Known as not knowing calligraphy! Why is Ouyang Zhongshi, a great calligrapher, so controversial?

Ouyang Zhongshi is a contemporary calligraphy master and calligrapher. It has trained many outstanding calligraphy talents for the country, and established the first complete calligraphy education system in China from postdoctoral, doctoral and master's degree to undergraduate and junior college. His calligraphy attainments and educational contributions are convincing. People who love him and support him all call his works beautiful, elegant and handsome. However, there are also some opposing voices, who think his works are ugly. What's more, they think Ouyang Zhongshi doesn't know calligraphy at all. This may be related to the fact that most of the works you see are his inscriptions, and most of them are circulated on the Internet, which inevitably leads to similarities.

Tian once affirmed Ouyang's calligraphy and thought his calligraphy works were first-class. Indeed, Ouyang Zhongshi's cursive works are also very rich and striking. Those who are interested can come and enjoy it.

Mr. CaoDaWei, a member of the Book Association and a master of literature, is a representative of an opponent. He said that Ouyang Zhongshi's works are? Do what? What is written or not is the wisdom of the ancients, and there is no unique personality spirit in the works. In his article, Mr. Ouyang Zhongshi's artistic achievements were degraded to nothing. In fact, in a sense, what Mr. Cao said is not completely unreasonable. It still applies to some contemporary literary situations. For example, many people's standards are indeed boasted. Personally, I think it is inappropriate to overestimate or belittle the achievements of others.

As far as Ouyang Zhongshi is concerned, he is still very low-key and modest. Although he has won the Lanting Award for Lifetime Achievement in Calligraphy, Mr. Ouyang has always said that he is not qualified. Personally, I think this humility is better than many people.

Mr Ouyang's main achievement is in calligraphy education. He took the lead in setting up master's and doctoral programs in calligraphy education, and trained many excellent calligraphers for our country, such as Tian Yingzhang, Lu Zhongnan and Xie Xiaoqing. This achievement is still worthy of recognition.