Many people often say that the basic calligraphy is calligraphy, which is no basic understanding of the flow of calligraphy history, it is the last mature book body, and other book bodies can not be the basis of the theory, to say that it is necessary to say which kind of book body is the basis of calligraphy, the seal book should be the most suitable to call the calligraphy foundation of the book body!
It doesn't matter if you don't understand the seal book, your calligraphy will be difficult to get started!
Wu Xizai's "Emperor Wu of Song and Zang Tao's Edict Scrolls" is a long volume of seal books
In the field of seal calligraphy, there are very few famous artists in history, this is because the seal book system is far less than the lishu system to learn, since the "two kings", the book world is almost all shrouded in the "two kings" thematic study of the calligraphy system, occasionally one or two famous masters such as Li Yangbing are also difficult to turn the tide of the fall!
In the Qing Dynasty, "Theology" declined, "Epigraphy" rose, Deng Shiru single-handedly opened the door of Qing Dynasty epigraphy, since then a large number of followers, developers, transcendents follow this footsteps to come, including a seal master after Deng Shiru, he will seal carving and calligraphy into one furnace, known as "the first master of Qing Dynasty seal book", his calligraphy has reached the "desire from the heart without overstepping the rules" of the realm!
He is Wu Xizai!
Wu Xizai, also spelled Rangzhi and Ren Weng, is a native of Jiangsu and was born in 1799. He was a disciple of the great calligrapher Bao Shichen, and under Bao Shichen's disciples, he had a very deep understanding of calligraphy, painting, seal carving, and poetry, and what he was higher than Bao Shichen was that he took the Fa Deng Shiru and perfected Deng Shiru's seal book and seal carving!
Wu Rangzhi's calligraphy comes from seal carving, which is different from the path of the later generations of seal books from calligraphy, so we look at Wu Rangzhi's seal book, meteorological Junmai, without a trace of charm and weakness, this is the divine realm of "book and seal unity" advocated by Deng Shiru in calligraphy!
The later seal engraving master Wu Changshuo commented on his words:
"The ancient charm of the wind is incomparable, covered with keeping without mud, and can be self-indulgent without exceeding its moments."
This means that Wu Rangzhi's seal book has ancient meanings, never sticks to the track, and can enjoy the most natural disposition in the rules of calligraphy!
The highest achievement of the seal book in Wu Rang's life is particularly well reflected in his seal book "Emperor Wu of Song and the Scroll of Zang Tao". This work takes the Qin and Han dynasties directly in terms of brushwork, and on the basis of Deng Shiru, it pursues its "quaint" atmosphere, thus appearing round and beautiful!
Wu Rangzhi applied the change of the sword method in the seal engraving to this "Song Wudi and Zang Tao Scroll", which is extremely changeable in the use of pen, showing extremely superb and natural changes in terms of square circle, undulation, height, direction, etc.! At this time, it was difficult for the Tang people to reach the realm in the future!
Wu Rangzhi is not only excellent in seal writing, but also inferior to his contemporaries in other books, and his seal book is "full of qi, strong and powerful, and innovative", which is one of the innovators of the new seal book of the Qing Dynasty!
He once summed up his calligraphy in his later years:
"Let the weak age be easy to get, and like to engrave the seal." Five years earlier, he saw the Han people do it and carefully imitated it for ten years. All who are to be famous workers in modern times should also ask Xiao Naiji. After another five years, I saw the White Mountain people do it, and abandoned their learning and learned it. ”
From Bao Shichen into the Han people, from the Han people into Deng Shiru, and finally from Deng Shiru to develop themselves! Wu Rangzhi has created an era of his own!
His "Emperor Wu of Song and Zang Tao's Edict" was also enough to establish his status as a seal book! This work is an important model for beginners to learn seal books. Learning seal books, the Qing people can not get around no matter what, this is a peak of Chinese seal books!
Today, we have copied Wu Rangzhi's "Emperor Wu of Song and Zang Tao's Scrolls" 1:1 according to the ratio of the original work, and restored the work that is no different from the original.
Copying this work throughout the text, you can better appreciate its chapter and artistic conception!
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