Characteristics of Zhang Qianbei's Calligraphy

Zhang Qianbei is a work in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Looking at Fang Bi, it is square and strong, angular, rigorous in structure and extraordinary in brushwork.

Simple method. The style of this book is correct, simple and powerful. At first glance, it seems naive, but careful taste can make it exquisite. The composition and style are also smart, calm and powerful, and quaint.

"Fang Bi" is used for brushwork with sharp edges and corners, and has the characteristics of neatness, straightness, squareness and flatness. The thickness of strokes is between bisection and trisection. The transition of wave painting is not obvious, which is different from the three monuments of Confucius Temple. "Square, round and clever, thick strokes, vivid and natural."

The fonts are all the way to Gu Zhuo, and a large number of fonts in the tablet have infiltrated into the seal structure, and the fonts are square. Although the handwriting is full of words, it is elegant and elegant, and the peeling marks are natural. This kind of writing became popular in Wei and Jin Dynasties. The structural combination is complex, flexible, interesting and calm. The word stele yang is simple and elegant, while the word stele yin is slightly vertical and noble and clear. Those who learn from Han Li regard this monument as the last example. But there are many people who get its beauty, and few people who get it can hide its hidden connotation. I hope the wise can have both.

Li Ruiqing, a modern calligrapher, believes that Zhang Qianbei inherited the style of Yu Ding in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and its surroundings are flat, solemn and simple, which is close to the exemplary method, and opened the calligraphy of Zhang Menglong's tablet and Longmen's twenty products in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Some people think that "the stone carvings in the Northern Wei Dynasty, such as monuments and stone statues, are directly related to this".

Zhang Qianbei's brushwork, sometimes with clear waves and sometimes with square angles, seems to have no brushwork at all. In this regard, Qing Wanjing's words are somewhat reasonable. He said, "I'm good at playing with my calligraphy, but I'm afraid my hands are not good." I have no brushwork at all, and my yin is particularly heavy. " "Copying hands without work" should also include poor engraving, which is also the reason why Weibei is folded in many ways. However, Zhang Qianbei has brought us a whole new atmosphere. If you want to change, Zhang Qianbei is a good example. Its font is square and varied, with a charm in simplicity and an extension in the outer circle. It is square and not rigid, and it is the top grade in Han Li.