Kangxi advocated that "having a special ambition is the way to preserve one's health". In the past, some people thought that diligence and hard work would damage physical and mental health and affect life expectancy. In fact, this is wrong. Michelle Ye believes that if calligraphers want to write well, they should always "listen to the audience tirelessly, concentrate on it, and try their best to be honest and harmonious, which is of great benefit to their physical and mental health." He also cited, for example, that there were many long-lived calligraphers in ancient times, such as Ou Yangxun, a calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty who wrote Jiuchenggong, who was 85 years old; Yu Shinan, the author of "The Monument to the Imperial Palace", lived to be 89 years old; Liu Gongquan, who wrote The Mysterious Tower, died at the age of 88. It can be seen that Michelle Ye's assertion has indeed been verified.
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There are different opinions about Yongzheng in the history circle. People pay more attention to Yongzheng's political merits and demerits, but seldom comment on his artistic accomplishment and attainments. In fact, as far as personal artistic accomplishment and appreciation taste are concerned, Yongzheng is very prominent among the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, and even the 27 emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties rarely achieve it. This is not only reflected in the palace art achievements in Yongzheng period, but also in his calligraphy achievements.
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Gan Long's calligraphy is good at running script, regular script is mainly used to write classics, cursive script is mostly temporary, and sometimes Cao Zhang is used. Some commentators said: "Emperor Qianlong likes to write, but few people call him a calligrapher. From the perspective of calligraphy art, his calligraphy is even and standard, but he lacks talent. He admired the two kings in Wei and Jin Dynasties, but he had little bearing style, imitating Zhao Mengfu in Yuan Dynasty. However, Gan Long is not a calligrapher in the general sense. For such a rare imperial calligrapher since ancient times, his works naturally have unique values different from those of ordinary famous artists.
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