1, Ancient Poems: This is a very common theme in hard-pen calligraphy, including classic poems such as In the Heron Tower, Xiao Chun, and The Yellow Crane Tower Farewell Meng Haoran to Yangzhou.
2. Modern Poetry: Some modern poems are often used as the content of hard pen calligraphy, such as the works of poets such as Xu Zhimo and Wang Guozhen.
3. aphorisms: Some classic aphorisms, such as "Never tire of learning, never have fun" and "Be ambitious and down-to-earth", are also common themes in hard-pen calligraphy.
4. Prose: Some beautiful prose passages, such as Moonlight on the Lotus Pond and Back, can also be used as the content of hard pen calligraphy.
5. Buddhist scriptures: Some Buddhist classics, such as Heart Sutra and Diamond Sutra, are also common themes in hard-pen calligraphy.
History of hard pen calligraphy
China's calligraphy has a history of thousands of years, but it generally refers to brush calligraphy. However, more than 20,000 pages of hard-pen calligraphy in Dunhuang suicide note were discovered, which traced the history of China's hard-pen calligraphy back to more than 2,000 years ago.
Most of these characters are paper and silk, and there are more than a dozen ancient national characters. There are regular script, running script, running script and cursive script, which are written with hard pen tools such as bamboo, wood, bone and horn dipped in ink. Oracle Bone Inscriptions in the Yin and Shang Dynasties, including the characters later cast or engraved on bronzes, also belongs to the category of hard pen writing.
Although it was only recorded by tools such as carving knives, it was indeed the earliest record of hard pen writing, so it can be said that the history of hard pen writing is at least 3500 years.