"Leek Flower Calligraphy" is a calligraphy work created by Yang Ningshi, a calligrapher of the late Tang and Five Dynasties.
Yang Ningshi's "Leek Flower Tie" has always been highly praised. Whether it is groundbreaking in composition, elegant in charm, or legendary due to its "madness", all of them are It's not enough to show how good he is in calligraphy.
The reason why it is said that he "went to Wusilan as soon as he started writing" is that he learned the true meaning of "Lanting".
If you want to talk about Yang Ningshi's "Leek Flower Tie", you need to talk about "Lanting Preface".
After studying "Lanting Preface", future generations will learn a lot, but it is easy to learn the customs. One of the reasons is the use of pens.
Knock on the blackboard here: When ancient people wrote, they adjusted their strokes as soon as they started writing. Even if the strokes showed smooth strokes in stipples, they still had to pause and then move forward. The cutting point is to start the stroke, adjust the front, and move the stroke. The turning point and the closing point are all to adjust the front and change the direction.
The ancients said that "the pen is more valuable than the left" and "the pen has muscles in stipples and paintings", which means that you should take the opposite direction in using the pen. This is where the “bones and bones” are.
It is easy for future generations to imitate customs because they put a lot of effort into their appearance. For example, in many places where sharp edges enter the pen, the pen is directly used as the main body. The pen has the final say, not the person.
Or slowly and flatly, with one side of the pen turning to black, the appearance is very similar, and the spirit is completely absent. This is a typical ink pig. Or throw away the pen, let oneself be willful, and fill the paper with dryness. This is a typical Jianghu.