It is said that metropolitan calligraphy can be used in Chinese painting. Is it true? What is the connection between the two?

Calligraphy is the carrier of Chinese painting. Wei Shuo, Mrs. Wei, it is rumored that Mrs. Wei is Wang Xizhi's master. Mrs. Wei once wrote a book, Pen Diagram, telling us how to write, how to hold a pen and how to use it. The book lists seven basic strokes. From the beginning, Bi Tu put forward an outstanding point, that is, calligraphy is mysterious and fine. This view of Mrs Wei coincides with that of Cai Yong and Zhong You, and it is widely circulated today because it is very reasonable. When describing how to write the seven basic strokes listed in Mrs Wei's book, she used various scenes of everything in the world, such as Wan Li floating clouds. Horizontal? , using falling rocks to describe? Point? Wait a minute. The reason why there is such a series of vivid calligraphy is extracted from the painting language.

Calligraphy is the foundation of Chinese painting. During the Southern Dynasties, Sheikh put forward six requirements for calligraphy, one of which was the requirement for calligraphy lines, that is, the use of bone pens. Chinese painting Chinese painting is also about the art of modeling. It is conceivable that lines play an important role in painting. Whether drawing or describing modeling, the requirements for lines are very strict and require superb control skills, which is only the basic requirement for every beginner. Even for a period of time, line drawing can be used to measure whether a person has superb painting skills. As a master and calligrapher of Chinese painting, Huang once summarized the brushwork of Chinese painting with calligraphy language and raised the painting language to a new height.

The unity of calligraphy and Chinese painting. In ancient times, there was a group called scholar-officials. They used to have something called literati painting. This literati painting is a combination of calligraphy and Chinese painting. Scholar-officials have in-depth research on culture and calligraphy. They believe that culture is the soul, calligraphy is the scaffold and painting is the way to express artistic conception. And this is the perfection or even breakthrough of painting. There are also many famous painters in history, such as Qi Baishi, who have made extraordinary contributions to the inheritance and continuation of China's painting and calligraphy.

It can be said that calligraphy and Chinese painting are integrated. The two are close relatives, and neither blood nor flesh and blood can be easily separated.