The reason is that, on the one hand, their tool materials are the same, especially the writing brush, a special tool, whose methods of holding and transporting pens are basically the same. More importantly, the requirement of using a pen is upheld by ancient calligraphy and ink painting.
Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Yanyuan said that "the names of calligraphy and painting are different but the body is the same". Calligraphy and painting have been linked since ancient times, and there are many people who have painted and painted twice in history. There are people who paint with books, people who paint with books, people who are famous for their paintings, and people who are famous for their names.
So there are painters' calligraphy and calligraphers' paintings. When a painter writes a book, he always puts his own pen and ink into the book, so the book is picturesque. Calligraphers are good at applying the brushwork charm of calligraphy to paintings when painting, so paintings are elegant. Whether it is a painter's book or a calligrapher's painting, it is a high-level pursuit of painting and calligraphy.
* * * Same function:
1, homologous:
Calligraphy and Chinese painting have the same origin. The understanding of "the same origin of calligraphy and painting" focuses more on the understanding of the word "source". At first, people interpreted it as "origin", focusing on the similarities between calligraphy and Chinese painting in origin.
China's writing and painting originated in the Neolithic Age. The earliest primitive depicting symbols and "totems" with animals and plants as images may be the source of early hieroglyphics and the beginning of painting art. The painted pottery pattern of Yangshao culture shows that China's original painting has been further improved and has become the origin of China's painting art in later generations.
2, the same pen with the method:
The tools, materials and basic techniques used in calligraphy and Chinese painting are the same. Zhao Mengfu mentioned in "On Ke Shi" that "stone is as white as a fly, and bamboo writing must pass eight methods. If someone can understand this, it is important to know that painting and calligraphy are the same, which is regarded as one of the important expositions of "painting and calligraphy are the same"
Both calligraphy and Chinese painting are deeply influenced by traditional artistic concepts, and both pursue artistic realms such as "verve", "reality" and "charm". Whether in calligraphy or Chinese painting, the expression of line, dot, ink, paper and pen is bound to become the only choice for artists, and Four Treasures of the Study's paper, pen, ink and inkstone should also become one of the arguments of "homology".