Brief reading of book theory? Zhao Yi's Non-cursive Script

"The prosperity of cursive script, its in modern times? The first half was not hung by the sky, and the second half was not vomited by Heluo, but made by the saints in Central Africa. At the end of Gai Qin, Xing Jun had a dense network, numerous official books, the integration of war and attack, the intersection of military books and flying wings. So he is a grass official with quick hands and simple fingers, not a saint's career. However, it is difficult to save trouble by deleting, and the loss is restored to a single order. It is very important to see things easily and understand them easily. So praise:' handling the situation properly'. "

According to Zhao Yi, cursive script is the result of reducing the complexity and simplification in order to adapt to the ever-changing war and transmit commands or other wartime information more quickly. The advantage of cursive script lies in its simplicity.

In his time, that is, during the Guanghe period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, cursive script prevailed, and many people even went to "ten days as a stroke, and several months as pills and ink" to learn cursive script. Leadership is like soap. Lips and teeth are often black. But the purpose of people learning cursive script is not to "do things cheaply". Based on the political atmosphere of attaching importance to Confucianism at that time, Zhao Yi thought that cursive script was "the township and city did not use it to teach talents, the court did not use it as an instructor, the doctor did not use it to try, and the four subjects did not use it for preparation." Recruitment doesn't ask this, and performance appraisal doesn't take this course. Good does not reach politics, and clumsy does not harm governance ",which belongs to a skill that is of little practical use to the country and itself." Therefore, it is called "the cursive hand covers the ear of the fine performer". "To put it simply, these people who are obsessed with cursive script have not done their job well. To put it bluntly," calligraphy practice for the purpose of serving the people without taking official positions is all hooliganism. "

Let's not talk about the differentiation of calligraphy from practicality to artistry at this stage. The focus is on the formation process of cursive script.

It is said that official script also appeared in Qin Dynasty. At that time, Cheng Miao was imprisoned for offending the first emperor, perhaps because he was too idle in prison, or perhaps under the guidance of the policy of "writing by writing", he wanted to do something to alleviate his guilt. In short, Comrade Cheng Miao also created the official book through the process of deleting the complex and simplifying it.

Therefore, the overall development process of calligraphy fonts is a process of continuous simplification.

The above discussion has come to an end.

Finally, I want to say that when I went to Beijing to study at the end of August, my teacher said something. He said that this kind of thing is innate.

I have also read such a passage in non-cursive books: "Everyone has different qi and blood, different bones and muscles, and a dense heart and skillful hands. Ugly books are stronger in the heart and hands? "

Therefore, style is second, and "heart" and "hand" are the key points.