Chen Shidao recorded: "When Dongpo wrote a book, the law touched the case with his hand, but his wrist did not move. Su Dongpo was laughed at for writing a book. What does this mean? This shows that people at that time did not touch the watch case with their hands, that is, they did not put their hands on the table, that is, "cantilever." "Others hang their wrists and elbows, and he touches the case with his hands. Huang Tingjian, his disciple, also recorded that the teacher Su Dongpo "or Yun Dongpo wrote Godot as a sick pen, tied his wrist and lay down his pen, so his left beauty and right withered." "
Obviously, if Su Dongpo's "writing style is not fixed", it can only show that the modern writing style is no different from that of the Song Dynasty. Similarly, even if there are differences, it is not the main reason for falling behind the ancients.
The reason why modern people's calligraphy level lags behind the ancients is mainly because of the suppression of calligraphy by social development, that is, the so-called "use it and discard it."
1, changes in writing instruments
After the brush withdrew from the mainstream stage, the art of calligraphy lost a lot. After the popularization of computers, hard pens gradually withdrew from the mainstream, which was a subversive blow to calligraphy.
2, the vernacular instead of classical Chinese.
The emergence of vernacular Chinese (late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China) is only a starting point for China's backward calligraphy. Classical Chinese and poetry, Ci, Song, Fu, calligraphy, Chinese painting and other literary arts complement each other, and vernacular Chinese has become the mainstream, and the demand and environment for calligraphy creation have suddenly weakened, which has affected the rise of calligraphy creative talents and restricted their creative motivation, so that the atmosphere of calligraphy creation has been suppressed in the front.
3. Simplified Chinese characters have replaced traditional Chinese characters
Nowadays, most people write books in simplified Chinese characters. The complex structure of traditional Chinese characters can fully show the ups and downs of calligraphy art, which is full of weather. This is the congenital deficiency of modern calligraphers.
The status of modern calligraphers has declined.
The ancients' "taking officials by books" greatly promoted calligraphers' creative passion and learning motivation, but today people are just the opposite.
Therefore, modern people really lag behind the ancients in calligraphy attainments. In order to surpass the ancients, in addition to the self-struggle of self-writers, many efforts are needed in social environment, humanistic environment and even policy environment.