Running script, Eastern Jin Dynasty
It is close to the upright but not rigid, like grass but not loose. It is full of emotion and natural interest, and the flowing clouds and flowing water have both form and spirit. Integrate all aspects and learn from the strengths of others. His brushstrokes are "powerful from the front and graceful from the side", agile but not loose, clumsy but not sluggish. The stipples look after each other, express emotions, combine square and circle, and are suitable for movement and stillness. The ups and downs, turns and combinations are like "Tai Chi", and the movements back and forth are like dragons and snakes. The strokes are simple and dense. There are many changes and thousands of words are different. The changes are unified and perfect. Later generations commented that "Youjun's font is a change from the ancient method. Its majestic and elegant style comes from nature, so it is regarded as a follower in ancient and modern times." Therefore, calligraphers of all ages have praised "Lanting" as "the best in running script".
"Preface to Orchid Pavilion" Dao Mei Jin Jian's beautiful writing flows through every detail. Slightly dissecting the horizontal strokes, there are exposed front horizontal, with front horizontal, lowered head horizontal, downward cross, upward cross, parallel horizontal, etc. You can adapt to your needs. The vertical paintings are either hanging needles, making jade tendons, falling dew, diagonally vertical, arcing vertically, hooks, curved heads, double branches protruding, or juxtaposed, each of which is wonderful. The points include oblique point, front point, curved point, flat point, long point, hook point, left and right point, up and down point, two water points, three water points, three horizontal points, right point, etc. There are oblique strokes, straight strokes, short strokes, flat strokes, long curved strokes, arc strokes, back-front strokes, hooked strokes, curved strokes, parallel strokes, etc. The pick may be short or long, and the fold may include horizontal fold, vertical fold, or diagonal fold. Among them, there are diagonal bows, flat bows, back-front bows, hooked bows, long-point bows, falcon-tailed bows, etc. The hooks include vertical hooks, vertical curved hooks, oblique hooks, horizontal hooks, right curved hooks, circular curved hooks, horizontal folding hooks, left flat hooks, and return hooks. No matter horizontally, vertically, dotted, skimmed, hooked, folded, or pressed, it can be said that you can use the pen to make the best use of the edge.