non-mainstream angry youth at that time. His "Non-Cursive Script" is very famous and must be mentioned in any history of calligraphy.
? When I opened it today, I felt that apart from its good literary talent, it was basically nonsense. Basically, the point is to emphasize that writing doesn’t mean much. In today’s terms, you can’t make money, become an official, or support a family, but it gives people a feeling of being autistic and crazy. Take a pragmatic attitude. It mentioned that writing is useless, so he may not know how good it is for people to pursue the natural and inevitable kingdom of art. He said a few words in it to describe the state of people who are addicted to calligraphy, and their writing is very good. , the intention is to be sarcastic.
? He said: Dedicate yourself to your work, work hard and look high, forget your fatigue, be vigilant at night, have no time to eat, make one stroke in ten days, and write down the number of months. The leader is like soap, his lips and teeth are always black. Although he is in a public court, he is not afraid to talk about drama. He spreads his fingers to draw on the ground, plows the wall with grass, pierces the skin with his arms and scrapes, breaks his fingers and claws, and sees bleeding (jiaosi), but he still does not repair it. The description can be said to be penetrating to the bone. Of course, this guy named Zhao has a good literary talent, but I think people who are really interested in calligraphy throughout the ages are really like this. He portrays him as lively and lively. Let us imagine that Qi Weiran feels the same way. It took ten days to write a brush, but I finished a few ink strips in one month. The sleeves of my clothes turned dark, and my lips were dyed black. I stayed in the room with everyone, but I didn’t brag and drew the ground with my hands. Wall with cursive writing. There are blood blisters on my hands and they bleed from torture, but when I have free time, I always practice calligraphy there.
But people always have a hobby, whether it is traveling in the mountains and bathing, playing in the water and fishing, I think there is always a kind of obsession, and the existence of this obsession can be for love, calligraphy, or swimming. You can enter the mountains and waters to feel slightly tipsy.
? In the past few days, I have been telling students about Mr. Feng Zikai’s later prose. Around 1972, because of his religious beliefs, he was a Buddhist layman. As a translator, essayist, musician and The calligrapher is naturally also a very good cartoonist. As famous as he is, his fate is even more tragic. At this time, he was regarded as an enemy of the people and was criticized, and he was absolutely not allowed to publish his works publicly. At this time, he secretly got up at five or six in the morning and left 33 pieces of "The Continuation of Yuanyuantang" in the drawer. When we look at it now, we still feel it lingers on our lips and teeth.
? Why publish these, write these, knowing clearly that they cannot be published, it is an addiction, a kind of obsession, a kind of obsession, whether it is done as paintings, calligraphy, or articles. The old man passed away in 1975, and he was naturally very humiliated before his death, but I think writing these articles and thinking about them must have given him great comfort. We see that most of his last works are memories, and his words are so kind and generous. Why do you feel this way? In fact, this is his natural state of "having itchy hands and remembering the past." Therefore, it is natural for scholars to read a few books and write a few words. I remember the calligrapher Mr. Kou Kerang once said that people who learn Chinese have the skills to recite, while those who write calligraphy have the skills to copy. No one needs it. Who do you look down on?
? Of course, we doubt whether Chinese departments still have the skills to recite. Most calligraphers only have time to flatter and get crazy. We see that this is the case in many art fields today. Many artists pretend to be crazy, but in fact they are just promoting in a different way, out of some dirty thoughts, which cannot be seen in person. Then this is not the flourishing of art, but just the expansion of selfish desires. Let us share our sorrow for this.