First, the pen walks the dragon snake
Interpretation of vernacular Chinese: With a stroke of the pen, you can show the expression of dragon and snake dancing together.
Said by: cursive script song: "It seems to smell ghosts and gods, and you always see dragons and snakes."
Dynasty: Tang Dynasty
Author: Li Bai
I seem to be frightened by a ghost. At that time, I only saw the dragon and snake leave.
For example, grandpa's writing brush strokes is like writing dragons and snakes in one go.
Second, the force penetrates the back of the paper.
Interpretation of vernacular Chinese: force: pen power. Tou: yes. Describe the vigorous and powerful calligraphy; The nib almost pierces the back of the paper. It is also a metaphor for literary works with profound thoughts or superb skills in depicting characters.
Said by: "Zhang Changshi's Twelve-character brushwork": "It often tries to make it pass through the back of the paper, which is extremely successful."
Dynasty: Tang Dynasty
Author: Yan Zhenqing
Translation: They are sharp and often want him to penetrate the back of the paper, which is the highest level of success.
Ex.: His handwriting is very good, which penetrates the back of the paper.
Third, dragon and phoenix dance
Vernacular interpretation: such as dragonfly; Like a phoenix dancing. It turns out that the mountain is winding; Magnificent and majestic. Old superstition; Thought it was imperial weather. Now describe calligraphy as elegant and colorful. Multi-fingered cursive.
From: "Watch the Loyalty Monument": "The mountain with long eyes and plenty of water, flies while flying, shines in Lin 'an. "
Dynasty: Song Dynasty
Author: Su Shi
Tianmu Mountain is the birthplace of carrying water, with winding mountains and concentrated in Lin 'an.
Example: His cursive script is flying like a dragon and a phoenix, and he is worthy of being a famous calligrapher.
Fourth, running water.
Vernacular interpretation: describe the article as natural and unconstrained; Like floating clouds and flowing water.
From: "The Book of Pushing Officials with Xie": "Calligraphy and poetry are all familiar; Roughly like a flowing cloud, it has no definite quality at first, but it often advances in what it does and often stops in what it can't stop. "
Dynasty: Song Dynasty
Author: Su Shi
Translation: The essays of Buddhist poems seem mature; Generally speaking, like floating clouds and running water, there is no fixed form, but it often starts in the right place and often ends in the inevitable place.
Example: This essay, scattered in form and lingering in spirit, is worth reading.
The Basic Meaning and Origin of Calligraphy
I. Basic meaning
On the surface, calligraphy refers to the statutes of writing. In life, the word calligraphy has the following meanings: first, it is synonymous with a written work or the floorboard of all written works; Second, an art category generally refers to the art of writing Chinese characters.
Kang Youwei said in Guang Yi and Zhou Shuang: "Tang Yan's composition is the music of the Song and Shang Dynasties", from which we can see that the calligraphy in the Tang Dynasty pursued the highest and most rigorous statutes, and its calligraphy achievements were also the highest in the history of calligraphy.
Second, the origin
China's calligraphy art began in the generation stage of Chinese characters. "Voice can't spread in different places, but stay in different times, so words were born. Writer, so it is the trace of Italian sound. " (The Book of Lin Zao, edited by Ma Zonghuo) As a result, words were produced. The earliest works of calligraphy art are not words, but some descriptive symbols-hieroglyphics or picture words.
The symbols of Chinese characters first appeared on pottery. The primitive depiction symbol only represents a rough concept of chaos and has no exact meaning.
More than 8,000 years ago, magnetic mountain culture and Peiligang cultures appeared in the Yellow River Basin. There are many characters-like symbols on the handmade ceramics unearthed in Pei Ligang, which are the chaotic combination of the communication function, note-taking function and pattern decoration function of our ancestors. Although these are not recognizable Chinese characters at present, they are indeed the embryonic forms of Chinese characters.
Immediately after the Banpo site of Yangshao culture about 6000 years ago, some painted pottery with similar characters were unearthed. These symbols are distinguished from patterns, which promotes the development of Chinese characters. This can be said to be the origin of China characters.