Zhang Jihai's calligraphy work Zaide engraved Juyongguan.
Xinhuanet Hebei Channel (2007-07- 13 09:00:49) Source: Hebei Daily
Recently, Zhang Jihai, a famous military painter, created the calligraphy work "Respecting Virtue and Carrying Things", which was selected by the relevant state units and permanently engraved in Juyongguan, the Great Wall of Beijing, and became a classic work representing China's calligraphy art.
Zhang Jihai, whose real name is Xunfu, was trained by the court since childhood. /kloc-at the age of 0/5, he was specially recruited by the army because he was good at painting and calligraphy. In 1980s, he graduated from Tianjin Maolin Painting and Calligraphy Institute, China Painting and Calligraphy Correspondence University and Henan Painting and Calligraphy Institute, and joined Hebei Branch of China Calligraphers Association. For decades, he tirelessly pursued the art of calligraphy, creatively put forward the creative concept of "taking emotion as the righteousness and taking emotion as the shape" and put it into the practice of calligraphy creation, with diverse styles and his own unique creative methods. In order to create "respecting morality and carrying things", he spent three years repeatedly studying the Book of Changes, getting familiar with all kinds of famous inscriptions, and looking for and exploring the calligraphy language that can express the meaning of words. Finally, he decided to use official script as the basis, absorb the meaning of seal script characters and strokes, and express the connotation of "respecting morality and carrying things" with an ancient and elegant calligraphy face, which was widely recognized by the society. In the autumn auction of Beijing Ishikawa International Auction Company last year, its works were sold at a high price of 32,000 yuan, which was the highest record of contemporary calligraphy auction in this auction and attracted wide attention of collectors.
It is reported that Mr. Zhang Jihai will also use his creative ideas and methods to write 100 famous sentences of China traditional culture with different styles and dedicate them to the society.