Official script evolved from seal script, changed the brushwork of square folding with a square shape, and changed the slender brushwork into a new book of horizontal organization with a wave shape. It is a calligraphy style and plays an important role in connecting the preceding with the following.
First of all, we should consider the basic writing characteristics of official script, which are generally summarized as follows: the body is flat and extends left and right; Left-handed and right-handed, silkworm head dovetail; Zigzag square garden with clear stippling; Teton combination, thick accumulation and thin hair. Simplify the complex, change the font into a square and change the strokes into straight ones. Changing "Lian Bi" into "broken pen" and changing lines into strokes makes writing more convenient. This kind of writing is very popular in "Tuli" (a small official in a lower official position), so it is called Lishu. In the Han dynasty, this kind of writing began to prevail and became the main writing. The appearance of official script is a turning point in the development history of Chinese characters, which laid the foundation for regular script. Official script is flat, neat and exquisite. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the painting of skimming and pressing was beautified as upward provocation, with different degrees of severity. The aesthetic feeling of the plastic arts of calligraphy is enhanced, the styles are diversified, and the artistic appreciation value is greatly improved.
Copying and Creation of Lishu
After selecting a post, you can start posting. There are three main ways to learn calligraphy: hook, copy and copy. The hook is made of transparent paper on the copybook, and the reflected words are checked out with very thin strokes, and then filled in with ink. Those who don't fill in ink are called double hooks. Copying is also copying copybooks with transparent paper, and copying their strokes and positions according to the reflected glyphs. Pro is to put the copybook in front of you, compare the words on the copybook, carefully observe and understand the stippling form, structural characteristics and writing methods of the words, and carefully imitate and write. The use of hooks is cumbersome and laborious, and copying and giving have their own advantages and disadvantages. For example, Jiang Baishi's "Continued Book Spectrum" said: "Pro-book is easy to lose the position of the ancients, but it is more meaningful to the ancients. Copying books is easy to get the position of the ancients, but it loses the meaning of the ancients. Books are easy to enter, books are easy to forget, and books are inadvertently copied. " Therefore, the method of temporary writing is mostly adopted by people.
Read more posts before writing. The so-called reading is to open the copybook, read it carefully, and pay attention to the stroke order, brushwork, structural characteristics and even charm of each word on the copybook. I have developed the habit of reading posts, and I can lay a good foundation for writing the words on the posts without referring to the copybooks.
After selecting the copybook, you should write it for a period of time, so that the written words can be similar to the font shape and stippling momentum of the original copybook, not perfect. In a word, we should neither change our ideas nor remain the same. With a certain foundation, changing a few posts to write will have a better grasp of brushwork and structure, and will also avoid the disadvantages of sticking to one post and jumping out too sweetly.
There are several points to pay attention to in writing exercises: don't be greedy in writing, just write a few words at a time. I often write dozens of words at a time, but I get nothing. Write a few words carefully and you will get something. It's best to write words bigger than the original post, which will make the strokes spread out and make it easy to see the strength of the bones. In general, some words on Han steles are damaged or rambling, with incomplete fonts and inconspicuous brushwork, and even some words with unsightly structure can be omitted.