Letters were called bamboo slips and notes in ancient times. Notes and Jane are small strips of bamboo, which refer to delicate pieces of paper used to write poems and letters, and are the predecessors of letters.
Small pieces of bamboo, wood and paper are the main carriers of ancient letters.
Compared with screen couplets for entertainment, fine print is more like a private garden where scholars can play freely. Because it's a letter, it won't be made public, so you don't need to sit still when you write it. Especially when writing a letter to someone close to you, I feel relaxed, put pen to paper naturally, follow the pen and turn the pen at will. The writer's mind is completely dramatic. It is no exaggeration to say that it is like seeing words on this kind of ink and pen power.
In fact, many famous original works in the history of calligraphy are full of vulgarity:
After a long sleep during the day, Yang Ningshi was so hungry that he bought leeks to eat with mutton. He thought the taste was wonderful, so he wrote "Cauliflower with leeks" to express his gratitude.
The aesthetic philosophy of bamboo slips calligraphy comes from? Book saint? Wang Xizhi was founded. Calligraphers in Tang Dynasty, represented by Yan Zhenqing, began to popularize calligraphy to all social strata.
Zhao Mengfu, on the other hand, comprehensively studied and summarized the basic paradigm of bamboo slips calligraphy of the previous generation of literati, reformed the aesthetics of bamboo slips calligraphy, and greatly expanded the sociality and practicality of bamboo slips calligraphy.
Scholars in Ming and Qing Dynasties always followed the tradition of bamboo slips calligraphy initiated by Wang Xizhi and established by Zhao Mengfu, which lasted until the Republic of China when the old and new cultures collided, and reached the peak of traditional letter culture.
1 912+1October1The Republic of China, which was proclaimed, completed its formal national reunification in1928+February after more than ten years of warlords' melee. What's interesting is. Republic of China book style? It was also formed at this time.
Although it didn't exist for a long time, as the last contemporary calligraphy style in the history of traditional calligraphy in China, it has been tempered by 1000 years, and based on the complete integration of calligraphy and epigraphy, it embodies the spirit of tolerance and openness? Republic of China book style? It is not the last aristocrat who appeared because of the decline of traditional calligraphy, but the rebirth of tradition.
Calligraphy in the Republic of China has a strong secularity. This is not only the result of the gradual popularization of cultural calligraphy for thousands of years, but also an unprecedented degree of social participation? Modern calligraphy? Open the premise.
Literati, bureaucrats, businessmen, comprador, dignitaries, kings and calligraphers in the Republic of China? Sample? Diversity and richness. They proved that the formation and stability of calligraphy style in an era need a wide range of participants. And among them, book collectors in the Republic of China also use their own letters as? Republic of China book style? The research specimens show that the unified calligraphy style of the times is not the solidification of a stagnant pool.
Book collection is the romance of literati.
Meeting a good book is like meeting true love. The collection of books also feels the treasure and feedback of bibliophiles. Books have always been hard currency at home and abroad. With the circulation, the value of books rose, becoming the last straw when bibliophiles were down and out.