Which do beginners learn first? (4)

Although Wang Xizhi said that calligraphy was a good introduction to seal script at first, after all, the writing was rough and not practical at present, and only a few people started with seal script.

But under the seal script, the official script is very good. The emphasis here is on getting started in a short time, not how to write in a short time.

There is no doubt that it takes time, energy and understanding to write official script to a high level. But it is not a year or two to really enter the threshold of calligraphy and improve the understanding, structure, composition and aesthetics in writing.

If you start from Tang Kai, you will need five, six or even longer years to improve these aspects. In fact, many people have basically reached a dead end after starting from Tang Kai for several years.

We will find that in Tang Kai, the calligraphers represented by Chu Suiliang and Yan Zhenqing are more influential than other calligraphers in Tang Kai in history.

Yan Zhenqing studied Chu Suiliang's calligraphy, and many calligraphers in Yan Zhenqing, such as Liu Gongquan, Su Shi and Cai Xiang, became famous only after the Song Dynasty.