Introdution of Calligraphy

During this period, the calligraphers Ouyang Xun and Yu Shinan directly took the inscriptions from the Northern and Southern Dynasties. "Tang Kai" is known for its rigorous overall style. It ranks alongside "Qin Seal" and "Han Li" in the history of Chinese calligraphy. There are many calligraphers who are good at regular script. It has a profound impact on later generations. "Yan Tendon Liu Bone" shows the difference between Yan Zhenqing's strong font and Liu Gongquan's thinness. The achievements of calligraphy in the Tang dynasty are diverse. For example, Zhang Xu and Huai Su called "Crazy Zhang Druken Su," and they were the most prestigious masters of cursive script and created the most swaying "crazy grass".

Heart Sutra copied by Wen Qiong

Teacher Wen Qiong's wild cursive calligraphy

Teacher Wen Qiong is good at various fonts

Teacher Wen Qiong's calligraphy style

After the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were relatively deserted in calligraphy creation. The Song Dynasty established a country and society was relatively stable. Cai Xiang, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, and Mi Fu appeared one after another, collectively referred to as the "Song Four Schools." The Song Dynasty calligraphy became brilliant, with changes and breakthroughs, and the pursuit of individual free creation. Many literati, ministers, and The emperor was also good at calligraphy, such as Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan, and Song Huizong. The regular script of Song Huizong was thin and straight, and was called "thin gold body". Liao, Xixia and Jin were culturally influenced by Han culture to varying degrees, but no well-known calligraphers and works have been handed down.

The most representative calligrapher of the Yuan Dynasty is Zhao Mengfu. He is exquisite in all styles, especially regular script. His style is elegant and beautiful. He is called "Zhao Ti", which is the same name as Yan Zhenqing's "Yan Ti", Liu Gongquan's "Liu Ti" and Ouyang Xun's "Ou Ti". In the Yuan Dynasty, learning calligraphy followed the "retro" style.

In the imperial examination, eight-legged essays were written, resulting in a lack of personality in the calligraphy style. -Zhu Yunming, Wen Zhengming, Tang Yin and Wang Chongcai embody the achievements of calligraphy in this period. Zhu Yunming's cursive script has the highest achievement, Wen Zhengming's lower case name moves domestically, and the representative work "Thousand Characters", a teacher from near to far law path. The most famous in the late Ming Dynasty was "South Dong and North King": Dong Qichang and Wang Duo, scholars met in official positions. The official career was not smooth, or he was unwilling to be an official in the first place, and turned to painting and calligraphy and other arts, and some even sold books and paintings to make a living. Most of them started from learning the works of the previous generations, and later they formed their own style. Each can carry forward individuality according to their personality preferences.

Famous calligraphers include Jin Nong. His official script is ancient and thick, and the regular script has his own style, calling himself "lacquer book"; there is also Zheng Xie (Banqiao), who created "six and half body". In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, calligraphy was influenced by textual research. Calligraphers pursued the older seal script, so the seal and official script were revived, and calligraphers even used the interesting lines of seal and official calligraphy to write regular script or running script. The style of calligraphy is called "the study of monument."