Liu Yuezhong’s calligraphy works

The life of calligraphy is brilliant

Since the middle and late last century, famous calligraphers such as Shu Tong, Qi Gong, Liu Bingsen, Shen Peng, Li Duo, Ouyang Zhongshi and Liu Yi have created The prosperous situation of contemporary Chinese calligraphy. Nowadays, Mr. Liu Yuezhong has also appeared on the highest stage of Chinese calligraphy, showing his brilliant artistic life and becoming a new generation leader in the calligraphy world. His calligraphy absorbs the aura of mountains and rivers, as well as the essence of ancient and modern times. It has a distinctive personality, unique style, and is both elegant and popular. It is widely praised and enthusiastically sought after by calligraphy enthusiasts at home and abroad, especially the collectors.

Mr. Liu Yuezhong has a bold personality and unique temperament, and his thin face is filled with heroic spirit. When creating calligraphy, he was calm, passionate, vigorous and vigorous, and his pen was flowing. When the ink falls, the storm rises, and the writing is driven by wind and clouds, just like a horse galloping on the battlefield, sweeping thousands of troops like a rolling mat, which is breathtaking.

From a humble background, he has no ambition to become a successful person

Mr. Liu Yuezhong was born in March 1951 in a peasant family in Huanghua, Hebei Province. When he first entered elementary school, his mother sewed a schoolbag for him out of coarse cloth, put it on his shoulders, and warned him affectionately: "Read well and write well. If you are uneducated, you won't even know your ancestors." His mother's instructions and that The eyes full of expectation left an indelible mark on his young mind and inspired him to pursue life-long pursuits.

He is diligent and studious, extremely intelligent, and has a high understanding of calligraphy and painting. When he saw better calligraphy, whether it was from a teacher or a classmate, he would imitate it carefully. Sometimes he would even pick up old homework books discarded by others and study them carefully. He often thinks: Why are other people's handwriting so good? I must surpass him! The comic books such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Lin Hai Xue Yuan" that he copied under the guidance of Mr. Xiong Mengting when he was young have become famous in his hometown.

In the fourth grade of elementary school, the school offered a large-character class, and he began to be exposed to pen and ink and red tracing. His strong interest, hard work and innate talent have always made his writing skills among the best in the class. He is often praised by teachers for this, which further enhances his confidence in writing large characters well. Writing large characters became his favorite. The hard work paid off, and the Spring Festival couplets he wrote were finally posted on the door frame of his house during the Spring Festival this year, ending the history of the family buying Spring Festival couplets or hiring someone to write them for them. Since then, writing Spring Festival couplets for the villagers has become a major event for him before the Spring Festival every year. He became a "little celebrity" praised by his neighbors, which made him feel extremely honored and further inspired his enthusiasm for practicing calligraphy.

During the "Cultural Revolution", schools were closed and he, like his peers, had no books to read. But fortunately, because he can write large characters well, he is often asked to copy Chairman Mao's quotations or write large slogans on the walls. Sometimes when he saw a big-character poster with good calligraphy, he would secretly take it off and take it home to imitate it. Misfortunes are where blessings depend. The "Cultural Revolution" deprived him of the right to go to school, but it made him successful. It was the extensive practice during this period that made his calligraphy skills grow and get better.

Dedicated himself to calligraphy and devoted himself to its pursuit

As he grows older, Yuezhong gradually understands the long history, profound cultural and aesthetic value of calligraphy. Especially after joining the Air Force and entering the ancient cultural city of Beijing, he was dazzled and fascinated by the brilliant calligraphy masterpieces, which greatly promoted his transformation from love to love to obsession with calligraphy. He made up his mind to carve out his own world in the field of calligraphy.

Persevere, practice hard, and gain happiness from hardship. After joining the army, the hard military life, intense daily training, "straight lines and squares" day after day, and the huge work pressure in battalion and regiment leadership positions never made him put down his pen. Usually, he insists on practicing before breakfast, after lunch and before going to bed. During training and construction, use the rest time to practice on the ground. In your spare time, practice with your fingers on your legs. In order to enhance arm strength, I often put lead belts on my wrists and practice standing with my elbows hanging. Or practice on the ground with a bucket. He also took apart the copybooks and pasted them on the roof and walls so that the practice could be observed from any angle and in any posture. He said: "As long as you have thinking, you can practice calligraphy. You should think hard and have a clear mind, and your hand will be familiar with your writing. Your eyes will notice it, your mind will follow your heart, and your body can be used for everything from heaven and earth to mountains and rivers, as small as walls and tabletops." Practice calligraphy.

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Learning from ancient calligraphy, choosing what is good, learning from the past, not imitating the ancient. When he first arrived in Liulichang, Beijing, he was dazzled by the vast number of ancient and modern calligraphy, making it difficult to choose. After humbly asking for advice, the shop owner said: "Duo Duo Just practice regular script and everything else will be easy." The speaker is sincere and the listener is interested. He further realized: "A person's knowledge is limited. To become a great scholar, one must gather the essence of various schools of thought and integrate them thoroughly before he can make breakthroughs." From then on, he studied the Dharma texts of all dynasties, devoted himself to teaching, scientifically extracted, and cleverly grafted them together, and finally compiled them into a great success. He successively carefully studied " "Lanting Preface", "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Inscription", "Oriental Painting Praise Stele", "Zhang Xuan's Epitaph", "Zhiyong Zhencao Thousand Character Essay" and other dozens of copybooks, and their characters are divided into upper and middle , The third grade, absorb the essence from the top grade, find the shortcomings from the middle grade, and learn from the low grade.

Respect teachers and friends, learn from the strengths of others, learn from the present, but not flatter the present. The various schools provide extremely fertile soil for Mr. Yuezhong's calligraphy life. He visits famous masters and consults humbly; He answers all questions. He always insists on learning from the strengths of others and using them for his own benefit. He concentrates his energy and spirit, combines his teachings with enlightenment, has the right pen, ink and paper, and perseveres, accumulating bit by bit, towards the pagoda in his dream. The pearl on the tip strives to climb.

Practice martial arts to strengthen the body and promote calligraphy. Yuezhong has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. He has been a martial arts instructor in the Air Force for decades. 9. Practice in the summer, rain or shine, and persevere. His martial arts achievements can be compared with his calligraphy achievements. He said: "Practice to strengthen your arms and make your pen powerful; practice your perseverance to make your mind focused; practice to understand the art and make your pen more powerful." Changeable". With his solid martial arts skills, when he stands and writes, his strength starts from his feet, originates from his waist, passes through his shoulders, hangs down from his elbows, and reaches his hands, so that he can send all his strength to the end of the pen. The power of his writing is like a steel cone. Sand, wire and iron; like rocks falling from a mountain, the light shines through the back of the paper, and the viewers are all moved and amazed.

He is diligent in understanding, good at summarizing, and constantly seeking breakthroughs in the long term. In the practice of calligraphy, Mr. Yuezhong summed up the "three methods of practice": first, "interference practice method". Put several calligraphy books in front of you, carefully guess the similarities, differences and changes, so that they can interfere with each other and complement each other, so as to incorporate everything and grasp it. The second is the "mind training method". Looking up at the blue sky, looking down at the mountains and rivers, you can use your mind as a pen to write on it, and the third is the "passionate practice method". When writing calligraphy, we should not regard the dots and dashes of characters as pale and dull still life, but as fresh and flexible life, and appreciate it with passion, comprehend it, and sublimate it, so as to achieve the state of uninterrupted mind and hand, forgetting regular rules. In addition, he created the "Ink Filling Method with Thoughts", "Reverse Wrist Writing Method", "Light Falling, Quick Running and Slow Drawing Movement Method", and "Three Square Calligraphy Practice Method", etc., which are scientific and practical, easy to remember and learn. It has great popularity value.

Building a new realm in the book world

For half a century, Mr. Yuezhong has adhered to the "Spiritual Theory". The artistic concept of learning from the past and the present, innovating and seeking change, keeping the pen in line with the times, and having both form and spirit. In the process of inheritance and development, we pursue a new character, grasp a changed character, and embody a divine character. Finally, it was nurtured in the garden of calligraphy art. Magnificent and exotic calligraphy works full of characteristics of the times and distinctive personality have formed a calligraphy style that is powerful, powerful, and graceful. His large regular script characters are dignified and majestic, upright and bright, with an open momentum and a harmonious back. The brush strokes are both square and round, attacking from all sides, hiding but not revealing, revealing but not vulgar; the ink used is strong and cold, with dry and moist blends, with varying shades. Elegant and elegant. As the saying goes, the form, spirit and regular bones are saturated and harmonious, creating a unique realm and becoming a universe of its own. His movements are orderly and varied. If there are many strokes, one will not notice the complexity; if there are few strokes, one will not notice the simplicity. Its contraction is dignified, like an inchworm's flexion; its vertical movement is dangerous, like a cunning rabbit's escape. Where it is agile, the flying luan dances, and when it is thick, the tiger squats and the elephant steps. Extremely varied and naturally interesting.

Mr. Yuezhong’s noble personality and superb calligraphy skills have won widespread praise. Mr. Qi Gong said, "Yue Zhong's writing in regular script above the ruler has reached such a state and filled the gap since the Tang Dynasty."

Mr. Ma Xiaoxiao said: "Yue Zhong is responsible for the dignified and rigorous structure of Ouyang Xun's calligraphy in the Tang Dynasty, the simple and vigorous brushwork of Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy, the rigid and square shape of Northern Wei calligraphy, the smart and flexible brushwork of Eastern Jin calligraphy, and the rough and wild calligraphy of Han Dynasty. The charm of nature, the soft and free charm of official script, and the novel and open changes of contemporary calligraphy are cleverly integrated into my own calligraphy, forming a new style of the times." Mr. Li Duo said: "Yue Zhong insisted on following the path of regular script, and also studied the inscriptions and inscriptions of previous dynasties. He had a glimpse of the brushwork of his predecessors, sought common ground while reserving differences, and formed a subtle, vigorous, and elegant style." Mr. Liu Bingsen said: "Yue Zhong's characters are naturally full of dangerous potential, beautiful and vigorous, with distinctive personality and free and easy atmosphere."

In the face of dazzling achievements and widespread praise, Mr. Yuezhong is as calm as water and always maintains a humble attitude. He has infinite admiration for the brilliant achievements created by everyone in the ancient and modern calligraphy circles; he has deep admiration for his colleagues in the contemporary calligraphy circle. In order to inherit and develop the precious legacy left by the sages and promote the calligraphy art of the Chinese nation, he will pursue it throughout his life and remain committed to it.

Published in 2008lt;lt;Liu Yuezhong's regular script copybookgt;gt;