Calligrapher's story

When Wang Xizhi was about five or six years old, Mrs. Bai Wei studied calligraphy for her teacher. His calligraphy has made rapid progress. At the age of seven, he was famous in the local area for his writing, which was very popular and praised by his predecessors.

When Wang Xizhi was 1 1, he read The Story of the Pen, which only adults could understand. He got up every morning and practiced writing in the dark according to the method described in Pen Shuo. He was fascinated. After a while, I looked at my handwriting, and there were some changes compared with what I wrote before.

One day, his teacher, Mrs. Wei, was taken aback and said, "The child must have seen the secret of calligraphy. I found that his calligraphy has recently reached the level of an adult. In this way, my child's future achievements in calligraphy will definitely drown my reputation. "

Wang Xizhi was not complacent because of the teacher's praise. He worked harder and harder, even forgetting to eat and sleep.

Once at lunch, bookish, he brought his favorite garlic paste and steamed bread and urged him to eat it quickly several times. He still didn't even look up, as if he didn't hear, absorbed in reading posts and writing. The meal was cold, so Jibang had to ask Wang Xizhi's mother to persuade him to eat. Mother came to the study, only to find Xihe holding a steamed bread stained with ink and sending it to her mouth, making her mouth black.

When Xi Zhi was eating steamed bread, his eyes were still looking at the word and his mind was thinking about how to write it. As a result, he mistook the ink for garlic. Mother couldn't help laughing when she saw this scene.

Wang Xizhi still doesn't understand what's going on! Hearing his mother's laughter, he also said, "The garlic on this day is really fragrant!" " Wang Xizhi persisted for decades, studied hard, kept posting, and practiced very solid kung fu, which laid the foundation and paved the way for his future development.

2. Zhong You was a native of the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He is so persistent and enthusiastic about calligraphy learning that he is almost crazy. It is said that he once studied in Baodu Mountain. In order to practice calligraphy well, he wrote down the stones and trees on the mountain in black. On one occasion, he talked with Cao Cao, Dan Wei and others about calligraphy pen. Because of his strong interest, he always painted before going to bed, and even cut several holes in the quilt.

Dan Wei was also a calligrapher at that time. It is said that he has calligraphy theory, a great calligrapher of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cai Yong, so his calligraphy level is very high. At that time, people admired his calligraphy very much and thought it was the first calligrapher of his time.

Zhong You wanted to borrow Dan Wei's "pen theory", but Shan Wei refused. Zhong You was so angry that he beat his chest and vomited blood. Fortunately, Cao Cao's Five Elixirs saved his life. After Dan Wei's death, Zhong You sent someone to dig this book out of the grave. After repeated research, he finally understood the secret of using a pen.

3. Zheng Banqiao studied calligraphy.

Zheng Banqiao, one of the Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou in Qing Dynasty, loved calligraphy since childhood. He copied the calligraphy styles of famous ancient calligraphers. After some hard work, he finally wrote something that was almost exactly the same as his predecessors and could confuse people. But people don't appreciate his handwriting very much, and he is also worried. He studies and practices harder than before.

One summer night, he and his wife were sitting outside enjoying the cool. He wrote on his thigh with his finger and on his wife. His wife hit his hand angrily and said, "You have your body, and I have my body. Why not write about your own body and write about other people's bodies? "

When sleeping at night, Zheng Banqiao thought, everyone has his own body, and writing has his own font, which is different! Why do I always learn other people's fonts instead of writing my own style? Even if I learn the same as others, it is also someone else's font, and there is no innovation.

What's the point if he doesn't have his own style? From then on, learn from each other's strengths, learn from each other's strengths, and mix official script with seal script, grass, line and model to draw a ghost. Finally, six and a half books were formed, which was appreciated by refined customs and loved by people, that is, "littering the streets" and became a famous painter and calligrapher with high reputation in Qing Dynasty.

4. Emperor Taizong practiced calligraphy.

Li Shimin was an emperor in China feudal society. When dealing with political affairs, he often devotes himself to practicing calligraphy in his spare time. At that time, Yu Shinan, known as one of the four great calligraphers in the early Tang Dynasty, worked in the palace. Because he is proficient in ancient and modern times and his calligraphy is like a pen, Emperor Taizong has always respected him and often copied and studied Yu Shinan's calligraphy.

In the process of practicing calligraphy, Emperor Taizong deeply felt that the word "ge" in Shinan font was the most difficult to write, and it was not easy to write its spirit. On one occasion, he practiced "Yan", fearing that he could not write disgracefully, so that ministers could not see its jokes. So he deliberately left the word "elder brother" blank and privately asked Yu Shinan to make it up.

In order to show his progress in calligraphy, Emperor Taizong invited Wei Zhi, an admonition officer, to watch some works and asked Wei Zhi's opinion: "Do you think my handwriting looks like that of Yu Shinan, a bachelor?" Wei Zhi looked at it respectfully and carefully, and kept silent with a smile.

At this time, Emperor Taizong asked him anxiously: "Is it like it? Why not talk? " Wei Zhi immediately said, "I dare not comment on your handwriting." Emperor Taizong said, "You can speak frankly. I forgive your innocence. "

At this time, Wei said, "According to the minister, only the' Ge' in the right half of the word' Yan' is basically the same as what Yu wrote, and the rest are quite different." Hearing these words, Emperor Taizong sighed deeply and admired Wei Zhi's eyesight, thus realizing that learning calligraphy can't be fake at all. You must work hard if you want to succeed.

5. I occasionally create flying white.

Cai Yong in Han Dynasty was not only a writer, but also a famous calligrapher. Flying White Paper is his original work. What is a "flying white paper"? You will know after listening to this story.

Cai Yong is not a person who reads and writes behind closed doors. He travels a lot in order to capture inspiration and rich experience. On this day, he sent the written article to Hongdumen of the Royal Library. The people there are very arrogant, so anyone who comes will have to wait outside the door for a while. While Cai Yong was waiting for an interview, several craftsmen were painting the walls with brooms dipped in this lime water. He just stood by and looked at it.

At first, he just wanted to kill time. But looking at it, he can see some "doorways". I saw the craftsman go down with a broom, and a white mark appeared on the wall. Because the broom seedlings are thin, they can't be soaked with too much lime water, and the wall is not very flat, so after a broom goes down, there are still some places on the white road that show the wall.

Cai Yong's eyes lit up when he saw it. He thought that before writing with a pen dipped in ink, the strokes were all black. Isn't it more vivid and natural to show some silk or paper with a black pen like a craftsman painting a wall? Thought of here, he suddenly fell into a mood. Hand in your article and run home at once.

Cai Yong returned home, forgot to rest, and prepared his own pen and ink. Thinking of the craftsman painting the wall, he began to write. Who knows it's easier to think of than to do? At first, the paper was not exposed or the exposed part was too hard.

Far from being discouraged, he tried again and again. Finally, he mastered proper limit from the aspects of how much ink he dipped in, how much ink he used, and how fast he wrote. He wrote a faint white brush stroke in black, which made the words elegant and flying, and had a unique flavor.

Cai Yong's original style of writing soon spread and became a "flying white book". Until today, it has been used by calligraphers.