Brief introduction of Wu Zetian's calligraphy

Wu Zetian boldly reformed the writing, adding and subtracting the strokes of predecessors, and once created nineteen Chinese characters, which were widely used all over the world. For example, she named herself "Zhao", which means that the moon is in the sky and the monarch is on earth. Because she thinks the seal is "seal", which is similar to "death" (some people say it is the same as "interest"), so she changed it to "treasure" and so on.

There are not many calligraphy materials handed down by Wu Zetian. There are inscriptions on Jianfu Temple Monument and Chongfu Temple Monument, and only the inscription on Prince Sage Monument written by Wu Zetian and engraved by Shu Dan. This tablet was carved in June of the second year of Jian 'an of Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty (AD 699) and now exists in Xianjun Temple in Jianshan, Yanshi County, Henan Province. * * * 34 lines of cursive script with 66 words each. There is a flying white writing board. The tablet is engraved with Wu Zetian's poem "Wandering Immortals", which was written by Wu Zetian at the age of 76. The text language of Immortal Monument to the Prince is fluent, magnificent and charming, which makes people fascinated, but compared with calligraphy, the book is better than the text! Han's Graphite Engraving said: "There are six Chinese characters, a flying white book and a bird-shaped tablet.". The flying white book has not been handed down for a long time, and it only has ears. "

Appreciating Wu Zetian's calligraphy "The Monument to the Immortal Prince", we can see that the flying white book on this monument is particularly wonderful. Although the word "immortal" is slightly incomplete, it can still be seen that this book is magnificent, balanced vertically and horizontally, rigorous in statutes, vigorous and elegant in writing, fluent in brushwork, moderate and rigorous in structure, loud and clear in words, and "immortal monument". There are both two kings' magic pens and their own styles.

In addition, the standard seal script "Tian" appears in the dignified regular script of the word "Golden Wheel, Holy God, Imperial Emperor" in the tablet 14! Then I used the Chinese character "Sheng" created by Wu Zetian herself. At the end of this trip, I creatively used the word "Shu" between regular script and running script! In the expression of calligraphy, after such changes, pen and ink and image can be harmoniously unified, which effectively embodies Wu Zetian's profound understanding of calligraphy laws and extraordinary artistic courage and talent.

The Monument to the Immortal Prince is also one of the earliest cursive inscriptions in China. It is, of course, the first monument written by a woman in China. She wrote more than 2,000 words, of which "Kou" and "Pi Si" were used to attack Wang Xizhi's even pen, which aggravated the brushwork and made the font rise. The vertical strokes on the right side of the word "door" are very strong and eye-catching. Therefore, many calligraphers praised Wu Zetian's cursive script, second only to Sun's book spectrum.

Wu Zetian's Monument to the Immortal Prince is a treasure in China's calligraphy art treasure house!

Because Wu Zetian likes calligraphy, good calligraphy is listed as an important condition for becoming a scholar. In such a political situation, many calligraphers have risen rapidly. Such as, He, Sun, Li Yong, Wang Zhijing, Jia, Han Jingyang, Xu, Wang Shaozong, Zhong Shaojing, etc.

Empress Wu Zetian, a well-deserved queen of China, also showed extraordinary courage and admiration in calligraphy.