Who can talk about China's calligraphy?

? China's 5,000-year splendid civilization and unparalleled rich written records have been recognized by the world. China is one of the oldest and longest-lasting civilizations in the world. China has a long history and profound culture. Calligraphy has always occupied an important position in China since ancient times. It is an ancient art of writing Chinese characters, from Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Shi Guwen and Jinwen (Zhong Dingwen) to Da Zhuan, Xiao Zhuan and Li Shu, and then to the cursive script, regular script and running script in the Eastern Han Dynasty and Wei and Jin Dynasties. Calligraphy always exudes artistic charm.

? China's calligraphy is an original performance art of the Han nationality, which is known as: poetry without words, dancing without words; Painless paintings, silent music. Chinese characters are an important factor in China's calligraphy, because China's calligraphy was produced and developed in China culture, and Chinese characters are one of the basic elements of China culture. Relying on Chinese characters is the main symbol that distinguishes China's calligraphy from other kinds of calligraphy.

The history of China's calligraphy can be divided into several stages. Generally speaking, Yan Zhenqing in the Tang Dynasty can be regarded as a dividing point, which was called "the evolution period of calligraphy style" before and "the evolution period of style" later. In the evolution of calligraphy style, the main trend of calligraphy development is the evolution of calligraphy style, and the display of calligrapher's artistic style is often linked with calligraphy style. When the style changes, there is no need to create a new font. So calligraphers put forward the idea of "respecting meaning". The "style of writing" is fixed, while the "meaning" is alive, further strengthening the author's main role.

? Calligraphy is the art of writing Chinese characters. It is not only the cultural treasure of the Chinese nation, but also unique in the treasure house of world culture and art. In the long historical evolution and development, on the one hand, Chinese characters play an important social role in the exchange of ideas and cultural heritage, on the other hand, they also form a unique plastic arts. According to modern textual research, regarding the origin of China characters, it is generally believed that characters were created in the "Yangshao Culture Period" in the middle reaches of the Yellow River in China about five or six thousand years ago. Yangshao culture was named after it was first discovered in Yangshao Village, Shengshan, Henan Province in 192 1. In the past 40 years, there have been many discoveries.

There are three kinds of characters of all nationalities in the world, namely ideographic characters; Ideographic characters; Recording. Chinese characters are typical ideographs developed on the basis of ideographs. The method of pictographic writing is to draw the real thing. While painting tends to be more simplified and abstract, becoming a symbol that highlights the physical characteristics, representing a certain meaning and having a certain pronunciation ... Our Chinese characters have gradually taken shape, from pictures and symbols to creation and stereotypes, from ancient China seal script to small seal script, from seal script to official script, regular script and cursive script. In the process of writing and application of Chinese characters, the unique and independent calligraphy art of all nationalities in the world has gradually emerged.

Famous calligraphers in ancient China include Wang Xizhi, Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Wang Xianzhi, Zhao Mengfu and Huang Tingjian. Each of them is a person who has influenced the times, and calligraphy has influenced several generations. In short, it is an artist whose main creation is calligraphy.

? 1. Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, is known as the "sage of books". The masterpiece Preface to Lanting is known as "the best running script in the world". Wang Xizhi, as an iconic monument in the history of calligraphy in China, has a far-reaching influence on China's thousand-year-old calligraphy, and also left a lot of colorful calligraphy works.

? Second, Ou Yangxun, a famous calligrapher in Tang Dynasty, was one of the four masters of regular script. His masterpiece Huangfushengbei is called "the first regular script in Tang Dynasty". Ou Yangxun's calligraphy achievements are based on regular script, with bold brushwork and unique structure, which is called "European style" by later generations.

Thirdly, Yan Zhenqing, a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, was one of the four masters of China's ancient regular script, and was also called "Yan Liu" with Liu Gongquan, and was called "Yan Liu Jingu" in history. Create a "face". The Manuscript for Sacrificing My Nephew is a memorial to my nephew Yan Jiming by Yan Zhenqing in Tang Dynasty. Write in one go, regardless of work, often write to death. It is known as "the second running book in the world".

Fourthly, Liu Gongquan, a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, is one of the four masters of regular script. His representative works include Diamond Sutra Monument, Mysterious Pagoda Monument, Shence Military Discipline Shengde Monument and so on. Liu Ti was founded. Liu Gongquan's calligraphy was famous at that time in the Tang Dynasty, and it was said that "Liu Zi is a thousand dollars".

Fifth, Wang Xianzhi, known as "Da Ling", studied calligraphy with his father since childhood, especially cursive script. He is known as a "little saint" in the history of calligraphy, and is also called "two kings" with his father Wang Xizhi. Regular script is represented by Thirteen Lines of Luoshen Fu, the most famous running script, and the cursive masterpiece Mid-Autumn Festival Post is listed as one of the "three wedding invitations" in Qing Dynasty.

Zhao Mengfu, the sixth place, together with Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan, is also known as the "four masters of regular script". Zhao Mengfu, known as "Zhao Ti" in the world, has the deepest attainments and the widest influence with real calligraphy and running script. His representative works include Danba Monument and Luoshen Fu.

? ? Seventh place: Huai Su, Huai Su monk, calligrapher of Tang Dynasty. He is famous for Wild Grass, and he is as famous as Zhang Xu. He was called "Crazy Sue" with him, and was called "Cao Sheng" in history. Although his calligraphy is capricious and ever-changing, it has statutes. He is a leading figure in the history of cursive script in China after Zhang Xu, and also a leading figure in the history of calligraphy for thousands of years. His cursive works include Autobiographical Notes, Notes on Bitter Bamboo Shoots, Notes on Eating Fish, Notre Dame Notes, Essays on Books, Thousand-character Grass, Forty-two Chapters, Thousand-character Grass, Notes on Treasuring Treasures, Notes on Fagong, Seven Notes, and Beiting Caobi.

Eighth, Huang Tingjian, a famous writer and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty, was the founder of Jiangxi Poetry School. Together with Du Fu, Chen, they are called "one ancestor and three schools" (Huang Tingjian is one of them). The main representative works are Songfengge and Jingfubo Temple Poetry. The author of "Valley Ci", whose calligraphy is unique, is one of the "Song Sijia" and is known as "Valley Style".

Ninth place: Su Shi, a famous writer, painter and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty. Su Shi's calligraphy is also called "Song Sijia" with Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang. Su Shi is good at writing running script and regular script. He studied with famous artists in Jin, Tang and Five Dynasties, and integrated the creative styles of Wang Sengqian, Xu Hao, Li Yong, Yan Zhenqing and Yang Ningshi into his family. Existing works include Red Wall Fu, Huangzhou Cold Food Poetry and Yellow River Sacrifice Poetry.

Tenth, Mi Fei was a calligrapher, painter and painting theorist in the Northern Song Dynasty. Mi Fei is good at seal script, official script, regular script, regular script and cursive script. His calligraphy is the highest in the running script, and he is better at copying ancient calligraphy, reaching a chaotic level. There are nearly 60 calligraphy posts in Mi Fei, including Shu Su Tie, Chen De Tie and Tiaoxi Poetry Collection.

Zhao Meng is knowledgeable and good at poetry and writing. His highest achievement is calligraphy and painting, and he is good at running script and regular script. Handed down from generation to generation are Luo Shen Fu, Tao Te Ching, Danba Monument, Rebuilding the Three Gates of the Xuandian, Huanglin Pavilion Classic, Eleven Postscripts of Dugu Lanting, and Four-body Thousand-character Writing.