1, Su Shi
Su Shi is an outstanding figure in the cultural history of China. He has unique creations in poetry, ci, prose, calligraphy, painting and literary criticism.
Su Shi has unique views on the learning and creation of calligraphy: in learning, he emphasizes that "if you can understand his meaning, you often say you can't learn"; Emphasize the character that "although the book is clumsy, the hearts of gentlemen and villains cannot be chaotic"; It is emphasized that knowledge "is not as precious as mountains, and you have to read thousands of books to understand God".
In the creation of calligraphy, it is even louder to put forward that "I can't create this book according to my will, and I am tired of asking for it myself", thus opening the wind of "respecting meaning".
There are many ink marks handed down from ancient times by Su Shi, mainly including "Red Cliff Fu" and "Huangzhou Cold Food Poetry Post". Among them, Huangzhou Cold Food Poetry Post is a typical representative of his intentional creation: the weight of brushwork, the informality on the edge and the scattered white cloth are all consistent with the content of the poem and convey its complex artistic conception.
2. Huang Tingjian
Huang Tingjian's "respect for meaning" is reflected in his evaluation of calligraphy. When evaluating calligraphy, he not only pays attention to the legitimacy of stippling, but also pays attention to the feelings expressed by stippling. In his view, stippling is beautiful as long as it is affectionate, which is completely in line with Su Shi's "beauty of appearance, why not ellipse?"
Huang Tingjian's "respect for meaning" is reflected in his calligraphy creation. Before the Song Dynasty, there were not many calligraphers who wrote poems for others, but Huang Tingjian wrote many ancient poems, such as Biography of Fan Pang, Poems of Love by Li Bai and Poems of Zhi Zhu by Liu Yuxi. All this has pinned his feelings from material selection to writing.
If we compare the above-mentioned Book Trace with his other works, such as Song Fengge Poetry and Flower Recruitment Post, we can see the different emotions expressed in it.
3.miffy
Mi Fei created a high-level calligraphy style in the Song Dynasty. Mi Fei's seal script is cursive, especially running script. Calligraphy is directly inherited from Jin and Tang dynasties, with infinite mechanics and profound traditional skills. Mi Fei copied ancient books, and it is said that he copied Wang Xianzhi's Mid-Autumn Festival Post. Mi Fei has many works handed down from ancient times, claiming to have "written 100,000 pieces of hemp notes in his life".
Among the books handed down from ancient times, Shu Sutie and Tiaoxi Poetry are the most widely circulated.
From the running script works handed down from generation to generation, we can see the basic characteristics of Mi Fei's calligraphy: the pen is swift, like a horse in a battle, leisurely and happy, calling himself "brushing words"; Center winger, turned frustrated, freely; The strokes are backward, undulating and varied. The size of the knot is large and beautiful, the overall layout echoes, and the charm is full.
Fundamentally speaking, Mi Fei's calligraphy belongs to the traditional legalist school. Unlike Su Shi and Huang Tingjian, his calligraphy works are not as colorful as Su Huang's. Su Shi spoke highly of Mi Fei's calligraphy and thought that he was "on a par with Zhong and Wang".
4. Cai Xiang
Cai Xiang studied under Yan, Ou, Yu and other famous people in the Tang Dynasty, and also under the Jin people. He is really good at cursive script. Ouyang Xiu called his running script the first, lower case the second and cursive script the third. Block letters are dignified and calm, more beautiful than Yan Zhenqing; The younger one is quaint and honest, with the temperament of Jin people.
The running script is elegant and graceful, and the cursive script is vigorous and charming, comparable to that of the Tang Dynasty, which was highly respected by people at that time: "Since Su Zimei's death, I feel that the brushwork is unique. In recent years, Mo Jun has dominated the world, but he is very modest and refuses to advocate alliance "; "Mo Jun's calligraphy talent is high, his knowledge is deep, his heart and hand correspond, and his transformation is endless, so he is the first in this dynasty." But Cai Xiang's creativity is not great, so it has little influence on later generations.