How to appreciate the beauty of calligraphy?

After practicing ancient books for two months, a senior suddenly said: I didn't feel uncomfortable reading regular script for two days, but I couldn't say it? Just now, another classmate with a particularly big heart asked: I always feel that I can't see a clear standard for good handwriting. Do others admire calligraphers who love me, love my dog? I remember the first time I saw Yan Zhenqing vying for a seat post, and I thought it was just tadpoles writing, which was a mess.

So, where does the beauty of calligraphy come from? How is the standard formed?

Calligraphy is by no means love me, love my dog.

Yan Zhenqing is brave and writes well, so he became a generation of calligraphers, second only to Wang Xizhi. Wen Tianxiang is not bad either! But Wen Tianxiang's handwriting is much worse than that of contemporary Zhao Mengfu. Although he was far superior to Zhao Mengfu in orthodoxy, he did not become a great calligrapher.

So it must be through the cultural beauty of calligraphy.

Second, the beauty of calligraphy needs experience and perception.

The secret of the beauty of calligraphy is that it needs temporary writing to be gradually perceived. For example, Mi Fei's running script seems rough and casual at first glance, but when you study Wang Xizhi's posts, you will gradually realize the exquisiteness of Mi Fei's running script, which inadvertently conforms to the statutes!

Therefore, the beauty of calligraphy can only be conveyed through experience.

The beauty of calligraphy is transmitted through rhythm.

Tayu Lo has a broken voice, but the songs he sings are full of irresistible flavor!

Calligraphy is the same. For example, Huang Tingjian's Song Fengge poems, as a master, should be fully capable of writing that kind of smooth and seemingly perfect brushwork, right? Just like the round and seemingly perfect strokes drawn by Ertian School. But as you can see, Songfengge's poems are long and horizontal, and the pen is written with a war pen, which is a natural jitter, not a hand shake, but a brushwork. Through such imperfections, we feel a kind of heroism and vicissitudes! This is the rhythm of calligraphy.

Looking at Yan Zhenqing's "Sacrifice to a Nephew", people who gradually know something about calligraphy will deeply realize that grief and indignation are transmitted through time and space through the changes of rhythm and lines in "Mastery". So is Wang Xizhi's funeral post!

Therefore, the beauty of calligraphy has its own rhythm, which can span thousands of years and shock people. This is the beauty of calligraphy, which can be gradually realized through calligraphy practice.