On Shen Quan's Calligraphy

There are many ink marks in Shen Quan's calligraphy, such as opening letters, lines and cursive scripts, among which opening letters and actions are the most. His regular script, such as Lu Ju's axis, is a regular script, but its main characteristics are fairness, sparse spacing and gentle brushwork, which is the inheritance and evolution of the right. His running script is generally like regular script, or it is characterized by the elegance of rice script. The cursive works such as "axis of self-narration" are close to Huai Su's cursive techniques, but they are still typical features of Dong Qichang grass. It is difficult to see the cursive technique of self-narrative posts. Starting from Dong Qichang, some temporary works only recorded their words as a temporary creative opportunity, without taking their similarities and differences seriously. This, Shen Quan is also following Dong Qichang's example. Even so, Shen Quan's calligraphy just looks like Shu Dong, because his calligraphy is too gentle and stiff. Although it can be called beautiful and elegant, it lacks the ethereal vitality of Shu Dong. His calligraphy can become the imperial calligraphy of the imperial court and become a dry calligraphy style that adapts to the imperial examination system. It is inevitable that he only pays attention to physical expression and lacks expression. Even Emperor Kangxi, who was good at books, failed to get rid of this drawback.