Calligraphy Rules of Clerical Script

Author: Sun Maogui
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The main features of this book are as follows:
1. Strong appreciation value with references and examples: The main content of this book selects representative, exemplary, and stylistically distinctive calligraphy works as examples to introduce the authors, content, formats, writing styles, and compositional features of each piece. The nearly 300 works selected in the book are carefully chosen from master's materials, with classic and timeless works as the main focus and contemporary masterpieces as supplementary. It aims for high starting points, high standards, and high levels, striving for clear images, standardized calligraphy, concise and vivid text, and accurate descriptions. It achieves the goal of providing references and examples, making it more valuable for appreciation.
2. Strong guidance in learning from tradition and innovating: Calligraphy creation must learn from tradition while innovating. Learning from tradition means studying ancient methods, inheriting tradition, and drawing nourishment from ancient calligraphy art. However, one should not rigidly adhere to tradition; innovation is also essential. This book actively guides readers to learn and practice while inheriting tradition, discarding that pursue arbitrary brushwork and strangeness, ensuring that the book's content serves as a useful reference for guiding creation.
3. Strong practicality with a wide range of selections: This book collects selected works from ancient and modern masters, drawing on the strengths of various schools to increase its artistic content. When using this book, readers can explore the characteristics of different calligraphic styles and refer to exemplary compositional examples, broadening their knowledge and improving their appreciation skills. Regarding composition, this book only "highlights the essentials." Each volume introduces and analyzes 48 representative works that demonstrate compositional layouts and stylistic formats, but it cannot fully elaborate on or argue the rich connotations of "composition." It also cannot encompass the profound content of Chinese calligraphy art. For readers, do not expect to master the "art of creation" just by using this book. Because calligraphy creation is a complex cultural phenomenon and a highly comprehensive and creative labor. It requires creators to have high artistic cultivation, refined aesthetic tastes, and keen creative awareness. Relying solely on skill alone will be difficult to achieve a high artistic realm. The writing and publication of this book aim to engage in mutual discussion and exchange with fellow calligraphers,, and contribute to the prosperity of our calligraphy cause.