1. Regular script is the foundation of calligraphy.
"Standing is like this, walking is like this, and grass is like this." (Su Dongpo). It means regular script, running script, cursive script. Standing is the foundation of everything.
Kay is a model as well as a model. Regular script stippling is clear, well-proportioned, square and well-behaved, which is most suitable for laying the foundation and is the first of the primary basic skills of calligraphy.
2. The disadvantages of practicing running script directly.
On the basis of regular script stippling, running script stippling is made by using elegant, Lian Bi and simple processing methods. Learning running script or cursive script directly by bypassing regular script often ignores the training of basic stippling and structure of calligraphy, and the written characters are prone to some disadvantages, such as irregular stippling, dull brushwork, uneven density, unstable structure and inappropriate proportion.
Development of regular script
Therefore, in various calligraphy gardens in the Qin and Han Dynasties, the art of regular script (called official script at that time, that is, assisting seal script to write faster) was directly bred. According to its law, the development history of regular script in China can be divided into four periods: the germination period of regular script-Qin and Han dynasties, the development period of regular script-Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the prosperity period of regular script-Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, and the maturity period of regular script-Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Song Xuanhe's Book Score: "In the early Han Dynasty, Wang Cizhong began to use official script as regular script." The regular script here actually refers to the eight-part essay created by Wang Cizhong, not the so-called regular script in modern times. He added: "On the tomb of Confucius, a regular script tree planted by Zi Gongzhi has straight and unyielding branches." The strokes of regular script are concise and refreshing, and must be like the branches of regular script trees.