The Self-Narrative Post is a brief introduction to Huai Su's life, and also records the poems presented by Yan Zhenqing, Zhang Wei and Dai Shulun. Since the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, it has been a popular calligraphy post in the cursive script world. It is a link between the past and the future in the history of cursive script in China and has a far-reaching influence in the field of calligraphy art. It is the longest work handed down by Huai Su and is called "the best cursive script in the world".
Characteristics of cursive script in "self-report post"
The whole article is crazy grass, pen and pen are in the middle, such as cone drawing sand table, vertical and horizontal oblique straight, no matter what; The whole volume emphasizes the continuous grass trend, turning up and down with the pen, jerking left and right, fluctuating, rapid, light and heavy, full of rules, strange changes and stirring spirit, which is the ultimate expression of cursive art.
Among cursive scripts, the characteristics of writing brush are the most obvious. In the process of stippling, the change of lines is the main thing, and dots are widely used in cursive script. The direction and position of points affect the posture, composition and style characteristics of fonts. Gestures within and between words are varied. The center of gravity, tightness, appearance space and space within words are mainly circular, and irregular spatial layout and division such as square, sharp and polygon are also used, which is still flexible.