Hello, I would like to share some classic Dharma posts in small regular script for your reference.
"Declaration Form"
Zhong Yao is known as the "ancestor of regular script". There are many official script styles in his regular script, and the style of the calligraphy is between official script and seal script, with flat script. Clumsy and simple style, famous for its quaintness.
Compared with his other works, the classic work "Declaration Form" shows a more mature form and atmosphere of regular script in terms of brushwork and structure, and the stipples are vigorous and simple. , the font is broad and mostly flat, so when copying, you should pay attention to retaining part of the official script's writing style.
"Thirteen Lines of Luo Shen Fu"
Wang Xianzhi's "Thirteen Lines of Luo Shen Fu" has elegant style and free and easy writing. Yang Bin in the Qing Dynasty praised its "elegant, vigorous and round characters. There is nothing like this in small regular script in the world."
It is also known as "Xiaokai Jize", which is the ultimate and peak of the beauty of Chinese calligraphy. It is also a link between Jin Dynasty and Tang Dynasty regular script. It has beautiful fonts and elegant knots, and has a more mature style. style.
Here, Wang Xianzhi’s regular script writing style no longer carries the official meaning, and the character shape has also changed from horizontal to vertical. When copying, be careful to use a thin pen tip to express strong lines to avoid the appearance of official script. The writing style is to have a vertical structure.
"Ling Fei Sutra"
When the ancients described the writing style of "Ling Fei Sutra", they said that it was like a bird singing in the valley. .
After settling on the style and understanding the simplicity, starting from the "Ling Fei Jing" can lead to the proficient stage of writing scriptures in the Tang Dynasty and learn its techniques without becoming vulgar.
"Lingfei Jing" is a typical representative of small regular script in the Tang Dynasty. From it, we can learn about the knowledge and rules about writing scriptures at that time.
"Heart Sutra"
"Heart Sutra" was written by Japanese people living in China during the Tang Dynasty. It is a traditional Chinese sutra-style calligraphy work.
Printing was not yet popular at that time. In order to preserve and spread the classics, there were professional practitioners engaged in copying Buddhist classics. The earliest model of Jingsheng was the daily handwriting style of the Han and Wei dynasties. Later, after the changes and development in the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the basic appearance of Sui and Tang Dynasty writing styles that we see now was formed.
Writing scriptures is not just about putting pen to paper in ink. You also need to pay attention to the expression of the strokes, the mastery of the strokes, the grasp of the compact structure, and some attempts and basic techniques of writing that need to be known and practiced. In the copywriting of the Heart Sutra, we can experience the daily familiarity and steady writing of the classics students in the Tang Dynasty.
"Tao Te Ching"
Laozi's "Tao Te Ching" written by Zhao Mengfu has a unique beauty and tension. He has a deep study of the sutra-writing style calligraphy of the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time inherited the ancient sense of Zhong Yao and the "Two Kings".
Compared with Jingsheng's casual writing, he added his personal style and artistic expression, and also made choices among the complex and changeable brushwork of his predecessors. He reduced the difficulty of the brushwork and gave them a gentle and elegant temperament. This kind of creation and generation is worth learning.
"Tao Yuanming's Leisure Ode"
Zhu Yunming's small regular script is inherited from Zhong Yao and Wang Xizhi, and combines Zhong Yao's roundness and Wang Yizhi's elegance. His brushwork is delicate and thick, and his lines are smooth. concise.
The same is true for "Tao Yuanming's Leisure Ode", with many strange thoughts and changes between cleverness and clumsiness. When copying, attention should be paid to the structural aspects of the left and right strokes, long horizontal strokes and long vertical strokes. Vertical and horizontal flexion and extension run through the whole work and also play a role in balancing the overall situation.
"Ten Records of the Thatched Cottage"
Wen Zhengming's lower regular script has always been considered the best in the Ming Dynasty. Until he was 80 years old, he still wrote diligently in lower regular script with self-discipline and diligence. Like still water running deep.
"Ten Records of the Thatched Cottage" is Wen Zhengming's representative work in lower regular script. We can get a glimpse of the technical difficulty of Wen Zhengming's lower regular script writing. Because it is purely written with a sharp edge, the writing is precise and the structure is rigorous, it is slimmer, taller and more beautiful.
"You Baoshan Collection"
"You Baoshan Collection" was written by Wang Chong of the Ming Dynasty. Wang Chong's writings have the style of Wei and Jin's small regular script, inheriting "Thirteen Lines of Luo Shen Fu", which is simple and clear, and has a good temperament.
The writing style of "You Baoshan Collection" is ethereal, both square and round, and the breath is diluted and dissipated. When copying, you should pay attention to the blank space between strokes, leaving a gap that can be ventilated, and control it within a reasonable scale. Once it exceeds this scale, the structure of the characters will be loose.
"The Biography of Ji An"
Ji An was a famous official in the Western Han Dynasty. The "Biography of Ji An" in "Historical Records" records his deeds.
Zhao Mengfu said that his "Ji An Biography" has inherited the writing style of the Tang Dynasty. Ni Zan also rarely praised "Zi'ang's small regular script, beautiful structure, and powerful brushwork. It is truly worthy of the people of the Sui and Tang Dynasties." Zhao Mengfan wrote this work when he was 67 years old. The brushwork is meaningful and beautiful, with a sharp and sharp meaning, and at the same time it is calm and leisurely. When copying, you can think about the Tang Dynasty's sutra writing style. They are in the same vein.