The establishment of this monument is related to superstition, and the writing of the inscription is also very strange. Although it is a seal script, it is different from any seal script. Kang Youwei once marveled at it as a "wonderful book". Zhang Shuwei said, "Wu's Tian Xi Ji Gong Bei has a magnificent change, calm and happy, such as breaking an ancient knife, such as breaking an ancient hairpin, which is indispensable for the Han Dynasty."
His book is heavy in the beginning, with the meaning of official script, with a round outside at the turning point and a hanging needle at the drooping point, which is as dense as an armory halberd and inviolable. Later generations of seal engravers were very inspired by this tablet, so they took this tablet for printing. The seal of Zhao Zhiqian's "Ding Wenwei" has this meaning. Later generations think that Zhao Zhiqian's seal also inspired Qi Baishi, thus forming a bold and resolute seal cutting style of Qi school.
The Monument to the Heavenly Fathers, also known as the Monument to the Heavenly Seal's Ji Gong and the Ode to Ji Gong, is divided into three sections, so it is commonly called the Monument to Three Sections and the Monument to Three Strikes. Qing Jiaqing was destroyed by fire, and the original rubbings were scarce, and most of the survivors were reprinted. Song Tuoben is in the Palace Museum. The seal script was handed down by the emperor, but it can't be confirmed. The intersection of horizontal painting and straight painting of tablet characters is often folded, which has the meaning of official script. Apart from Qin Zhuan, the book style of Shigu is calm and unique, so you should be careful not to infiltrate the regular script style when writing this monument. -"Appreciation of Ancient Monuments" Fei Shengqian
If the calligraphy of this monument is copied, it is the most peculiar in the history of the festival. Fang Shuo's "Inscription and Postscript of Stone Paintings and Calligraphy in Pillow Classics Hall" said: "If you look at his book, you can turn it around and use the brush to seal the body. Ge Changjian's benefit is really dry and soft. Zhang Huaili is calm and happy, and the good is also empty. "
Ma Zonghuo, a close friend, commented in "A Book of Trees and Algae": "Take the side of Qin Li, take part in the circle of Zhou Shu, the situation is dangerous and wide, the front is cheap and the rhyme is thick, and it will fall back. If it is depressed, it will stretch. This is the stone in the east, and it is still inferior to its grandeur. That is, this Zhu choice is to go to the country with the tomb. Just because the barriers are too steep, climbers are discouraged. Therefore, there are few ears. "
It is really unique in the history of books, both in the use of pens and in the style of books. There is no doubt that its script belongs to seal script, but its pen is not seal script, and it is also different from official script. The so-called horizontal erection method, vertical horizontal erection method, horizontal rule); When the pen is started, if it is horizontal, the pen should be started with the skimming method first, then the pen should be picked up, returned to the place near the pen, and pressed to the right. The vertical needle hanging method is mostly used, and the left and right are vertical, and the pen is round and vertical, and the pen is also like a hanging needle. Therefore, Zhang Tingji is called "like breaking an ancient knife, like breaking an ancient hairpin", with sharp edge and magnificent momentum. The turning points are all made by square folding method, but this folding method is different from Li's, and it is another stroke, which is made by vertical connection and horizontal connection. The strokes (except horizontal strokes) are often folded first, but slightly lifted, until they are less than two-thirds of the strokes, they are gradually pressed and gradually moved, and then the edge is vertical. Similar to the apostrophe of regular script. It's just that the merits are different. On the whole, they are very harmonious, which is the genius of the calligrapher. The structure is square, which not only has the broad spirit of official script, but also has the rhyme of seal script flying up and down. It is strong and courageous, but it is grotesque and bizarre, which surprises all ordinary people. However, after careful examination, I always feel that although the way and structure of using pens are obvious, they are quite simple and have a heavy tendency of patterning. Once they enter, they are often unable to extricate themselves. Zhang Yanji thought that "the two Han dynasties are indispensable, and there can be no second best", which is quite profound.