The ancients have become the past, and there is no chance for improvement in criticism. What's the use of criticism?
That's not true. We have made an objective evaluation of the existing works, which can give clear guidance to later learners. This is good, that is good, hello, I am good, which is better, I am dizzy. I think it is wrong for those scholars who have the right to speak not to distinguish right from wrong at this time.
Here's an example, Cai Xiang, whose calligraphy was the first in the Song Dynasty.
First, Cai Xiang's calligraphy had a high status in the Song Dynasty. Secondly, he left many works. In the Song Dynasty, especially in the Northern Song Dynasty, only Song Sijia left so many calligraphy works. It can be seen that the spread of works is also directly related to the status of calligraphy.
Historically, he was very famous in the Song Dynasty. According to statistics, among those who evaluated Cai Xiang's calligraphy in Song Dynasty, 16 people thought that Cai Xiang's calligraphy was "the first in the dynasty" or "the crown". The people who said these words are also heavyweights, even calligraphers, not the flattery of ordinary boring officials. Of course, I'm not sure whether these heavyweights are also flattering.
Personally, I think that the works of Cai Xiang that we have seen now are basically of historical significance and have no learning significance. In other words, at a certain historical stage, it may be more valuable, but after that transition period, it will not work. There are also Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian and Mi Fei, who can't be surpassed until now.
Feng Ban, a Qing Dynasty man, said: "Cai, a Song Dynasty man, has the best books, but today he is not heavy, just because he doesn't learn from ancient ears." . This carelessness told the truth, but he still tried to refute it. Don't we learn from Su Shi, Huang Tingjian and Mi Fei? Wang Xizhi has been studied.
There is a saying that "Song Sijia" originally came from Cai Jing, not Cai Xiang. This theory originated from a glimpse of Linchi in the Ming Dynasty: "Song people called Su, Huang, Mi and Cai, and they called Beijing, which was evil for later generations.
He was a man, but he was fired and entered Mo Jun's book. "Some people analyze it from a historical perspective and say that this statement is a rumor. But judging from the calligraphy works, Cai Jing was the only one who could achieve the fourth place in the Northern Song Dynasty. Because of personality problems, there are too few books handed down from generation to generation in Cai Jing, but the strong book style can still be seen.
There are rumors in history, and rumors have always represented public opinion.