Wang Xizhi's calligraphy works in small letters

Xiao Kai was founded by Zhong You in the Three Kingdoms Wei Dynasty. He is an outstanding official script master, and his regular script style was born in Han Li, and his brushwork is as vivid as flying in the sea. However, the structure is wide and flat, the horizontal painting is long and the vertical painting is short, and the legacy of official division still exists. However, the model method is ready, and it is actually the ancestor of the official book. When Wang Xizhi came to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he studied the lower case calligraphy more carefully and made it perfect, which also set a good appreciation standard for China's lower case calligraphy.

Simple and natural

Zhong You Xiao Kai "Declaration Form"

This aesthetic realm, represented by Zhong You, pursues a simple, naive, natural and plain atmosphere, and requires works to be thick but not frivolous, strong but not greasy, simple but not gorgeous, deep but not arrogant, implicit but not fantastic, showing a simple, natural, simple and sincere aesthetic realm. They don't deny the role of written law and skills, but they emphasize the absolute freedom gained in the law. They advocate governing by doing nothing, governing by doing nothing and governing by doing nothing. This aesthetic has a great influence on later generations. Try to read Zhong You's short book, which is quaint and full of interest, simple and interesting, without any hue or affectation, full of mellow meaning and endless aftertaste. In fact, the capital letters in Yan Zhenqing, Fu Shan and Wang Duo are all.

Quiet and simple

Wang Xizhi's Xiao Kai Huangtingjing

This aesthetic realm is represented by Wang Xizhi, who pursues a harmonious beauty. This realm is characterized by short meeting, moderate fiber, balance of light and heavy, combination of rigidity and softness, strangeness and right, and Fiona Fang has both. It requires both sides of the contradiction to be within appropriate limits in order to maintain reasonable harmony. The so-called gentleness, and then the gentleman can. It is a dynamic harmony, a dynamic balance of life. The so-called neutrality and consistency, predictable position, let the formal beauty of calligraphy art get the richest performance. This aesthetic realm has created a highly elegant and harmonious work. Look at Wang Xizhi's small letters, which are bold and noble in external standards and contain the spirit of purity, purity, beauty and charm.

Strict laws and regulations

This realm is represented by Zhong Shaojing, and this aesthetic realm pursues a rigorous modeling beauty. This aesthetic world is thoughtful in stippling, well-structured, precise in brushwork, meticulous, ingenious and thoughtful, dignified and symmetrical, taking neatness as the method, winning by cleverness, skillful in skills and focusing on sharpness, thus showing a dignified and serious artistic conception. Try Zhong Shaojing's "Ling Fei Jing", which is a small piece of ink, vigorous and dignified, with sparse words, neat and fine, and adheres to the block method. Although its branches are white and have the beauty of artificial pruning, they can also have uneven changes in symmetry and neatness. Although it has the beauty of manual ironing, it can also have a strange change in the rigor of the law, and the structure is small.