Rabbit writes this in brush calligraphy:
The first stroke is made diagonally, and then the pen is folded and drawn quickly to the left, with a slightly flat angle, short and powerful; left vertical The starting stroke is to the left, with a slight arc, and the downward stroke is slightly lighter and inclined to the right.
The horizontal fold is imaginarily connected to the left vertical line. The horizontal stroke is shoulder-length and not too heavy. After the stroke is in place, lift the tip of the pen upward slightly and then draw the stroke toward the lower left and write the right vertical line. The vertical body is slightly shorter; the middle vertical line is flat. Cut and drop the pen, imaginary connection with the left stroke, the center is downward, slightly light, and slightly tilted to the left; the bottom horizontal stroke is slightly tilted to the left, be careful not to exceed the vertical stroke above, and hold the right vertical stroke to close it.
The lower stroke is located at the intersection of the middle vertical and the bottom horizontal. Pick up the stroke from the inside of the horizontal painting, straighten the body slightly, and then bend slightly to the left after passing the stroke, and lift the tip quickly to the left. Point the tip; stretch the vertical curved hook, basically flush with the beginning of the stroke at the bottom. After finishing the stroke, first move downward slightly to the left, and the stroke should be slightly light. The vertical stroke should not be too long. When you reach the turning point, press the stroke slightly and move to the right, with a slight ribbon. Curvature, please note that the turning point should not be too straight or too curved.
After the stroke is in place, pick up the pen vertically and draw out the hook. The inside is round and the outside is square, and the overall stretch is strong. Finally, the stroke is basically flush with the starting point of the vertical hook. The shape is slightly longer and the center of gravity is dropped. Pay attention to the right side. The side should not exceed the right vertical line.
History of the writing brush:
As a writing tool, the writing brush has a very long history. Traces of writing brushes can be found on the painted pottery as early as the Neolithic Age. Although no actual writing brush has been seen before the Western Zhou Dynasty, some signs of the use of brushes can be found in prehistoric painted pottery patterns and oracle bone inscriptions from the Shang Dynasty.
In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, brushes were widely used to write on bamboo slips and silk. It can be seen from this that the writing brush originated before the Yin and Shang Dynasties. The earliest writing brush can be traced back to about 2,000 years ago.
A writing brush from the Spring and Autumn Period was discovered in the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng in Leigudun, Suizhou City, Hubei Province. This writing brush is the earliest brush discovered so far and is a rare and valuable information left over from the ancient times. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the names for the pen varied from place to place, including "Bi", "Yu", "Fu" and other names. It was not until the Qin Dynasty implemented "books with the same text and cars with the same track" that the various names of the pen were unified as "pen".
According to legend, Meng Tian, ??a general of the Qin Dynasty, once took sheep hair to make brushes in Shanlian Village, and he was regarded as the ancestor of the brush there. It is also said that Mengtian's wife Bu Xianglian was also proficient in pen-making skills and was worshiped as the Empress of the Pen.
By the Han Dynasty, pens had become more sophisticated, and Lu Xie was a master of pen making at that time. In addition to rabbit hair, the raw materials for making pen heads in the Han Dynasty also included wool, deer hair, raccoon hair, wolf hair, etc., with both hard and soft hair used. At the same time, the texture and decoration of the pen tube are also enriched. According to official history books, China's famous Xuan pen was invented in the Han Dynasty.