As early as the 1960s, the elegant and exquisite "Ren style calligraphy" became popular all over China. In the streets and alleys, you can see signs or plaques written by Ren Zheng everywhere; Li Bai Memorial Hall, Du Fu Thatched Cottage and other places of interest across the motherland have left countless calligraphy or stones by Ren Zheng; Ren Zheng's calligraphy art has influenced a generation, and this kind of calligraphy has influenced a generation. The impact continues.
Many people are familiar with Ren Zheng’s calligraphy, especially the more than 7,000 characters of cursive script written by Ren Zheng which are still widely used in computer font libraries. In the early 1970s, Shanghai Character Mold No. 1 Factory wanted to cast a set of 7,000 simplified Chinese character molds for the titles of articles in newspapers, magazines and newspapers across the country. The calligraphy style is required to be pleasing to the eye, both elegant and popular, and individual fonts can be arbitrarily combined into horizontal or vertical arrangements as if written on the spot, all of which can present an overall aesthetic that is rich in charm. The names of more than 40 famous calligraphy masters were concealed and 16-karat photos were taken and distributed to grassroots units for voting and evaluation. As a result, Ren Zhengxingshu "hit the mark". Subsequently, the writing of 7000 characters became an important page in Ren Zheng's calligraphy career. Ren Zheng, who is over 60 years old, has been working hard day and night for two and a half years.
Calligraphy works by Ren Zheng have been hung in the offices of three Japanese prime ministers. The most famous Tanaka Kakuei proved his love for Ren's calligraphy with one action: after Tanaka retired, he took home this "national gift" presented to him by Zhou Enlai. In 1983, Ren Zheng was invited to give lectures in Japan. Hundreds of calligraphy enthusiasts called him "the contemporary Wang Xizhi" because of their love for Ren Zheng's running script, and he was treated with great courtesy.
Ren Zheng’s calligraphy is free and elegant, with strong and plump lines, rigorous and flexible structure, showing a strong bookish spirit. He also gives lectures at various universities, middle schools, youth palaces, cultural palaces and TV stations in Shanghai. There are many famous people under his sect, and he was once known as "seventy sages and three thousand disciples". He has cultivated many successor talents for the society and made unremitting efforts and positive contributions to the promotion of traditional Chinese calligraphy art. On the other hand, Mr. Ren Zheng responded to the requests of those who asked for letters and never cared about the gain or loss of remuneration. This kind of magnanimity is so shocking at the moment.
In China, Ren Zheng’s calligraphy works have been widely circulated. This is related to his famous generosity, and he would not refuse anyone who asked for words. For calligraphy enthusiasts who appreciate it, they often write inscriptions as a gift as an encouragement. His "Ren Ti" not only appeared frequently in major newspapers and magazines across the country, but was also entered into computers and penetrated into thousands of households. It is said that when the 7,000-character running script font was included in the commonly used computer Chinese character library in the 1990s, Ren Zheng did not receive any copyright fees.
However, in recent years, some vulgar "Jianghu font" calligraphy lacks the basic writing requirements of calligraphy and has nothing to do with academic exploration. It should be banned in time. This type of font has been included in the font library and has been accepted by many people. The use of it in advertising pages, film and television program titles, and in public places shows that some people have lost their basic understanding of calligraphy and have blurred the basic requirements for writing Chinese characters. Their understanding of the aesthetics of calligraphy has obviously declined compared to before. The choice of fonts in computers can be subjectively controlled, the aesthetic system of calligraphy can be continued, and the basic reading and aesthetic system of calligraphy cannot be gradually ignored and discarded due to the development of the information age.
? The person who made the payment: Jingshan, that is, Wei Jingshan. Wei Jingshan was born in Shanghai in December 1943 and his ancestral home is Ningbo, Zhejiang. Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts in 1965. Later, he worked as a full-time painter in the Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture Studio. During this period, he created "Occupying the Presidential Palace" (collaborated with Chen Yifei), "Pioneer" (collaborated with Chen Yifei), "Qu Qiubai", "Musician Huang Zi", "Wisdom and Perseverance - Mathematician Chen Jingrun" and other oil paintings with great influence on the times. work. Together with Chen Yifei and Xia Baoyuan, he is known as the "Three Musketeers of Shanghai Oil Painting".
In the mid-1970s, he went to Tibet to sketch, inspiring creative inspiration for a generation of young painters. In 1984, he went to the United States to study creative writing. In 1988, he received master's degrees in fine arts from Kansas City University and the City University of New York. In addition to participating in many important art exhibitions in Shanghai, his works have also been exhibited at the Asian Art Festival in Japan. Wei Jingshan has won the gold medal in the Military Art Exhibition and has been collected by the National Art Museum of China, the Military Museum, and the Lu Xun Memorial Hall.