Chapter 176 Shocked
In the study, Zhong Yue pressed the rice paper with paper town and smiled and said, "Then I'll be ugly."
"There is no need to be so humble. We who learn calligraphy communicate with each other and keep it closed, and it is difficult to make a breakthrough."
Zhong Yue picked a small hair and dipped it in the ink disc. He ran through it and began to write the Liujia Lingfei Sutra, the best. Now the nine powers of the gods and man have achieved some success, and with the recent insights into ink techniques and brushwork, Zhong Yue's attainment in small calligraphy has become even higher.
With all his energy, the tip of the pen was lifted and pressed and turned around on the rice paper. Zhong Yue licked the pen on the ink disc from time to time. The difficulty of small regular script was more than enough. However, Zhong Yue's small regular script combined the metal and stone flavors of Wumen small regular script and lacquer script. The delicate fonts revealed a kind of master's style. This is very rare in Wumen small regular script. Just writing one line made Xi Qichang, who was watching from the side, shocked.
As the saying goes, the handwriting is like the person. The small regular script of Wumen are all beautiful and lively, which is one of the reasons why people who study Wen Zhengming’s small regular script are most popular. The handwriting is written in a delicate way, and for ordinary people, it belongs to the aesthetic category.
However, for some calligraphers who follow the path of epigraphy, what is missing in the agile and exquisite Wumen small calligraphy is the so-called metal and stone energy.
What is metal and stone energy? To put it bluntly, it is a heavy taste. From the perspective of calligraphy, the emergence of this "metal and stone energy" is, first, the stone quality of the stele itself, reflects the pleasure of carving and chiseling of the knife, and in addition, it is caused by the black and white contrast of the rubbings. The large-area black contrast of the rubbings will make people feel majestic and indifferent, and thus the metal and stone energy will be created.
However, Zhong Yue's small calligraphy brings a very strange feeling to Xi Qichang, and the delicate fonts are filled with gold and stone. If Wumen small calligraphy is compared to a Confucian scholar wearing Hanfu, then Jin Nong's lacquer script is like a strong man with full muscles and big three thick ones. The regular script after Zhong Yue understands it, it is like a beautiful boy with a tall figure, strong muscles but not exaggerated body.
It is already difficult to do one between exquisiteness and metal and stone energy. However, taking into account both and achieving balance will require greater hard work than ordinary people. Therefore, Zhong Yue only wrote one line, and Xi Qichang looked at him with admiration.
Zhong Yue wrote a few lines, stopped writing, and said, "Please give me some advice." He thought that it would not be the case that Xi Qichang kept standing by. He could write a line or two and it would be enough to do it.
"You keep going."
“…”
Xi Qichang drank tea and watched Zhong Yue continue to write without saying a word. The praise in his eyes became stronger. In this impetuous era, having such an excellent junior who inherited the French purity of calligraphy is not only an excellent latecomer, but also a hope for future Chinese calligraphy!
Zhong Yue wrote a few more lines, and when he saw Xi Qichang not speaking, he said, "Look..."
“Continue to write.”
Xi Qichang seemed to have no idea what to do today, just depending on your pretentious appearance, so he directly pulled a chair over to sit next to Zhong Yue.
Well... I was stared at by a pair of master's eyes, and I was under a lot of pressure...
When writing calligraphy, it is important to be focused. The best state is that it is a state of no one. With the increase in the pen output by the system, Zhong Yue can turn a blind eye to the outside world, but now he just picked a little hair from Xi Qichang, and the old man stared at him, so he was always a little distracted.
This distracted word makes the words look a little less interesting.
Even the scholar Wang Xizhi could not overcome this situation, let alone Zhong Yue. When I turned around, I wrote the masterpieces written by the Lanting party. The charm was not a little bit or two, and the state was very affecting the creation of calligraphy.
Seeing that Zhong Yue's writing was a little lost, Xi Qichang said, "Okay, it's hard for you."
"I'm really sorry, Mr. Xi, I'm not in good shape today."
Xi Qichang shook his head and smiled, "You asked me to write small regular script calmly in a strange place, and it is difficult for me to be calm. Look at what art salons we are engaged in artistic creation, and when we are writing small regular script on site, which one is straightforward and upright, which one is impossible to do. First, the mind cannot be calm, and second, when you write a small regular script of hundreds of words, the daylily will be cold."
"It's okay to use the style of calligraphy. After all, running script was born because of its simplicity and convenience for writing. I'm afraid that some people will ignore the brushwork and layout for the sake of visual effects and write it all the time."
Xi Qichang pointed his finger and smiled and said, "Yes, last year, Han Qi and a few old men went to Yingzhou to exchange calligraphy. The people's calligraphy habits there are much better than those in Shanghai. We went to a local well-known calligrapher's study. If you have seen him write calligraphy, that guy would be like an epilepsy. You don't know what this pen is like, and the characters he wrote are also unorganized, like a heavenly book. What do you think of those people accompanying you?"
Zhong Yue thought, "Is that true?"
"good!"
Slap sex!
"The master is indeed a master. This word is written so well!"
Seeing that Zhong Yue was so vivid, Xi Qichang nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes, Lao Han and I almost cursed. It's really a disaster for eight lifetimes. Communicating with such an ignorant person is simply a disgrace. So, I'm talking too far, and I'll say back to Xiaokai. Who did you learn this little Kai?"
"The old man on my side will not die." After making up a lie a hundred times, it will change the truth. Whenever someone asks this, Zhong Yue will come to him and he will definitely not blush his face or beating his heart.
Xi Qichang nodded and said, "Then your teacher should be learning calligraphy and Wumen Xiaokai, but who did you learn this lacquer book from?"
Zhong Yue raised his eyebrows, "Another old man."
Xi Qichang took a breath of air conditioning, "And then your Xiaokai is like this?"
"What's like this? Is it bad?"
Xi Qichang looked at Zhong Yue strangely, "It's not that bad, it's too excellent! A genius, what calligraphy requires is breakthrough and integration. I have taught too many disciples. You asked him to write Wei steles, and he copied it very well. If you asked him to write Yan style, he could also grasp it, but without copying, when he created it, the style of calligraphy is awkward. You are the first person I have ever seen, who can write the small regular script of Wumen to the taste of gold and stone!"
"Exceeded awards and more awards."
Xi Qichang took a sip of tea and said, "Stay working hard. Go in the direction you think is right."
Zhong Yue is indeed moving towards the integration of calligraphy styles. The so-called "one method is the best way to all methods". While understanding the nine powers of gods and man, his small regular script and lacquer script are all learning from each other and confirming, "Old Mr. Xi, I want to ask you about something."
"explain."
"How do you grasp the so-called combination of yin and yang in calligraphy?"
Xi Qichang was stunned and then laughed.
"What's wrong? Is there anything wrong with asking?"
"Zhong Yue, you're just like asking a fortune teller where the Yin and Yang and Five Elements are. If he can explain it clearly and understand the truth, then he can become an immortal."
Chapter completed!