Calligraphy Self-Learning Series - Regular Script (Lower)

Author: Editor: China Fine Arts Publishing House
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Publication Date: 1998-04-01
Features: Regular script. Written by Tang Dynasty calligrapher Yan Zhenqing. Erected in the 12th year of the Dali era. It has suffered repeated disasters and calamities, leaving only a few fragments today. Yan Zhenqing was a renowned calligrapher of the mid-Tang Dynasty. His style is robust, powerful, grand, and distinctive, forming the "Yan style" (Yan) that greatly influenced later generations. This stele is a late work of Yan Zhenqing, possessing the brushwork of seal and clerical scripts. The strokes are level, elegant, and vigorous; the structure is expansive, with characters facing each other, employing simplicity as cleverness. At transitions, no sharp angles are used, but the brush lifts subtly, maintaining a complete spirit and ample energy. When practicing this stele, avoid writing the roundness and thickness of Yan's characters as clumsy and fat; and the spaciousness of the structure as loose. Calligraphy is one of the traditional arts of China with strong national characteristics and practical value. Today, as we build socialist spiritual civilization, more and more people are interested in and learning calligraphy. To meet the urgent need of for selecting model books, whether they are beginners or those with some foundation seeking further improvement, we have compiled this series of "Self-Learning Calligraphy Anthologies." The entire series consists of three major parts: "Regular Script," "Running and Cursive Script," and "Seal and Clerical Script," each independent and self-contained. Calligraphy enthusiasts can choose according to their needs. This is a "Regular Script" series, consisting of three volumes. To suit different audiences, stages, and learning needs, twenty-two practical steles and scripts from the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty have been selected. The selected models are all famous representative works of each era and each calligrapher. The regular script models in this series include works from various schools and styles, as well as both large and small characters, covering almost all aspects. From the perspective of laying a foundation in regular script, these models are undoubtedly of certain reference and practical value.