Nowadays, two kings are also fashionable. Although many people are studying inscriptions, although there are no longer a few who study inscriptions, they are still subordinate today, and there will be fewer and fewer inscriptions in the future.
1, let's look at today's aesthetics. What kind of calligraphy do we like? Zhao Meng, Wang Xizhi, Guan Geti, Tang Kai and Ou Yangxun, how many people can enjoy Ode to Shimen, Monument to Zhang Menglong, Twenty Products of Longmen and Monument to Fairy Steamed Buns are written in this market. Why do so many people like Mr. Qi Gong's calligraphy? It looks good!
Writing about Zhao Meng sells well, writes simply, looks comfortable, and many people buy it, and those who buy it are happy. Not many calligraphers used to write cursive script, but now they write Zhao Meng. This sweet calligraphy style is suitable for this era. Calligraphers also have to eat and pay their mortgage.
2. Is it really that simple to integrate inscriptions? The fusion of inscriptions is based on the in-depth understanding of inscriptions. It doesn't mean that Weibei has been practicing for two days and then integrated. It's too difficult, and it's easy to go wild if the integration is not good. How many great calligraphers with inscriptions on tablets became worse and worse at last.
Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, the wind of the integration of inscriptions has eased, and few people have done this thankless exploration, and no one has reached or approached the height of Yu Youren. After the death of the previous generation of calligraphers, there are very few calligraphers whose inscriptions are integrated.
3. What does calligraphy advocate today? In two words? Fun? Moreover, it is a very small pen and ink interest, emphasizing brushwork and showing off skills. When calligraphers are generally professional and lack sufficient cultural background, it is of course necessary to compare these pen and ink interests and techniques, just like today's martial arts, not to be able to fight, but to look good.