50 Examples of Regular Script Creation

Author: Wu Yusheng
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: Writing is the foundation of calligraphy, and calligraphy is the elevation of writing. When it comes to calligraphy, people first think of brush calligraphy. However, writing practice has proven that holding a hard pen can, to a certain extent, embody the spirit of traditional Chinese calligraphy and write various styles of characters such as regular script, running script, cursive script, clerical script, and seal script, creating works that are aesthetically pleasing. It should be noted that hard pens are limited by their own material, making it difficult to achieve the variations in thickness, density, dryness, and moisture of brush strokes, or to present the effect of "heavy as collapsing clouds, thin as cicada wings." Therefore, when engaging in hard pen calligraphy creation, one should focus on researching and fully utilizing the performance characteristics of hard writing tools, leveraging strengths while avoiding weaknesses, and creating within the realm where they can excel. It is not advisable to blindly imitate and inherit brush calligraphy. This book primarily explores the creation of steel pen regular script works in a tentative manner. To meet the wishes of hard pen calligraphy enthusiasts, following 《》, we have launched two sets of series books, 《》 (Preliminary Edition and Advanced Edition), which provide detailed explanations on aspects such as stroke order, structure, brushwork, line arrangement, and overall composition to help readers improve their hard pen calligraphy skills and achieve a perfect balance between aesthetics and practicality. The calligraphers of this series are all contemporary influential hard pen calligraphers who write in various scripts such as seal script, clerical script, Wei script, regular script, running script, and cursive script. This series not only greatly benefits hard pen calligraphy enthusiasts in their writing practice and skill improvement but also allows readers to understand the representative styles and schools of contemporary Chinese hard pen calligraphy, offering both creative guidance and works for appreciation.