Wu wrote in the preface of "On Grass-Crazy Grass in Sanchuntang" that Mr. Yang Xin, an aesthetician and calligrapher in Peking University, told me: "Teacher Li Zhimin has created a peak of cursive writing in contemporary China." Professor Zhang Zhenguo, another calligrapher from Peking University, once told me that there are three people with the best calligraphy in Beijing's universities, namely Mr. Qi Gong from Beijing Normal University, Mr. Ouyang Zhongshi from Capital Normal University and Mr. Li Zhimin from Peking University. Teacher Li's cursive script is the best in Wei Bei, but he left first. If Mr. Li were here today, he would be very famous. I am convinced of these comments. Teacher Zhang also said that when Mr. Li was alive, when talking about fame, he once said, "Don't say it before you die, but leave your name after you die." These eight words are the portrayal of Mr. Li's indifference all his life.
Wang Yuechuan, director of China Calligraphers Association and director of Peking University Calligraphy Art Research Institute, said: Li Zhimin's calligraphy has a deep study of Zhang Xu's Four Ancient Poems. His brushwork is vast and simple, taking advantage of the situation horizontally, emphasizing the beauty of calligraphy images, paying attention to being proud of images, taking meaning as images, and mixing meaning with images as a book. Those who know the book shallowly get its image, but don't understand its meaning, while those who know the book deeply get its meaning and image. He is good at the meaning of calligraphy and the image of calligraphy. His "Wild Grass" works are visualized by words, and the environment is created by words. Professor Zhimin once sent me a painting "How the water of the Yellow River moves out of heaven and into the ocean, never to return", which is very bold and arbitrary and shows everyone's demeanor.
Professor Zhang Xin, director of China Calligraphers Association and president of Peking University Calligraphers Association, said: There are only a few famous calligraphers in the history of Peking University, such as Jin Xihou, Shen and so on. Mr. Li Zhimin is a famous calligrapher, a professor whose title is more obvious than his scientific name, and the first person in the new period of reform and opening up. This is evidenced by the old plaques of various departments of Peking University, the eight characters of Peking University motto "Diligence, Rigidity, Truth-seeking and Innovation" originally written in the century-old lecture hall, the words "Building a Building" engraved in front of the Shaw Building of the former law school, and thousands and tens of thousands of calligraphy works scattered all over the country.
The calligraphers of the older generation, who are also called "Three Paintings of Peking University" with Ji Xianlin and Jin Kemu, said: Li's Wild Grass has won the essence and is full of spirits, which is amazing. A pen is like running water. When a letter is written, its size depends on it. Do what it has to do and stop what it has to do. Vertical pen flying, or falling shock, or abrupt stop, or implicit hazy, vigorous and powerful, elusive, unpredictable. As "Xuan He Shu Pu" said, "Crazy people are romantic, and their writing is absolutely perfect." Zhi Min is especially good at layout, and he can be called a master of layout because of his casual tailoring and proper pruning. It is often said that every move, every smile and every word of Mr. Mei Lanfang, a Peking Opera performance artist, on the stage is beautiful, a play and an art. I mean, every stroke, every stroke, every painting, every stroke of Li is beautiful, a masterpiece and an art. As the saying goes, "accumulate over time", "become fine over time" and "succeed over time". This book is a masterpiece of Li with concise theory and profound philosophy. Li Zhimin's Book Theory won the second 505 China Cultural Award (Special Award). The works of contemporary calligraphers, such as those of Sha Menghai, Lin Sanzhi and Li Zhimin, are floating in the dust, and the sea of clouds is gloomy and thought-provoking.
Shen Peng, a famous calligrapher, wrote to Mr. Li Zhimin in his early years, saying: The second volume of modern calligraphy works has just been published, and the first volume is also excellent! This case is the first-class work in the book.
Zhang Dainian, a great philosopher and master of Chinese studies of the older generation, once commented: "Comrade Li Zhimin is a famous calligrapher and good at calligraphy. His calligraphy is unique in the contemporary era, and his book theory has many unique insights and his own words. "
Wu Weishan, vice chairman of China Artists Association and president of China Sculpture Academy, wrote in his early years: "Li Lao's calligraphy is magnificent, unique in structure and steep in composition, which completely breaks through secular aesthetics and is a miracle to communicate with the ancients and show the modern spirit! Frank. Warm! The momentum is great! "
Kong Dong Qing commented: "Mr. Li Zhimin is a famous calligrapher in China in the 20th century, and his cursive script is considered to be the best in China after Mao Zedong."
Professor Ge Lu, the winner of the first batch of "outstanding art historians", commented in the article "Li Zhimin, an outstanding contemporary bookseller": Since the 1980s, he has often gone abroad to give lectures and visit, sometimes as a jurist and sometimes as a calligrapher. An American doesn't understand how it is possible to combine rigorous legal research with romantic grass creation. In the past ten years, his unique calligraphy works have spread to many places at home and abroad, and some of them have been carved on stones. He is good at running script, especially wild grass. As a talented and accomplished cursive writer, there are few books in contemporary China. He is crazy about grass and full of passion. Before he started writing, he stood and checked the documents on the case and smoked again and again. Once the image is in his mind, he will devote himself to the end, sweep it quickly and do it at one go. With that, he threw the pen away and smiled happily. His "Weeds" is universally acknowledged, and its greatest feature is its magnificence. Some people criticized his crazy grass for being hard to recognize, but they didn't know that he "emphasized the spiritual connotation of books, so his books only wanted to be arbitrary, not to prepare six styles." Even his signature is different. Sometimes at first sight, I don't know who he is. He prefers cursive script, and most of his handed down works are cursive script. His running script skill is profound, and Shen Feng is special, no less than cursive. The books I have written are vigorous and stubborn, old and tenacious, ranging from stippling to whole, giving people the impression that if the bow is ready to go, if the iron is bent, if the copper is chiseled. Books vividly show the calligrapher's personality. His running script is not strange at first glance, but it becomes boring after a long time.
20 14 Peking University Li Zhimin Calligraphy Art Research Association was established. Wang Renzhi, the former minister of Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, and Zhang Quanjing, the former minister of the Central Organization Department, were hired as consultants of Peking University Li Zhimin Calligraphy Art Research Association, and Gong Xiantian, a professor of Peking University, was hired as the president. At the meeting, Comrade Wang Renzhi presented a calligraphy work of "Praise of Li Zhimin" to the seminar, which was personally inscribed by his family: "It is a collection of weeds of various schools, each with its own characteristics, and should be ashamed of its predecessors. Writing a book with grass as a symbol highlights unique insights and can inspire later learning. "