How to write herringbone?

Preface to Yang Bingnan's Calligraphy Collection

Tantan

The most difficult word to write well in the world is herringbone.

The word that should be written well in the world is herringbone.

Herringbone, composed of two strokes, looks very simple. However, it is very difficult to write this simple character firmly, righteously and full of energy, and to write out the heroism and courage inside.

In the literary garden of our province, a group of old calligraphers are active. They are all people who pay attention to writing the word "people", and Yang Bingnan is one of them. 1934 was born in taoyuan county, northwest Hunan province. The mountains and rivers in his hometown, such as his mother's milk, raised him to grow up. This is like the beginning of a Chinese character, which has a very solid foundation. After that, he walked into the military camp. The password of "one, two, three, four" has been practiced all his life. A soldier's courage and heroism are integrated into his life. After returning from the army to the local area, he worked as a responsible cadre of cultural organizations and publishing units. In every post, he is an upright person, a responsible person and a praised person. If the herringbone on paper is written with a pen, then the word "person" standing in the society is carved with his own words and deeds and his own mind.

Yang Bingnan's role in life keeps changing. There is only one thing that he has never changed since he was a child, and that is his passion for calligraphy art and his pursuit of high-grade and high-level life. This man spent his whole life writing the word "person". This is a capital word "person".

Yang Bingnan, with 70 years of life, wrote the word "human" with stability, integrity and spirit!

(The writer is the vice chairman of Chinese Writers Association and the chairman of Hunan Federation of Literary and Art Circles. )