Source: Outline of Books by Qing Liu Xizai.
Selected passages:
A book is like a book, like its learning, like its talent, like its ambition. In short, I like someone. Tessa's books are warm and mellow, Shen Yi's books are handsome and heroic, the deformed man's books have fallen, and the gifted scholar's books are beautiful.
Calligraphy is a kind of expression, which shows the writer's ambition, knowledge and talent. In short, it is the book as it is. Good people's calligraphy is warm and mellow, handsome people's calligraphy is deep and resolute, maverick people's calligraphy is sparse, and smart people's calligraphy is exquisite and outstanding.
Extended data:
China's calligraphy art was theoretically summarized in Shu Zhuan, which enriched China's calligraphy aesthetic education thought. "Outline of Calligraphy" is the first * * 246 article of the fifth volume of "Outline of Art", which comprehensively discusses seal script, official script, official script, running script, chapter back, regular script, cursive script, writing, composition and appreciation. It is not only a concise introduction to the art of calligraphy, but also a brief history of the evolution of China's calligraphy and a systematic theoretical work of China's calligraphy education.
While attaching importance to the important role of talent and ambition in calligraphy creation, he unified academic ability, talent and ambition into human entity. In the specific appreciation of calligraphy, it is necessary to know people and discuss the world, that is to say, the quality and character of books are the same, and the character is emphasized before the quality of books.