In the existing handwritten materials left by the ancients, no matter what the content is, anyone who has read the words written by the ancients will find them very beautiful, and may even not believe that they are handwritten at all. They look like computer-printed fonts, which modern people seldom do. Why are the words written by the ancients so beautiful that people feel like Jennifer? The reason may be the writing brush in the hands of the ancients when writing.
Some book lovers often ask this question: Why do people still write calligraphy today? Although rich in science and technology, skilled, but still can not surpass the ancients? The style is not as good as the ancients, and it is not as good-looking as the ancients. Why is this?
When we meet today, we can only see the "results" written by the ancients, but we can't see how the ancients wrote them. Especially when the ancients wrote it, it was difficult to know how to do it, one stroke at a time, one detail before and after observation. But this has nothing to do with the ancients writing with pens. Fortunately, ancient paintings and calligraphy provide us with some clues.
Look carefully at the paintings of the ancients, especially the nib. The reason why the ancients wrote so carefully and beautifully is because there is a secret on the nib: because the ancients usually only dipped the nib in ink when writing. The nib is the core of pen transportation.
This pen is thin and short, which really controls the style of the pen better. However, when we started our research, we found that this was not the case. If we use kung fu and bowl power, we can write beautiful words. So why did the ancients only dip the pen tip in ink? The artist's creation may have been distorted. It may not be estimated, because the ability of ancient painters to observe life can be said to be precise and meticulous, and it is unlikely to draw wrong pictures.
Sun Xiaoyun, a famous contemporary calligrapher, devoted himself to this issue during the period of Fa Tie. She said: When I was very young, my mother told me that only one third of the pens were soaked and only the nib was used. My mother said that the previous generation taught me this way.
It can be seen that if you are a beginner, you might as well dip the nib in a little grinding instead of soaking all the brushes. When you get home, absorb it all and exercise your pen and wrist. After all, what the ancients did was reasonable.
Ancient Chinese characters are based on Wei, Jin and Tang Dynasties. With the development of the times and technology, the shape of the brush is constantly changing and improving. From Wei, Jin to Sui and Tang Dynasties, the writing brush was characterized by a short and hard nib, among which Feng Pen was the most famous.
The writing style of Jin people is desk writing or fronting writing, which requires a powerful brush. In fact, good calligraphy should be full of vitality at all times. It is this thick and hard chicken distance pen that has written countless excellent works with beautiful opening.
Ancient times were mostly traditional, with compact structure and reasonable collocation. In addition, the ancients had the consciousness of practicing calligraphy since childhood, writing first, then writing, and then writing, so there were many calligraphers. In addition, the calligraphy of the ancients and the calligraphy of the film and television works you saw are good, but some are not popular, which is unknown.
Modern society emphasizes efficiency and practicality, and naturally lacks attention and understanding of recuperation. Let children not understand Chinese characters since childhood. Simplified Chinese characters are easy to understand, but it is not easy to master the structure of Chinese characters, which is naturally ugly. Modern people's writing style incorporates many modern consciousness and elements, which can't be said to be ugly. Language is created by people, not by experience.
Since learning calligraphy, there may always be such a question: why are the words written by the ancients so beautiful, and people never seem to write better words than the ancients?
The reason here may be related to the writing skills of the ancients. Now the temporary post station can only see what the whole text on the inscription looks like, but can't see how the ancients combined and constructed the text. When the ancients wrote, it was impossible to know how to complete a stroke, look back and forth and guide the hairspring.
Fortunately, however, ancient paintings and calligraphy provide clues for modern people. If you look carefully at the paintings drawn by the ancients, you will find out how the ancients wrote them. In the process of learning calligraphy, a calligrapher once said that the ancients wrote so beautifully because there was a secret on the nib. Because when the ancients wrote, only the nib was dipped in ink, and the nib had no ink.
First of all, it is right to think about it, because the pen is short and it may be better to control gestures. However, when I studied it, I found that this was not the case. I can write beautiful words with kung fu and wrist strength. So why did the ancients only dip the pen tip in ink? The artist's creation may have been distorted. It may not be estimated, because the ability of ancient painters to observe life can be said to be precise and meticulous, and it is unlikely to draw wrong pictures.
Later, I read a book written by calligrapher Sun Xiaoyun, which was specially discussed. Sun Xiaoyun said that the pens from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty were all rabbit hair arrows, referring to the two slippery hairs on the cunning rabbit's back in autumn, also called purple hairs. Hard is hard, hard is elastic, and elastic is suitable for writing.
In the Tang Dynasty, the hair of many animals was used to make hair, such as the fetal hair of musk deer, raccoon dog, horse, mouse, fox, chicken and human. But rabbit hair is still the first choice, and it is. The purple brush of local tyrants in Xuanzhou is well-selected and exquisitely made. At that time, it was as precious as gold and became a "tribute", which was highly praised by scholars.
Generally speaking, calligraphers in Song Dynasty still used rabbit pens. Huang and Su Dongpo praised Xuanzhou's Zhuge pens, mainly purple hair and gourmet rabbits. Wolves were introduced from Korea in the Qing Dynasty and are now widely used.
Sun Xiaoyun said, "I remember when I was very young, both the" big box fence "and the" small box fence "were in the shape of wool. Her mother told her to soak only one-third of the pens and only use the nib. This is the way her mother used a brush when she was a child, and it is also the way that the older generation taught her.
When Sun Xiaoyun looked through a large number of painters in Dong Qichang, Cha Shibiao and the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, he always saw that they had written four or five words and then dipped them in ink. This is usually because they write big characters with small pens, but the strokes are round and full, which is completely different from what they write with small pens. There is only one possibility, that is, as her mother taught, to use a bigger pen and only soak the nib.
Terry was very popular in Dong and Cha times. Because there was no hard pen core, the pen completely collapsed in the meeting. If you only open the nib, two-thirds of the pens on it are wrapped in glue, which actually plays the role of a hard pen core. Because it is a big hand, if it is wool, the strokes are soft and round. Hey, this is the perfect way to use a pure soft pen, because of the double brush. what is the purpose? Just for convenience and beauty.
In short, if you are a beginner, you might as well dip the pen tip with a little ink instead of soaking all the brushes. When you get home, absorb it all and exercise your pen and wrist. After all, what the ancients did should be reasonable. However, it cannot be blindly copied. Because in ancient calligraphy and painting, there are also many signs of whole ink filling.