Chinese calligraphy

The way that using the writing brush to write is called Chinese calligraphy, which is highly named the art of art. Chinese calligraphy has experienced a long history, in which so many calligrapher improved Chinese calligraphy and made it much better. But how such thing happened? The fifth part of the documentary will explain the question in detail and I also will talk about my own view towards Chinese calligraphy.

The general requirements of writing character are beautiful shape and fluent writing, which fit all character-writing. However the Chinese calligraphy is more concerned about the creation of atmosphere and can cultivate people’s personality. Most foreigner not ever seeing Chinese calligraphy before can be moved by Chinese calligraphy when they see it at the first sight. Why? Chinese calligraphy is like a mini abstract picture which comes from the ideographic feature of Chinese calligraphy. The formation of Chinese character is from the real thing. Before the writer begins to write something on the Chinese art paper, something has formed in his or her mind. Just a while the paper has become a picture filled with many flowing characters. How amazing it is!

The well-known emperor in Chinese history, Li Shiming, thought highly of the calligraphy work, preface to the orchid

pavilion collection, and not just that, he compared the writer of the calligraphy Wang Xizhi to Confucius and lifted Wang to the level of saint. Li Shiming was a politician and also a calligrapher. We know that it is from the Tang dynasty, the government elected talents mainly with the criterion of calligraphy. Whether one person can be elected as someone important in the government or not was decided by his calligraphy at a large degree, calligraphy was first time to be listed in the education and examination system.

Chinese calligraphy is the combination of black and white, dynamic and static, virtual and real, which is the unique aesthetic standard.

The next famous calligrapher is Yan Zhenqin in Tang dynasty who created a new form calligraphy named Yan style with the feature of sublime. Yan was sent to negotiate with an insurgent and died for it .Yan was the model of Chinese nation, and he exercised the core of Chinese calligraphy--- the cultivated personality. Yan was a representative of positive side, and also villain had good calligraphy if only with the eye of calligraphy.

Song dynasty, a great period for calligraphy, during which a prominent calligrapher was Su Shi . Su was well known for Xingkai but experienced miserable time. During his unfortunate time he expressed his grief and indignation by writing, The Red Cliff Ode,

one of the well-known writing work. Although his misery, he behaved quite calm. He transcended the pain from body and mind, expressed the state of life by calligraphy. That is the calligraphy by Su Shi.

Another unlucky guy is Gong Zizhen who experienced difficulties and finally achieved scholar at the age of 38. Why he was so unlucky was that his writing was really bad. Qing dynasty followed the history, and paid much attention to the calligraphy. Pavilion system, with the rule of black, big, fluent, circle. But Mr.Gong was not good at it, so he was discontented with the system.

Tablet of Wei dynasty, the writing on tablet. Chinese calligraphy came into a new time. Kang Youwei praised this kind of calligraphy much. So people saw a new form for calligraphy.

With the development of society, more and more people use computers, phone, i-pad, and other modern devices to write instead of pen, pencil, even less writing brush, which worry many people. We are going far away from Chinese calligraphy, and we ignore the core of Chinese calligraphy consciously. How sad it is for the whole nation.

Chinese calligraphy experienced ups and downs of time, but still with great charm until today. So what we should do is to maintain it

and inherit it. Because it is the greatest treasure for all the people the nation.

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