Calligraphers are mostly poets, and poets' calligraphy is not bad. If the reputation of calligraphy is better than poetry, it will be handed down by calligraphers, and the reputation of poetry will be better than calligraphy. Today we are going to read a poem "Persuade Learning" by Yan Zhenqing, a great calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty.
Midnight to the night when chickens crow is the best time for boys to read. Black-haired teenagers only know how to play, but they don't know how to study hard. When they are white-haired, they regret why they didn't know how to study hard when they were young.
Yan Zhenqing lost his father at the age of 3, and his family came down. His mother has high hopes for him, carries out strict family education and personally urges him to study. Yan Zhenqing is also very studious and studies hard every day. This poem was written by Yan Zhenqing to encourage future generations. In ancient times, a 24-hour day and night was divided into 12 hours and 100 hours, of which 40 hours belonged to the night, and every 10 hour was called the five shifts together with the first and last nodes. Midnight is midnight, that is, 1 1 afternoon to early morning 1 point. It was around 4: 48 in the morning during the fifth watch.
Yan Zhenqing studied calligraphy under Chu Suiliang, a calligrapher, and later worshipped Zhang Xu as a teacher. Zhang Xu was a famous calligrapher in Tang Dynasty. He could write all kinds of fonts, especially cursive script. Yan Zhenqing hopes that under the guidance of this famous teacher, he will soon learn the tricks of writing and become famous at one fell swoop. However, Zhang Xu did not reveal any secrets of calligraphy after learning from a teacher. He just introduced some famous copybooks to Yan Zhenqing, and simply pointed out the characteristics of copybooks for Yan Zhenqing to copy. Sometimes, he takes Yan Zhenqing to climb mountains, go swimming, go to the market and go to the theatre. Let Yan Zhenqing practice calligraphy when he gets home, or watch him write calligraphy. A few months passed in an instant, and Yan Zhenqing was so anxious that he couldn't come up with the secret of the teacher's calligraphy that he decided to ask the teacher directly.
One day, Yan Zhenqing stood up and said with a red face, "The students have something to ask. Please ask the teacher to teach them the secret of calligraphy." Zhang Xu replied: "To learn calligraphy, one must' learn engineering', that is, study hard and practice hard; Second, we should "comprehend", that is, accept the inspiration of all natural phenomena. Didn't I tell you many times? " Hearing this, Yan Zhenqing thought the teacher didn't want to teach secrets, and stepped forward. On him, he pleaded: "I know everything the teacher said, such as' engineering' and' understanding'." What I need most now is the secret recipe of the teacher's stunt, so please teach me. " Zhang Xu still patiently enlightened Yan Zhenqing: "I saw the princess arguing with the porter and examining the brushwork. When I saw Gong Sundaniang dancing sword, I got the charm of writing. Apart from hard training, I have observed nature and nothing else. " Then, he told Yan Zhenqing the story of Wang Xianzhi, the son of Wang Xizhi, a book sage in Jin Dynasty, practicing calligraphy. Finally, he said seriously, "If there is any secret to learning calligraphy, it is to study hard and practice hard. Remember, people who don't work hard won't achieve anything. " Yan Zhenqing was greatly inspired by the teacher's teaching, and he really understood the learning methods.
From then on, he studied hard, studied hard and learned the charm of calligraphy from life. He made rapid progress and eventually became a great calligrapher, ranking first among the four great calligraphers of his time. Yan Zhenqing created the "Yan Style" of regular script, which was called "four masters of regular script" with Liu Gongquan, Ou Yangxun in Tang Dynasty and Zhao Mengfu in Yuan Dynasty, and "Yan Gu" with Liu Gongquan. Only by keeping the spirit of diligent study can we achieve something.
Anyone who has achieved something in the world must have the spirit of diligence.