Huang Tingjian's cursive script was originally taught by Zhou Yue, and later by Huai Su and others. The font structure written by Huang Tingjian has traces of Huai Su, but the strokes are completely different, forming a new visual impact and changing rapidly. Huang Tingjian pursued a new realm of calligraphy and raised it to a new level.
Running script is that the center of each word seems to rotate around a circle center, which breaks the font that has always been characterized by founder and opposition and presents a natural feature.
The main feature of Huang Tingjian's calligraphy is that it is not limited by the original font form, has its own characteristics, integrates the strengths of various schools, has its own style, is not conservative, and takes "new" as the breakthrough. People often say, "Words are like people." The characteristics of Huang Tingjian's calligraphy, like his life style, are open-minded and bold, insisting on "novelty" as a breakthrough, and have their own unique style.
Huang Tingjian's cursive style is very distinctive:
Huang Tingjian also pays great attention to rhythm when writing cursive script. Huang Tingjian originally studied calligraphy with Zhou Yue, a famous calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty. Therefore, it can be seen from Huang Tingjian's calligraphy works that Huang Tingjian attaches great importance to brushwork and wrist technique.
The red silk stripes in Huang Tingjian's calligraphy works are also calm and old-fashioned, with a very distinct sense of oscillation and three-dimensional sense; Huang Tingjian also has high attainments in writing and composing. Huang Tingjian's cursive script has its own unique style, old and ups and downs.
Huang Tingjian's cursive script is mainly studied by Zhou Yue, a famous calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty. Huang Tingjian's personal experience in learning cursive script can also be seen from his self-report. Huang Tingjian studied cursive script for more than 30 years. At first, he studied Zhou Yue. However, after studying with Zhou Yue for more than 20 years, Huang Tingjian found that he could only learn Zhou Yue's calligraphy, but he could never form his own unique style.
Later, Huang Tingjian and Su Dongpo learned from each other's strong points, which was the peak of Huang Tingjian's cursive script research, that is, learning the original works of Zhang Changshi, Zhang Xu, Gao Xianhuai and Gao Xian, and finally discovering the mystery of cursive script, and finally achieving Huang Tingjian's cursive script achievement.
Generally speaking, Huang Tingjian's cursive script is as elegant and free as the dragon and phoenix dance, and has always been a dazzling line. Although the handwriting in Huang Tingjian's cursive script is similar to that of Master Huang Tingjian, Huang Tingjian is good at using pens, so he also occupies a unique position in cursive script.