Introduction to calligraphy

Through the ages, Chinese characters were created by the working people. They began to be photographed and recorded. After thousands of years of development, they evolved into today's characters. Because ancestors invented writing with a brush, they produced calligraphy. Throughout the ages, Chinese characters have been written with a brush. As for the other writing styles, such as hard pens, finger books, etc., the writing rules are not completely different from the rules of brush writing but are basically the same. Based on the Sabourne source (after the nails and bones), this article focuses on the rule of writing Chinese characters with a brush. As long as we have a “narrow sense” understanding of calligraphy, then it will also be of great benefit to comprehend the “broad sense of calligraphy”.

In a narrow sense, calligraphy refers to the method and law of writing Chinese characters with a brush. Including writing, pen, point painting, structure, layout (distribution, trips, chapters) and other content. For example, the pen refers to the real palm and the five fingers work together; the center sends the pen to the end; the point of the painting is the same as the pen, and the wet gradation is the same; the structure is shaped like the word, and the phase is echoed; the distribution is intricate, the density is appropriate, the actual situation is full, and the whole chapter is consistent. The literacy of the ancient paragraphs today, the word big money is small, rather high and not low.

In a broad sense, calligraphy refers to the writing of language symbols. In other words, calligraphy refers to the writing style, structure, and composition of the writing in order to make it an aesthetically pleasing work of art in accordance with the characteristics of the text and its meaning. With the development of cultural undertakings, calligraphy is not limited to the use of brush and the writing of Chinese characters. Its content has greatly increased. For example, when it comes to the use of tools, there is a wide variety of pen-only items, such as writing brushes, hard pens, computer instruments, spray guns, and everyday tools. Pigments are not only used black ink, ink, adhesives, chemicals, paint glazes and other colorful, no wonder. In the past, the four treasures of pen – ink, ink, paper, and ink – have expanded in their meanings. There are many varieties and they are too numerous to mention. From the point of view of pen writing, some pens are written by hand, others use their feet, and they use other organs. There are also many people who write, even some people do not need to write a pen, such as "finger book" "squeeze the book", etc.; from the written language, it is not a Chinese character, and some ethnic minority texts are also on board Calligraphy arts, Mongolian is an example; from the perspective of the book body and composition, in addition to authentic traditional book school, in our country there is another "intention" school with the same straight lines (line), the combination of movement and static, which is the so-called modern calligraphy. It is based on traditional calligraphy, innovation, highlighting the word "changing", blending poetry, calligraphy and painting into one, and strives to unify the form and content, making the work a beautiful work of "three aspects of beauty, sound and beauty". Many book writers in Japan have abandoned the verbal nature of the text and established the “image” of the text. The “ink elephant” school has emerged. It is written in terms of the weight of the pen and the changes of Xu Yi and the writing of the pen and the change in the position of the pen. Various images of text. Although this book school highlights "imagery" and its character rewards are also novel, Chinese characters are not all "image" characters. Therefore, it is difficult to walk and development is limited. All of these (certainly not just these), it can be seen that calligraphy, like other things, is constantly evolving and changing. This must attract the attention of the calligraphic community.