The calligrapher of Six and a Half Minutes is Zheng Banqiao.
Zheng Xie, a calligrapher and painter of the Qing Dynasty, known as one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou", was named Banqiao. Zheng Xie was good at both poetry, calligraphy and painting, and was known as the Three Great Masters at the time. His calligraphy art is unique in the history of Chinese calligraphy and painting. His calligraphy has its own unique style, which gives the impression of being paved with rocks. It is known as "Banqiao style" and he himself jokingly calls it "six-and-a-half-point calligraphy".
And explained: "Banqiao neither has the strength of Fu Weng, nor the smoothness of pine and snow. It is just a strange thing. It is a method of combining true and official, and mixed it with walking grass." Judging from the calligraphy works he created, the so-called "method of combining true and official script" actually involves incorporating official script into regular script, and at the same time using the writing style of running cursive script to write. As for which "six points" it is, Which "half point" and where the remaining "three and a half points" are are cannot be understood rigidly.
He used orchid grass painting method to start his painting, which is extremely free and natural. He also used seal script, official script, cursive script and regular script to create endless changes. This running calligraphy painting of "Two Rests of Yanglindong Ferry" embodies the unique formal beauty of Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy art. The three characters "Peach Blossom Bank" are particularly bright and moving. Zheng Banqiao's unique new calligraphy style created a precedent in the history of calligraphy.
The story of Zheng Banqiao
It is said that when he was young, Zheng Banqiao devoted himself to copying the works of famous calligraphers of the past dynasties, and his copies were so fake that they looked real. However, this did not make him famous. Not noticed by the world. Once, he woke up from his dream and started writing on his thigh with his fingers. After writing, he wrote on his wife.
The wife was awakened and asked dissatisfiedly: "You have your body (body), I have mine, why don't you practice on your own body?" The speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention. Zheng Banqiao got unexpected inspiration from his wife's words. From then on, he tried to find new ways, integrated everything, and on the basis of absorbing the strengths of major calligraphers, he worked hard to create his own style, and uniquely created the "six-and-a-half-point calligraphy" that is both elegant and popular, which is often called "six-and-a-half-point calligraphy". Banqiao style". Only then did he become famous and began to be hailed as a great calligrapher.