Appreciation of calligraphy works of Xian Baozi tablet
Picture of calligraphy works of Xian Baozi tablet 1
Calligraphy works of Xian Baozi tablet Figure 2
Figure 3 Calligraphy Works of Xianbaozi Monument
Figure 4 calligraphy works of Xian Baozi tablet
Overview of fresh steamed stuffed bun tablet
? The full name of the "Monument for Offering Treasure" is "Tombstone for Offering Fujun to the Magistrate of Jianning, General of Jin Dynasty". Engraved in the first year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 405), it is very similar to the writing style of Song Zhongyue Gaoling Temple Monument. Between the official records, Kang Youwei's evaluation of it is "simple as an ancient Buddha" and "simple and thick". The existing stone tablet is located in the campus of Qujing No.1 Middle School in Yunnan, which is a national key cultural relic. Han Li, who learned to write Zhang Qianbei all the way, participated in the writing and writing of the monument, which made the font interesting and flexible and avoided the rigidity of the structure.
This monument was unearthed in Nanning (now Qujing), Yunnan Province in the 43rd year of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty (1778). At that time, it didn't attract people's attention. Later, it was regarded as a stone tablet for pressing tofu by a villager. In the second year of Chengfeng, Deng Erheng, the magistrate of Qujing, was surprised to find the handwriting on tofu and quickly sent someone to find the tofu seller. The stone tablet was transported back to the government and placed in Wuhou Temple in the city. At that time, the study of steles flourished and the later study retired. Therefore, once discovered, its quaint taste with grotesque brushwork and casual knot immediately aroused people's great interest and was regarded as a rare treasure in calligraphy works. Ruan Yuan called it "the first stone in Yunnan", and Kang Youwei praised it as "the best in ancient and modern times".
The artistic features of the treasure tablet.
This tablet has high artistic value of calligraphy. Kang Youwei once rated it as a "treasure tablet of primitive simplicity, like an ancient Buddha", and said that "primitive Gu Zhuo is full of grotesque shapes, lying between Miao Ling in the north of Wei River and Juyan Cloud, showing the source of different languages". It is similar in style to the Gaosong Temple Monument in the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was inscribed in 456 AD. It was only 30 years since the death of Wang Xizhi, the sage of calligraphy, when the monument was erected, but it was quite different from the elegant and agile calligraphy style of the right army.
It is simple and ancient, ingenious and clumsy, rough and tough, with high tolerance, strong verve and strange appearance. Investigate its origin, because it belongs to the works in the period of official transformation, and its body, taste and modality are between official and private letters. Floating in the air is very strong, but it is smart and dull.
Because it was born in Han Li's brushwork, it still exists. Compared with mature epitaphs of Wei Bei such as Zhang Heinv and Yuan Huai, it is more original. This tablet uses a pen Jun Fang, which is decisive as a knife to cut jade; The shape of Chinese characters is strange and free, just like a powerful and unconstrained style, mysterious and unpredictable, which makes people have rich associations.
Artistic authenticity
Kang Youwei's thought of respecting steles stems from the artistic authenticity and simplicity of human nature contained in the study of steles, which is what the post-study, which has gradually failed since the Tang Dynasty, lacks.
Monuments were forbidden in the Southern Dynasties, but there were monuments in Yunnan, which just filled the blank of no monuments in the Southern Dynasties. The monument of Xianbaozi was written in Taiheng for four years, but when the historical chronology was checked, there was no Taiheng year number in Jin Dynasty! Yunnan is located in the frontier, where there are few calligraphy and stone carvings, and cultural leaders have also appeared in places with weak cultural foundation.
Compared with the mainland, Yunnan is a "barbarian" place, with bows and saddles, which is less influenced by mainland culture. Therefore, Zibaozi tablet is not as bookish as calligraphy in the Southern Dynasties, but more like a proud and strong Man Zi.
The essence of xianbaozi tablets
To sum up, "Gui Bao Zi Bei" was not written by a famous artist, nor did it pay attention to any brushwork. There is a knife flavor, a stone flavor, a folk flavor and a savage flavor, which is in sharp contrast with the orthodox celebrity calligraphers in the Southern Dynasties who strictly abide by the statutes, brushwork structure and bookish spirit. Learning Gui Bao Zi Bei means learning these "illegitimacy", "anonymity" and "no brushwork".