Ceng Laide
Through Li and Xu Wei's "Essays on Four Postscript Books", we can find that Li Ming is constantly looking back: from Zhao Mengfu in Yuan Dynasty to Mi Fei in Song Dynasty, from Mi Fei in Song Dynasty to Zhang Xu, Huai Su and Chu Suiliang in Tang Dynasty, and then drawing nutrition from the changeable and vigorous world of inscriptions in Southern and Northern Dynasties, studying the copybooks of famous people in Wei and Jin Dynasties such as "Two Kings" (Wang Xizhi,).
At first glance, Li Ming's calligraphy works have the charm of Wei and Jin dynasties, but he thinks more than that. His calligraphy works not only won the mystery of "Two Kings", but also won the essence of works in Tang Dynasty (such as Chu Suiliang and Huai Su), Song Dynasty (Mi Fei) and Northern Dynasty (such as Wei Bei), which can be described as the strengths of various schools. This is why Li Ming is more brilliant than many members of the "New Post School" and "New Two Kings School". Similarly, they are all studying and studying the calligraphy of the "two kings" hard, and some people are obsessed with one method and ignore others; Some people think it is the gateway to the wider world. Li Ming belongs to the latter.
It is purely a kind of advanced beauty, and Li Ming knows it well. Therefore, when he writes calligraphy, whether it is big or small, whether it is regular script or running script, he tries to use simple strokes and pure ink lines. Li Ming's works look elegant at first sight, but simple, quiet, scattered, ethereal and pure at second sight ... this is the most attractive place of his works.
Li Ming's calligraphy works are quiet, just like his personality, but behind the silence is a jumping and exciting soul. It is precisely because of the support of spiritual strength that his calligraphy works are unpretentious, and the fine works contain tension, movement and change. Li Ming's calligraphy works have reached a balance between dynamic and static, rigid and soft, tight and loose, virtual and real, simple and abundant.
Art is the best way to show the soul. Therefore, an excellent artist must show the master of the soul; Excellent works of art must be implicit and broad. Li Ming's calligraphy works are a subtle and vast world.
-Ma Xiao's "Li Ming's Implicitness and Broadness"
Most successful calligraphers don't end their lives with a post; As far as the style of books is concerned, no one is single-minded. Li Ming is good at cursive script, and regular script is in the hands of Fang Jia, which is deeply loved by people who know it. Its regular script inscription method is strong, and its epitaph is full of interest, but the early Yuan and Ming dynasties have disappeared. Kaifa is the only way for calligraphers in Wei and Jin Dynasties. Li Ming went straight into the temple, studied hard and kept learning. He acquired an excellent method. In addition, two lines of cursive script have passed and are integrated with regular script. Therefore, his calligraphy works are smart and rigorous, Gu Zhuo and elegant, lyrical and vivid, which makes his peers envy him.
-Wang Jinquan's "Ordinary Zhai Calligraphy" Li Ming is good at the cursive script of the "two kings", and his understanding and skills of the cursive script of the "two kings" are in a leading position among contemporary young and middle-aged calligraphers. In the way of using words, he got the essence of "two kings" and could show the subtle changes of the form of "two kings" incisively and vividly; In terms of brushwork, it can be regarded as one of the few calligraphers who won the "two kings" brushwork. His mastery of the calligraphy style and charm in Wei and Jin Dynasties made many followers of the "two kings" envious.
-Wang Houxiang's "Li Ming deserves to be a master" Li Ming's calligraphy is good in all aspects. His fine print emphasizes the high charm and natural composition of the pen. His works are hidden in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and there is no disadvantage of the world writing small characters. Li writes well in Zhao Wuxing's small letters. I have read the lowercase letters he published many years ago. The whole work is nuanced and won three flavors. Later, he devoted himself to studying the epitaphs of the Northern Dynasties for many years, and devoted himself to studying the epitaphs of Sima Jing and Tu Guhun. He traced back to the initiation of Wei and Jin Dynasties and devoted himself to studying Wang Youjun's regular script, hoping to trace back to its source and explore its rich connotation. Look at his regular script, with the posture of the right army (), with the charm of Zhao, neat and neat, every time I see its ingenuity, it is different from the people who write dry books nowadays!
-Ji Yong
Seemingly unusual and the strangest rise —— Impression of Li Ming's calligraphy
The ancients said, "Words are like people", so is faith. Li Ming's calligraphy works are rugged, vigorous and steep, which can be summed up by the word "Qing Gang", giving people a sense of seclusion, beautiful and ethereal, as if they were elegant, endless and ethereal in Leng Xiang. Now everyone is pursuing exciting visual effects, and Li Ming's literati interest is commendable, from which we can see his persistence in traditional culture.
Confucius once said: "quality is better than literature, literature is better than history, gentle, and then a gentleman." Too many "qualitative" things are impolite, and too many "literary" things are hypocritical and frivolous. Gentleman's style is the high unity of "literature" and "quality". Li Ming's calligraphy works can be said to be both good-looking and good-looking, which can be described as both "literary" and "qualitative". Contemporary calligraphers often win by the beauty of flowing water, often losing their delicacy and frivolity; People who win by simplicity and broadness are easy to fall into rudeness. Cheerful and frivolous is childlike, rude is rustic. Judging from the aesthetic standards of traditional culture, only the gentleman's style is most respected. Li Ming's personality embodies this gentleman's demeanor. He treats people sincerely, is open-minded, and has both self-restraint and true temperament.
-Yao Wenxing's "Concise, Pure, Elegant, Hidden and Beautiful-Impression of Li Ming's Calligraphy"