Li Yong: Li Yong (678-747) was a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. The word Taihe is from Jiangdu, Yangzhou (now Jiangsu). Not very well known, recommended to the left. Make a name for yourself. Good at calligraphy, ICBC books. Learn from the two kings, innovate, open and close vertically and horizontally, and have a touching style. Li called it "the fairy hand in the book". Xuanhe Shupu says: "Yong is good at calligraphy, especially in the name of cursive script. When you first learned the correct method of the army, you had a wonderful idea. After that, you learn from it and write in a new way. " Handed down works include Li Sixun Monument and Lushan Temple Monument.
The fairy hand in the book
Li Yong was born in a scholarly family, and his father, Shan Li, was a great scholar in the Tang Dynasty. He is famous for his Notes on Selected Works. During the Tianbao period, Li Yong moved to Jixian County, Beihai County, so it was also called "Li Beihai". Li Yong is talented and studious. He is not only famous in the world, but also good at calligraphy, especially ICBC and cursive script.
Li Beihai is bold and straightforward, regardless of details. He pays attention to loyalty, cherishes talents, attaches importance to time in the name of article calligraphy. Li Beihai is good at eulogizing inscriptions and writing in person, so many people ask him to write inscriptions, and he also gets a lot of money. However, Li Beihai paid more attention to righteousness than wealth, and used all the money from writing the tablet to save the poor, so he was praised by people at that time. At that time, it was praised as the "six unique skills" of writing, calligraphy, integration, interpretation, beauty and fierceness.
There are many famous artists in the Tang Dynasty, and their calligraphy styles are salty, especially the creation of regular script has reached a peak, and there is almost no way out. In this case, Li Beihai found a new way, specializing in line grass, and opened up a new road with running script. Li Beihai's calligraphy is a beginner of Wang Xizhi, but he is not rigid and strives for innovation. Change the dignified and beautiful style of the early Tang Dynasty, the brushwork is vigorous, sharp-edged, ups and downs, and take on a new look. This was really commendable in the early Tang Dynasty, when the right army was rampant all over the world. Li Beihai's running script is bold and unrestrained, but it is vigorous and convergent; Anyway, the knot seems very comfortable, and it was born with a pen. Very personal, unique and refreshing. Li Beihai's calligraphy advocates individuality, emphasizes danger, opens and closes vertically and horizontally, and has a touching style. The book review called it "Three Peaks in Hua Yue, One Song of the Yellow River". Li Beihai worked hard in Linchi all his life, combining writing, calligraphy and stone carving, leaving many exquisite books and sculptures for later generations, among which the famous ones are Lushan Temple Monument, Ye Youdao Monument and Duanzhou Stone Chamber Record.
Li Beihai once said that "those who learn from me are vulgar, and those who learn from me will die", which is based on his own experience in learning the calligraphy of the two kings. This means that learning books should not only be similar in shape, but also be similar in spirit. We should explore and grasp the spiritual temperament, seek change and innovation in inheritance, and form our own style and personality. This point is still worth learning today.
As soon as I see a familiar place, my memory comes back to life.
Li Beihai's articles are honest, eloquent and extraordinary. Today, Duanzhou Stone Chamber in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province has been handed down as a regular script of Li Beihai, and there is such a touching story:
According to legend, one day in the fifteenth year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Beihai passed through Duanzhou and rode on an ancient road. The magnificent scenery of Qixingyan attracted him. He wanted to dismount and watch carefully, so he reined in his horse. Who knows that the horse's momentum is too great, but it can't stop it for a while, but it has stepped on a deep horseshoe print at the mouth of Shishi Rock. Li Beihai was moved by this scene. He was covered in books. After dismounting, he wrote the famous horseshoe tablet in one breath, also called Duanzhou Stone Chamber.
Horseshoe tablet is the only regular script stone carving handed down by Li Beihai. Li Beihai is famous for cursive script and cursive script, but in the Tang Dynasty, when the regular script law was strict, his basic skills of regular script were undoubtedly solid, and only later did he concentrate on running script. This poem "Horseshoe Monument" is simple and magnificent, and it is the earliest and most comprehensive chapter praising Qixingyan. In order to protect this famous inscription, later generations also specially established the "Beihai Monument Pavilion". The calligraphy of this monument has both stones, fresh and vigorous, and unique; The pen is natural, the words are rigorous, dignified and generous, and it is more important than the world. From this monument, we can still feel the unique gentle and generous bearing of regular script in Tang Dynasty, which is not found in regular script after Song and Yuan Dynasties.
Li Sixun Monument (Partial) Tang Liyong