On the other hand, it refers to the modern calligraphy works that I created by drawing lessons from the characteristics of Oracle Bone Inscriptions. They regard Oracle Bone Inscriptions as an inspiration, just a little inspiration in artistic creation, not pursuing "similarity". Therefore, they don't write strictly according to the characteristics of oracle calligraphy, but may combine the characteristics of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronze inscriptions and Warring States scripts to create. Although this kind of calligraphy art is related to ancient philology, it is not the same. In Shang dynasty, the pen and ink were excellent, and the calligraphy was thin and sharp because of engraving, which had the interest of a blade. Influenced by the rise and fall of writing style, it can be divided into five periods, which are introduced below.
First, the majestic period:
From Pan Geng to Wuding, about one hundred years ago, influenced by the flourishing age of Wuding, the calligraphy style was magnificent, which was the acme of oracle calligraphy. Generally speaking, the pen is round and sharp, full of variety, regardless of fat or thin, full of vitality.
Secondly, I sincerely hope that:
It took about forty years from Zu Geng to Zujia. Both of them are holy kings. Calligraphy in this period was just vigorous and powerful, generally inherited the style of the previous generation, stuck to the rules and rarely made new ones, but it was not as vigorous and bold as the previous generation.
Third, the decadent period:
It has been fourteen years since Suan Xin came to Kangding. This period can be said to be the autumn of the decline of literary style in Yin Dynasty. Although there are still many neat books, the paragraphs are scattered and irregular, not so regular, a little childish and confused, and the number of typos is not uncommon.
Fourth, steep period:
It took about seventeen years to get from Wuyishan to Dingding. Wu Wending is determined to restore the boldness of the Wuding era, and his calligraphy style has become vigorous and powerful, showing a youthful atmosphere. There is a very strong style in the slender brush strokes.
Verb (abbreviation for verb) strict term:
It's about 89 years since I first came to Di Xin. Calligraphy style tends to be rigorous, slightly close to the second phase; Lengthened in length, cautious, not decadent, and lacking in heroic spirit.
Fine print on Oracle Bone Inscriptions is also influenced by knife carving. In divination, "yes" or "no" is often engraved on both sides of the central longitudinal line of tortoise shell, written from the central line to the left and right, so the two sides are symmetrical and harmonious, with symmetrical beauty. And after engraving, all the big and small characters are filled with pen and ink, or both sides are filled with Zhu Mo, which is more artistic and can be called a miracle in the history of books. Oracle Bone Inscriptions was born with the development of human primitive consciousness. As we all know, in primitive society, superstition prevailed because people had superficial understanding of some phenomena in nature. Whenever you are in major activities such as production and life, such as sacrifice, hunting, wedding, funeral, disaster, harvest, travel, etc. You will be divined to measure good luck. After divination, I was afraid of missing something, so I carved the fruit of divination on the Oracle Bone Inscriptions with a knife for later use and analysis. These sculptors were called "Ren Zhen" (that is, historians) at that time, and usually left their names after Oracle Bone Inscriptions carved them. Now it seems that these sculptors were "calligraphers" at that time. In order to show their respect and admiration, later generations called their carved Oracle Bone Inscriptions "Ren Zhen" in the Yin and Shang Dynasties.
Oracle Bone Inscriptions was discovered by scholars of 1899, with a history of more than 90 years. More than 654.38+10,000 pieces were unearthed, with a vocabulary of about 5,000. In addition, Zhengzhou Mall also produced two Oracle Bone Inscriptions with words in the early Shang Dynasty; In Fangdui Village, Zhao Hong County, Shanxi Province; Zhangjiapo, Chang 'an, Shaanxi Province; Feng Chu Village, Qijia Village and Jiaqiang Village, Qishan County; Fufeng County, Hebei Province; Wangxiao Village, Xingtai County; Baifu Village, Changping County, Beijing and other places, more than 300 inscriptions of the Western Zhou Dynasty were unearthed, with a total word count of about 1000. Undoubtedly, it is the expansion of the upper and lower limits of the Oracle character system and the richness of its connotation. This large number of precious new materials unearthed underground is of great significance to the study of China's ancient history, especially Shang culture and ancient philology. Similarly, it is also very valuable to bring forth the old and bring forth the new in modern calligraphy art, earnestly pursue the history of calligraphy and examine the origin of calligraphy. Judging from the number and structure of fonts, Oracle Bone Inscriptions has developed into a more rigorous and systematic writing. The "six-character" principle of Chinese characters is reflected in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. But the traces of the original picture and the original words are still obvious. Its main features are:
(1) As far as the structure of characters is concerned, some hieroglyphs only emphasize the characteristics of physical objects, and the number of strokes and the front and back are not uniform.
(2) Some Oracle Bone Inscriptions's cognitive characters only require the radical to conform to a clear meaning, but not to be fixed. Therefore, there are many variants in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and some words can be written in dozens or even dozens.
(3) The size of Oracle Bone Inscriptions graphics is often determined by the complexity of physical objects, and some words can occupy the position of several words, either long or short.
(4) Because the characters are carved on hard animal bones with knives, the strokes are thin, mostly in Fang Bi.
Because Oracle Bone Inscriptions was carved with a knife, and the knife was sharp and blunt, and the bones were thin and thick, hard and soft, the strokes carved out were different in thickness, even as thin as hair, and the joints of the strokes were peeling off, thick and heavy. Structurally, the length and size are not necessarily the same, or the dispersion is uneven; Or the dense layers are stacked, which is very neat and solemn, so it can show the infinite interest of simplicity and variety.
Although the structure of Oracle Bone Inscriptions is complex and varied, it has a symmetrical and stable pattern. Therefore, some people think that China's calligraphy, strictly speaking, began in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, because Oracle Bone Inscriptions has prepared three elements of calligraphy, namely, using a pen, binding words and composing a composition.