★Wei Yuanyong, executive chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, is a native of Xia County, Shanxi Province and is the 72nd generation heir of "Wei's Calligraphy". He has studied calligraphy since childhood and has a unique understanding of Chinese calligraphy. The thousands of years of "Wei's calligraphy" has been fully exerted and reflected in him; he has fully inherited various styles of calligraphy that have been popular since the Eastern Han Dynasty, inherited solid knowledge, and studied ancient times. method, focusing on the study of philology and calligraphy; he integrated Confucianism and Taoism culture into calligraphy culture, taking "doctrine of the mean" and "Tao follows nature" as the spiritual soul of calligraphy, and at the same time integrated "Tai Chi", "Swordsmanship", " "Qigong" is integrated into calligraphy to create a unique calligraphy charm. In 2005, he was awarded the title of artist with both virtue and art by the Chinese Calligraphy Association. In 2006, he was awarded the Chinese Calligraphy Art Lifetime Achievement Award by the Chinese Calligraphy Association. In 2007, he was awarded the World Science, Education, Culture and The association awarded the world's outstanding artists and 26 generations of disciples of the Quanzhen sect of Chinese Taoism, who comprehensively inherited and developed "Wei's calligraphy".
Chinese calligraphy reached a peak in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, represented by Zhong Yao and " "Wei's calligraphy". The Wei family has four generations of calligraphy family, and became a calligraphy family during the Wei and Jin Dynasties. During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei Guan and Zhong Yao were on par with each other. After the promotion of three generations of ancestors and grandchildren, including Wei Guan, Wei Heng, and Mrs. Wei in the Jin Dynasty, the calligraphy family formed In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, calligraphers from all over the country on both sides of the Yellow River studied "Wei's calligraphy". In the late Eastern Jin Dynasty, due to political reasons, "Wei's calligraphy" was no longer popular. It has gradually become silent, but its influence will always occupy a decisive position in the history of Chinese calligraphy. From Wei Heng's "Four Body Calligraphy Movements" to Mrs. Wei's "Brush Formation Diagram", it not only opened up the history of Chinese calligraphy theory, but also made calligraphy famous. Among them, Wang Xizhi, the "best running calligrapher in the world" cultivated by Mrs. Wei, has made future generations admire him. Generations of calligraphy scholars have been subtly nourished by "Wei's calligraphy".
As the successor of "Wei's calligraphy", Dr. Wei Yuanyun began to learn calligraphy at the age of six. He not only inherited the essence and soul of "Wei's calligraphy", but also systematically studied the theory of Chinese calligraphy. It is to seek rich ideological connotation in simple lines, not to be pretty on the outside, but to pay attention to the inner sense of life, and to embody the charm of life in simplicity.
Wei Yuanqi took running script as the guide and formed it. Wei Yuanyong's calligraphy can be described as "both form and spirit", integrating "mind enlightenment" and "clearing the mind and thinking". , The subjective spirit of "Shen Ying Si Che" is reflected in calligraphy creation.
Appendix: Wei's Calligraphy
Cao Wei. During the Western Jin Dynasty, the Wei family was a prominent Confucian family in Anyi, Hedong (now Xia County, Shanxi). Tracing back to the ancestors, the Wei family was originally from Daijun (now Yanggao, Shanxi). Great-grandfather Wei Hao was famous for his Confucianism and was recruited by the imperial court. He died in Anyi, Hedong Province on the way to Luoyang. The imperial court granted him a place to bury him, and his family settled there. Therefore, Wei Hao was listed in the Genealogy of the Wei Family in Anyi, Hedong Province.
Most of the famous families in the Eastern Han Dynasty were wealthy. They entered official careers through Confucian classics, held positions of power in the dynasty, or controlled states and counties, manipulated each other, and were noble for many generations. Wei Hao was a Confucian scholar. After his descendants settled in Hedong and before Sun Wei, the fourth generation, became an official, the family was not established yet, but Confucianism was still passed down to his family. It was not until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty that Wei Jian was appointed by Cao Cao, and the Wei family began to flourish.
Wei Qi (?-229), whose courtesy name was Boru, was academically accomplished when he was young. He was known for his talent and scholarship, and his outstanding writings. When Cao Cao was the king of Wei, Wei Jian and Wang Can merged into the canon system. During the Han and Wei Zen dynasties, he was appointed by Cao Pi as the minister of the Han Dynasty and drafted the imperial edict of abdication on behalf of the Han Dynasty. In the two dynasties of Cao, Wei, and Ming, they were granted the titles of Tinghou and Xianghou successively, and were in charge of the court's etiquette and cultural and historical records.
Wei Jian had three sons, and it was the eldest son Wei Guan (Boyu, 220-291) who shone in Weimen. He lost his father when he was ten years old and entered the official career at the age of twenty. He was a strict man and was known for his clear knowledge and integrity. When Wei destroyed Shu, Wei Guan was appointed as the supervisor of the army. Deng Ai and Zhong Hui were vying for credit after pacifying the Shu queen. They each had different ambitions. He planned to kill Deng and Zhong to quell the chaos. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Jin Dynasty, he was promoted to Sikong and took charge of the affairs of the state. After Emperor Hui succeeded to the throne, Wei Guan and Wang Liang of Runan assisted in the administration. The Wei family became a high-ranking family due to Wei Guan's powerful position. Within the same family, the second brother was granted a title, the eldest son Wei Heng (Jushan) was appointed Huangmenlang, and the fifth son Wei Ting was selected to the East Palace "to travel with the prince".
The sons of Wei Guan were all married to famous families in the Western Jin Dynasty. The eldest son married the daughter of He Shao of Yangxia in Chenjun County, the second son Wei Heng married the daughter of Wang Hun of Jinyang in Taiyuan, and the third son of Wei Yue married the daughter of Pei Kai of Wenxi in Hedong. His grandson Wei Jie married the daughter of Yue Guang, a famous scholar in China. His wife died, and he married the granddaughter of Shan Tao. The Wei family also married into the royal family. Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty gave Wei Guan's fourth son Wei Xuan the title of Princess Fanchang, the daughter of Emperor Wu. Emperor Wu once planned to choose Wei Guan's daughter as the concubine of the crown prince (i.e. Emperor Hui of Jin). He said that Wei Gong's daughter had "five qualities": "a virtuous woman will have many sons, a beautiful woman will grow tall, and she will be white." This marriage was arranged because Jia Chong bribed the palace. People talked about Empress Yang, and secretly sent the crown prince Taifu Xunyi to praise Jia Chong's daughter, and finally they were engaged to the Jia family, the later empress Jia Nanfeng who was full of jealousy and interfered in politics. For the Wei family, the selection of the crown princess not only meant that they lost the honor of marrying the prince, but later facts proved that it also planted the seeds of disaster for Weimen. After Emperor Hui ascended the throne, Jia Nanfeng resented Wei Guan's uprightness and ordered Chu Wang Wei to kill nine of Wei Guan's descendants. Later, he also got rid of Chu Wang Wei on the charge of killing ministers by false edicts. The daughter of Wei Guan wrote a letter to avenge her grievances, and she was able to get justice. Wei Guan was granted the title of Duke of Lanling County, and her grandson Wei Hong (Zhong Bao) was granted the title of Duke. Later, he was granted the title of Duke of Jiangxia County, with a town of 8,500 households.
During the reign of Emperor Huai, Wei Hongguan served as the minister of cavalry, and Di Jie (Shubao, 286-312) washed the prince's horse. Wei Jie has a graceful and graceful appearance, is beautiful and white, and is known as the "Beauty Woman". During the chaos in the north, the gentry migrated south one after another. In order to preserve the family, Wei Jie took his mother and moved southward in the fourth year of Yongjia (310). He became ill from overwork and died in Nanchang in the sixth year of Yongjia (312). Wei Hong was unable to accompany him because he was "a servant of Emperor Huai". In the fifth year of Yongjia (311), Shi Le was killed after he captured Luoyang. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Emperor Yuan commemorated Wei Guan as "the patriarch of the country" and entrusted his great-great-grandson Wei Chong to succeed the Wei family in enfeoffing the city. In the ninth year of Yixi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (413), Uncle Xun, the head of the ancestral hall, petitioned to seize the Wei clan's fief in Jiangxia County. Wei Chong's great-grandson Wei Yu petitioned for public deliberation and retained the fief. After that, the powerful Wei family in Hedong became unknown in the court.
There is also a Wei Lie branch of the Wei clan in Hedong. Regarding the situation of this branch, the note "Wei Jiangzhou" in "Shishuo Xinyu·Jianshi No. 29" quotes "Yongjia Liu Renming" as saying: "Wei Zhan, courtesy name Daoshu, was born in Anyi, Hedong. His ancestors were Pengcheng protectors. Army. In the early days of Guangxi, General Ying Yang and the governor of Jiangzhou were eliminated. Wei Lie and Wei Shao were not named in the historical records. The biography of Wei Zhan is attached to the "Book of Jin·Biography of Wei Guan". "After that, he was said to be Wei Heng's younger brother. He served as the governor of Jiangzhou in the late Western Jin Dynasty and the Tingwei in the early Eastern Jin Dynasty, in charge of prisons. Wei Zhan's sister Wei Shuo (Maoyi, 272-349), the famous Mrs. Wei in the history of calligraphy, married Li Ju of Jiangxia, who also served as the governor of Jiangzhou in the late Western Jin Dynasty. The Li family in Jiangxia is also a wealthy family and is good at calligraphy. Mrs. Wei was Wang Xizhi's enlightenment teacher. She died in the fifth year of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty at the age of seventy-eight.