Calligraphy has a saying that "Jin people attach importance to rhyme, Tang people attach importance to law, and Song people attach importance to meaning", that is to say, the calligraphy of Jin Dynasty pays more attention to verve, just as Xi said, winning by rhyme. Calligraphy in the Tang Dynasty paid more attention to the statutes of calligraphy. Therefore, most beginners began to learn calligraphy from the Tang Dynasty. Specifically, they can choose "Yan Ti" regular script founded by Yan Zhenqing (Yan Zhenqing), Zhao Mengfu, Liu Gongquan and Ou Yangxun as the "four masters of regular script". Also known as "strict care" with Liu Gongquan. There are many representative copybooks, such as Pagoda Monument and Li Yanqin Monument. ), and Liu Gongquan's regular script has the most far-reaching influence on the Shence military monument and the mysterious pagoda monument. You can choose to study from these four copybooks.
After you have laid a good foundation for regular script, you will learn running script, and you will gain a lot from the simple to the deep and step by step. Apart from the "two kings", it is suggested to learn from Su Huang Camouflage, that is, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang, all of whom were from the Song Dynasty. As mentioned earlier, "Song people attached great importance to thoughts", and their calligraphy also had great influence in the history of China calligraphy, full of interest and literati connotation. There are many copybooks of these four schools, such as Huangzhou Cold Food Sticker by Su Shi (known as the third running script in the world, second only to Preface to Lanting by Wang Xizhi and Sacrificing a Nephew by Yan Zhenqing) and Songfengge by Huang Tingjian.
Finally, we can learn the running script of Wang Duo in Ming Dynasty, from Wang Xizhi to Mi Fei, Wang Xizhi-Mi Fei-Wang Duo. This is a lot of ways to learn running script, because they come down in one continuous line.
As for contemporary copybooks, it is very coincidental that there is still a long way to go from real calligraphy. As a student, I just want to write correctly. I can learn calligraphy. If I study calligraphy, I will still study ancient classics. Although ancient copybooks were all brushes, their structure and brushwork were the same.
If you have to choose, you can choose the running script of Wu Yusheng, Gu Zhongan, Tian Yingzhang, Wang Zhengliang and Xie Jidong.
Among them, Xie Jidong's running script is smooth, mainly exposed, and the lines are clear and powerful. The author seems to prefer the beauty of fluency. Wang Zhengliang's calligraphy points and lines are restrained, elegant and subtle, elegant and clear. The author, with his profound brush calligraphy skills, lets the audience appreciate another style of hard pen lines.
I am engaged in calligraphy and painting. The above is my personal experience in learning calligraphy. I hope it will help you, and I wish you a smooth study!