The preface to Lanting, the best running script in the world! The first line of contemporary calligraphy of the Tao Te Ching!
The former is the pinnacle work of the calligraphy sage Wang Xizhi, and the latter is the classic contribution of the contemporary Chinese classics master Luo Biao. The former's articles and calligraphy are both of great beauty, while the latter's articles and calligraphy are both mysterious. Wang Xizhi's Lanting Preface is the crystallization of literature and calligraphy, and Luo Biao's Tao Te Ching is the sublimation of philosophy and calligraphy. The calligrapher Sage said in the preface to Orchid Pavilion that the future will look at the present as the present looks at the past. At the moment, Luo Biao used the cultural energy that transcends ancient and modern times to write a calligraphy aesthetic legend that makes people look up to the Tao Te Ching as if they are obsessed with the Lanting Preface!
The Tao Te Ching, interpreted by Luo Biao's calligraphy, expresses the essence of Taoism, which has influenced Chinese philosophy for thousands of years, using external lines to express "famous" and the rhythm behind the pen and ink to express "unnamed". With the philosophical judgment that "the two have the same origin but different names", creation has become the "mystery" of culture. This is an unprecedented artistic innovation, and it is also an achievement that a philosopher and calligrapher can inherit and promote the spirit of Tao! Reading his long calligraphy work on the Tao Te Ching is, in fact, constantly receiving enlightenment from the Tao, and one can pursue the spirit of the Tao through calligraphy. This is not only the cultural achievement of his in-depth study of the Tao Te Ching, but also the cultural merit of promoting Taoism in the form of calligraphy. Only with the dual identities of a master of traditional Chinese culture and a great calligrapher can he write the long Tao Te Ching calligraphy as well as water!
Lao Tzu uses water as a metaphor for Tao, and Luo Biao writes like water! From the beginning to the end of the pen, he is well versed in the principle that nothing in the world is softer than water, and nothing can defeat the strong. He uses the flexibility of calligraphy to reveal the essence of the victory of the weak against the strong, implying the attribute of nothingness and infinity. From the beginning to the end, it is the essence of the pen. Yudao's Suixin is confident! This is an important reason why his calligraphy becomes more interesting and mysterious the more you read it. The best goodness is like water. Luo Biao's calligraphy of the Tao Te Ching perfectly presents the sense of living in a good place, having a good heart, being in harmony with the good heaven, governing well, doing good things, and doing good things. It has become a source of positive energy for people to cultivate their moral character. It can also be approached through calligraphy. The best reading book on Tao and Morality!
This is not only a new classic of calligraphy, but also a cultural treasure that shows the spiritual power of Chinese philosophy through calligraphy! Just by seeing the photocopy, I have already encountered jade flowers and smelled the attraction of Qiong Rui. It turns out that reading the real thing once is better than ten years of reading! This is the important reason why Master Luo Biao is rich in personality and cultural charm, and can gather people from all over the world to educate people! The long scroll of Tao Te Ching calligraphy is the treasure of Sanwuzhai and Juxian Hall, and is the cultural leader of Luo School art. Of course, it is also an outstanding proof that contemporary culture has masters and that traditional culture can continue from ancient to modern times!
The reason why contemporary calligraphy suffers from various shortcomings of "cultural nihilization", "spiritual vulgarization" and "philosophical hollowing out" is because calligraphers do not have deep cultural accumulation, spiritual experience and philosophical talent. , so that calligraphy creation has been severely degraded to the level of "below writing", and calligraphy has even lost the title of "good writing", let alone art. Master Luo Biao also possesses high-level accomplishments in Chinese studies, political economics, philosophy, calligraphy, painting, history, etc. He has a rock-like foundation of accomplishments when writing the first running script of the contemporary era, so he can make calligraphy carry the role of cultural promotion. It is an important task to bring such an unparalleled masterpiece to contemporary calligraphy!
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