1. "Four Posts on Ancient Poems"
"Four Posts on Ancient Poems" is a cursive calligraphy work created by Zhang Xu in the Tang Dynasty. "Xuanhe Calligraphies", "Continued Calligraphy and Painting Inscriptions and Postscripts", "Shigutang Calligraphy and Painting Collection" and other records. ?
The strokes throughout the text are full and there are no weak or slippery strokes. The writing is ups and downs, intertwined with movement and stillness, and the paper is filled with clouds of smoke. It is truly the pinnacle of cursive writing.
2. "Zi Xu Tie"
"Zi Xu Tie" is a cursive calligraphy created by Huai Su, a calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty, in the eleventh or twelfth year of the Tang Dynasty (776 or 777). The work is a volume of ink on paper. It is now collected in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
"Autobiography" is Huaisu's self-narration of his life in general, and it also contains poems written by Yan Zhenqing, Zhang Wei, Dai Shulun and others. The whole text is wild grass, with the center of the strokes like a cone scratching a sand table, vertically, horizontally and diagonally, and going in all directions;
The whole volume emphasizes the continuous grass flow, and the brush strokes turn up and down, left and right, ups and downs, and there are There are speeds, lightness and heavyness, all within the rules and regulations, strange changes, and turbulent expressions. It is the ultimate expression of the art of cursive calligraphy.
"Zi Xu Tie" has been a popular calligraphy in the field of cursive script since the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. It has connected the past and the future in the history of Chinese cursive script and has a profound influence in the field of calligraphy art. It is Huaisu's longest work handed down and is known as "the best cursive script in the world". ?
3. "Li Bai's Recalls of His Old Travels"
"Li Bai's Recalls of His Old Travels" is a masterpiece of cursive script in the Northern Song Dynasty. The whole volume is smooth, unrestrained and unbridled. Vertically and horizontally, it is like a horse loosening its reins, without restraint, and the whole article is like a dragon or a snake dancing, all in one go.
There are eighty cross pieces missing from the front of the scroll. He once said that he obtained the Samadhi in cursive writing after serving as a garrison for Shengjia. It can be seen that this volume was written by Ting Jianzhong in his later years. This volume of cursive script marks the outstanding characteristics of Huangcao. The brushwork is sophisticated and colorful, and it rotates vertically and horizontally, matching and complementing the poem.
The words in each line are not equal, the word spacing is quite close, and the lines seem to be slightly wider, but they are not equal. The refining exercise does not go vertically downward, but is quite twisted, sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right, but the two strokes are set against each other, making it very smooth.
4. "Thousand-Character Essay in Cursive Script"
"Thousand-Character Essay in Cursive Script" is a cursive work handed down from generation to generation by Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. It is one of the top ten famous calligraphy handed down from generation to generation in China and was written in 1122. Year (Xuanhe Renyin year).
The length is 31.5 cm and the width is 1172 cm. It is written on a piece of paper with gold clouds and dragons painted on it. This is Zhao Ji's exquisite work when he was forty years old. The writing style is bold and smooth, unpredictable, and completed in one go, which is quite spectacular.
It is a masterpiece after Zhang Xu and Huai Su. It is now in the Liaoning Provincial Museum. Cultural Relics Publishing House and Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House each have photocopied copies available.
5. "Xiaocao Thousand-Character Essay"
"Xiaocao Thousand-Character Essay" was written in the 15th year of Zhenyuan (799 AD) by Huai Su in the Tang Dynasty. Also known as "Qian Jin Tie" on silk, it has eighty-four lines and 1,045 characters.
This book was written by Huaisu in his later years. In his later years, Huaisu's cursive writing changed from "Sudden Rain and Whirlwind" to quaint and plain. The characters are not connected to each other, and the writing becomes more vigorous and simple. It should be regarded as a work that is extremely splendid but returns to blandness, so it has always been valued by scholars.
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