Missing characters is a common thing in calligraphy creation, especially when writing cursive script. It is often a number, or even a stroke or a line. It pays attention to the charm and rhyme, and it is done in one go. The words are linked together, and there is almost no thinking. The time depends entirely on the calligrapher's memory of what he wrote. It's really not easy to do it without missing a word throughout the article.
The question is? Why are there missing words? ?, there is really no reason for this. People make mistakes. There are also typos in "Lanting Preface", especially since the content created by our current calligraphers is usually ancient poetry. The words are often unfamiliar, obscure and difficult to understand, and even the grammatical structure is unclear. There is a big gap between it and modern Chinese, so it would be strange not to make mistakes.
What should I do if I miss a word?
First of all, use waste rice paper to make one or two drafts before creating.
The purpose of this is to be familiar with the content of the poem, to have a general idea of ??the composition and layout of the work, and to ensure that every word is completed using a certain calligraphy style. This is the most important thing. Importantly, Chinese characters have been simplified for many years. Each of us has long been accustomed to using simplified characters, but traditional Chinese characters are mostly used in calligraphy creation. Therefore, you must clear the obstacles before creating and ensure that you will not forget a certain part of a character. The writing style of the calligraphy and ensuring that there is no mix and match of traditional and simplified texts.
Secondly, if there is a missing word, it can be remedied.
If it is an informal calligraphy creation, you can use small fonts to fill in the blank spaces between the lines. This is what the ancients often did.
If it is a more formal calligraphy creation, it is best to add ? supplement #? to the signature, where # is the missing character. This is what the ancients did too. It's harmless and not surprising. It's often interesting and good works come from time to time.
If it is a particularly formal calligraphy creation, it depends on the overall quality of the work. If the overall work is quite satisfactory, just refer to the second article to fill in the missing words. If you are not particularly satisfied with the overall quality, just start over. . This is nothing, everyone is the same. It is said that Mr. Fan Zeng strives for excellence in the art of calligraphy and painting creation. Sometimes a work will be re-created several times. A layman may think there is no difference after seeing it. Some people even criticized Mr. Fan for "mass creation".
That’s it for the answer. It is indeed inevitable to omit words, and omissions are omissions. Art often achieves the most natural beauty with imperfections, just like the goddess Venus with a broken arm, which cannot be added.
Finally, let me tell you a story about missing words to make everyone laugh.
It is said that at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi asked a great calligrapher to write a poem for her favorite fan, and asked Wang Zhihuan to write "Liangzhou Ci":
The Yellow River is Far Away Among the white clouds, there is an isolated city called Wanren Mountain.
Why should the Qiang flute blame the willows? The spring breeze does not pass through Yumen Pass.
The calligrapher was so nervous that he missed the word "time" in the first sentence. The Empress Dowager Cixi was so angry that she wanted to kill him to satisfy her anger. Seeing that the disaster was coming, the calligrapher suddenly got wise and hurriedly knelt down and explained, Old Buddha, please calm down, this is not Wang Zhihuan's original poem. I am taking its poetic flavor and recreating a new poem specifically for you. Please listen to me read a sentence to you:
Far up the Yellow River, there are white clouds, an isolated city on the Wanren Mountain. Why should I complain about the Qiang flute? The spring breeze of willows does not pass through Yumen Pass.