Yingying Stele - Enlarged Selection

Author: Yu Feng (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The "Series of Enlarged Ancient Stele and Calligraphy Collections" takes commonly used stele and calligraphy scripts for beginners as the blueprint, selecting typical characters and categorizing them by stroke, radicals, structure, or fixed and variant forms. It is supplemented with techniques such as enlarged character examples and stele flipping, making it an ideal choice for calligraphers and calligraphy teachers as a reference or teaching manual. This volume is compiled based on the famous Han Dynasty stele, the "Yi Ying Stele." The "Yi Ying Stele" is a representative of Eastern Han Dynasty clerical script and one of the models for later generations learning clerical script. The calligraphy of this stele is expansive, with a strong bone structure, dignified composition, strict adherence to rules, distinct wave-like strokes (baozhi), elegant and refined demeanor. Qing scholar Weng Fanggang praised it as "harmonious in bone, fluent in emotion and literature, a model for learning Han clerical script." When practicing this stele, one must first grasp "formal resemblance." As the saying goes, "Observe with precision, imitate with similarity," and strive to understand the original stele's strict rules in strokes and composition to lay a solid foundation for learning clerical script. Next, one should grasp its characteristics of openness, breadth, vigor, and elegance. The brushwork should be steady yet not rigid, the composition dignified yet not stiff, and attention should be paid to cultivating inner momentum. With proficiency, one can fully master its balanced combination of round and square, thick and thin, orderly yet varied, and spontaneous characteristics, achieving a learning effect of "gaining one, understanding three."