Song Ke in Ming Dynasty
Cao Zhang is a very popular writing style. It developed from official script, which is an early cursive script, but it is different from today's cursive script. Cao Zhang is independent in every word, and retains the true writing style of Li Shu Bo, which can be described as Li Shu cursive script. Duan Yucai in the Qing Dynasty said, "Those whose words are discontinuous are called, and those whose words are below the Jin Dynasty are called". Cao Zhang has an ancient and turbid atmosphere. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Cao Zhang gradually withdrew from the book world and became almost famous. Cao Zhang is a very tasteful calligraphy style in the development of China's calligraphy, and scholars and calligraphers are most eager to learn it. The works of Cao Zhang, a calligrapher handed down from ancient times to the present, include: a historical tour during the Han and Wei Dynasties, an urgent essay written by the emperor; Then there is Suo Jing's "Ode to the Teacher"; Lu Ji's "Ping Fu Tie"; According to legend, Emperor Gaozu Zhang, Cai Yan, Zhang Zhi, Cao Zhi, Sima Yi and Wang Xizhi were all good at calligraphy, but few works were really handed down. After Zhao Meng advocated the calligraphy retro movement in Yuan Dynasty, Cao Zhang was regarded as the origin of cursive script and was favored by many calligraphers. Deng in the Yuan Dynasty and Deng in the Ming Dynasty were both masters. During the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, Cao Zhang was once again valued by literati and calligraphers, and showed signs of revival. Its representative figures are Shen, Zhang, Wang Rongnian, Zheng Songxian,.
Everyone in this batch of Cao Zhang calligraphy has a * * * feature, that is, they are proficient in literature and history and good at poetry, and they are all called "masters of Chinese studies"
Cao Zhang is a cursive script of official script. It is a new style of calligraphy evolved from Cao Li in Qin Dynasty. After sorting out A Journey to the History of the Western Han Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty, it was compiled into Urgent Chapter, which made this new book have a style and thus a model of cursive writing. Cao Zhang's calligraphy style is characterized by independent characters, unlike this cursive knot. Its strokes are characterized by being round as a seal and sharp as a plum. Within a word, there is a connection between strokes, a lingering connection, and the thickness of strokes changes greatly. Some horizontal paintings are often picked out with the right and upper strokes of official script, just like official script.
Characteristics of Cao Zhang's calligraphy: The silkworm head without official script in Cao Zhang Province kept the goose tail, which made it inconvenient to write quickly, so Cao Zhang was replaced by this kind of grass. However, on this grassland, there are many obvious inheritance relations with Cao Zhang. Calligrapher Wang Shitang once said, "It is appropriate for beginners to learn, and it is appropriate to learn today." He also said: "Learning from time to time, not knowing the rules, is asking Fiona Fang without rules, and I have never seen it." "An Introduction to Calligraphy" also said: "If you are still ignorant of Cao Zhang, it is equivalent to learning without a monument, and its vulgarity is self-evident. Thus, it is important and necessary to learn Cao Zhang first, and then learn Materia Medica. "Scholars at the beginning of seeking in the law, not in the law. Why should we restrain them? The following division of labor is clear.
Cao Zhang's early cursive script evolved from official script and was named "Cao Zhang". It is generally believed that it is a simpler style than official script, and it is used to write chapters or articles of association. Cao Zhang changed Li Shu's writing style, which was horizontal, flat and vertical, and his pen was intermittent, and became a font with round rotation, alternating thickness and shape inspection. There is also a wave on the right side of the word, which is the characteristic that it retains the official meaning and is different from the current grass.
According to legend, Cao Zhang was created by You in Huangmenling during the Han and Yuan Dynasties, and it has been passed down to this day with its "urgent chapter" (book passbook, etc.). ), later generations called it "Cao Zhang" because of its "chapter" (predecessors said "grass" also refers to grass creation). There is also a saying that Zhang, the emperor of the later Han Dynasty, liked cursive script. When playing this chapter, he was told to write in cursive script, so he called it "".