Zhang Huaiguan, a theorist of calligraphy and painting in Tang Dynasty in China, was born in Kaiyuan Hailing (now Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province). Zeng Guan Ezhou Sima, special for Kaiyuan Chinese Hanlin Academy. Calligraphy, good at truth, line, small seal, eight points.
He is the author of Book Theory (1), commenting on four styles of truth, line, chapter and grass, and discussing the practices of various styles. Book review (1) evaluates the value of calligraphy; The book is broken, 3 volumes. In addition, there are other works, such as Lun Zi, Lun Liuti Calligraphy, Lun Ten Methods of Using Pen, Yu Tang Ban Jing, Ballad of Books and Medicine Stone, which are all works of calligraphy theory. He is also the author of Broken Paintings, a book about painting that has been lost.
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Argument: A writer is, on the whole, a writer's grandfather is the writer's descendant if it is divided into meanings. It is called "Wen" because we can understand its arts and sciences by examining its shape. Mother and son are born together and have many breasts, so they are called "words". If the topic is bamboo and silk, it is called "book". If you have culture, your road will be brilliant.
The words of day, month, star, morning and day; Five mountains, four blasphemies, and local texts; City gate, imperial documents, and humanities. Words are the same as books, and the same is true. Because text is used, it must be formed. There are no famous sayings, there are leading groups. What you don't know, what you don't know, can be described as simple and clear, responsive. The scope of the universe is Kawahara, high and low habitable and fertile soil, which is based on the Eight Wastes. Ji Gang's ethics shows the political system.
Your father's dignity, but love and respect; Rows of young and old, orderly from top to bottom, are based on the avenue. It is not close to books to explain the great idea of canon and division and become a rich and powerful country. After that, capable people, combined with mystery, have the way of calligraphy. The sages in the world are precious.
Vernacular translation:
Comment: Words are common things. If divided by righteousness, words are ancestors and words are descendants. Look at the shape of that thing. Get its arts and sciences, so it is a text. Mother and son live together. There are more and more derivations, so it is named Zi. Carved on bamboo slips and fabrics, it is regarded as calligraphy. Text. Its reason is to shine.
The sun, moon and stars are art and science in the sky; Five mountains and four blasphemies are the art and science of the earth; The etiquette of the palace and the court is the liberal arts of human beings. Words and words, the truth is the same. Words are used by people because of words, and it is possible to write in words. People say that many things are abstract, intangible, extensive, concrete and tangible. What are the subtle and profound places? It can be said that it is simple and extensive.
Imitating the universe, we can distinguish the difference between Yin and Yang and Sichuan and Yuan, and the fertile land can be established, so we can write accounts in all directions. Managing talents, showing respect to your father, respecting ceremony with dignity, and arranging titles in an orderly way are the reasons why Avenue is implemented.
Explaining the way of governing the country through the Five Classics and Three Graves and achieving the great cause of the country is not close to words. After that, what can be written into a book, combined with exquisite writing skills and know-how, leads to the truth of calligraphy. No one in the world is talented, virtuous, prestigious and cherished.