First of all, the most important feature of Su Shi's calligraphy is his rich pen and ink. Su Shi's font is full and thick, without any petty feelings. The author believes that Su Shi's rich pen and ink style has created Su Shi's writing style, which has been imitated by many people in later generations. However, at that time, in the Song Dynasty, the popular font was Hu style, which was slender and narrow. So at that time, calligraphers criticized Su Shi for his bad reputation and thought that Su Shi's handwriting was not good. However, Su Shi had a far-reaching influence on later generations, the most famous of which was Ouyang Xiu, who refuted these criticisms: short, fat and thin, who is tired of flying Yuhuan? It can be seen that Su Shi's rich calligraphy has a far-reaching and controversial influence on later calligraphy. But this did not affect Su Shi's position in calligraphy.
Su Shi's calligraphy is rich in pen and ink, and has three characteristics: flat structure, light horizontal and heavy vertical, and stretched strokes. These functions are described as follows:
1, Su Shi's calligraphy has a flat structure: in fact, this can correspond to the richness of pen and ink in Su Shi's calligraphy. If Su Shi's calligraphy is slender, it can't be said to be full of pen and ink. It is the flat structure of Su Shi's calligraphy that gives people a feeling of fullness, solemnity and fullness.
2. Su Shi's calligraphy is characterized by horizontal light and vertical weight: Su Shi's calligraphy was influenced by Yan Zhenqing in the early days, and Yan Zhenqing's font was horizontal light and vertical weight. Su Shi not only inherited the style of Yan style, but also carried it forward, combining horizontal light and vertical weight into a rich and colorful style, making the font more round and beautiful.
3. Su Shi's calligraphy has the characteristics of stroke stretching: the so-called stroke stretching is in Su Shi's calligraphy? Skimming? And then what? Hey? There are signs of stretching outward, so the font looks very stretched. In my opinion, this may be related to Su Shi's personality. Su Shi's life is spontaneous and unrestrained, that is to say, the font is stretched and unrestrained, whether it is life or font.