Read more reference books about seal script
First of all, there are the characters in seal script. In recent years, typos have become common in seal script exhibitions. Many works with high artistic standards, even award-winning works, were rejected because of one or two typos, which is really a pity. Characters are the expression object of calligraphy art. If the object is wrong, calligraphy is not considered calligraphy. Especially in seal script, its characters are often different from modern characters. That said, there are quite a few words. In seal script, the combination of words is different. All in all, the accuracy of seal script is the key to the creation of seal script. This is a direct textual study of the calligrapher's level of philological knowledge.
In view of this, it is recommended that Shugang characters who are interested in the creation of seal characters should read more books, especially reference books related to seal characters, such as "The Forest of Oracle Bone Inscriptions", "The Forest of Ancient Prose", " "Forest of Bronze Inscriptions", "Shuowen Jiezi", "Chinese Dictionary", "Ruxiao Borrowing and Supplementing" and "Seal" (difficult to remember characters), etc. The second issue is the quality of seal script. Whether it is oracle bone inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, stone drum inscriptions or small seal scripts, there are endless changes, traceless lines and great flexibility. So, what kind of lines are extremely "elastic"? For this reason, Hu Xiaoshi said in "A Brief Discussion on the Art of Calligraphy" that there is an important meaning that must be paid deep attention to. Any lines written with a pen must have flesh and blood and emotion. It's easy to say, you must be flexible enough. The hard ones are not stones, and the soft ones are not soil. For example, it is like the spring of a watch, rather than like noodles cooking in a soup pot. Drawing like this one by one, you can only break the air and kill the paper to meet the highest requirements of the pen.
How to avoid "soup pot noodles", how to achieve "break through the air and kill paper", "flesh and blood", "love and justice", I believe that the first step is to "strength for beauty" and "strength for beauty". To achieve "the highest requirement of understanding or feeling"; secondly, from quantitative accumulation to qualitative leap, to truly reach the "state of a thousand miles per day". Third, he is good at discovering and excavating innovative factors from ancient models, good at seeking himself from life and nature, and good at extracting powerful line expression factors from objective things and integrating them into the lines of calligraphy. Finally, there is the fun of seal script. I discovered a frustrating phenomenon when I participated in the selection process for the Second National Seal Engraving Exhibition. At that time, thousands of people submitted their works, and tens of thousands of seal characters were engraved in real time. National treasure-level bronze inscriptions such as "Sanshi Plate", "Song Ding", "Shibi Plate" and "Guozi Baipan" appear on Qianjin; those that express the majestic, thick, broad, solemn and ethereal style of large seal scripts There are very few works.
A large number of works are coming: oracle bone inscriptions, Chu and Jin inscriptions, Qin and Han bamboo slips, Zhongshan royal vessels, and small seal scripts of the Qin Dynasty. Of course, this is also a seal script system, and there is nothing wrong with it. However, famous seal script masters from all over the country, regardless of the fertile soil of the Central Plains, went to one or two remote places to obtain nutrients. This will inevitably cause the entire group of calligraphers to be unhealthy. Where is the mainstream gold? I think that in the late Shang Dynasty and the early Western Zhou Dynasty, a series of bronze vessels with characters such as "Pan", "Tripod", "Gui", "Jiu" and "Hu" were cast. This is the seal character. Take the general idea and inherit the ancient and create the new , leaving the Central Plains of China, our Chinese seal character culture has lost its foundation. Go and see, our cultural heritage will be changed beyond recognition. This phenomenon is indeed thought-provoking and regrettable. Therefore, in the recent "Youya Gathering" activities, we put forward the slogan of "rectifying the customs of seal characters". I repeatedly warned the students that they must seize the time to use the bronze inscription classics, chew and grind them hard, and lay a deep foundation for them. The foundation to carry the kingdom of freedom at all times and in all countries to the greatest extent. I also suggest that the calligraphers across the country who are dedicated to seal cutting should restrain their Fang, Qi, and Wei styles a little. Looking back, even if they are reviewing classics, they should have a clear sky for seal writing.