What are the characteristics of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy?

Wang Xizhi (Eastern Jin Dynasty) Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is mainly unique and natural. His brushwork is euphemistic and subtle, and bea

What are the characteristics of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy?

Wang Xizhi (Eastern Jin Dynasty) Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is mainly unique and natural. His brushwork is euphemistic and subtle, and beautiful. Later generations commented: "If you float in the clouds, you are as right as a dragon." Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is exquisite and extremely beautiful to watch. In a word, he introduced Chinese writing from practicality to a realm of paying attention to techniques and interests, which marked that calligraphers not only discovered the beauty of calligraphy, but also showed the beauty of calligraphy.

Ou Yangxun's (Tang Dynasty) Ou Yangxun's calligraphy is based on the characteristics of regular script in Han Li and Jin Dynasties, and also on the inscriptions in the Six Dynasties, which is widely used by various schools. The main features of Ou Yangxun's calligraphy style are rigor, neatness, honest and frank and vigor. Although the glyph is a little longer, it is white, neat and rigorous, the middle palace is tight, the main pen is elongated, it looks bold and unrestrained, dense and well-organized, surrounded on all sides, exquisite and vivid, just right. The combination of stippling and painting, the structural arrangement, is that the middle of the plane is steep and powerful, and the fonts extend to the right, but the center of gravity is still very stable, without the feeling of inclination, which is interesting and dangerous.

Yan Zhenqing (Tang Dynasty) was a beginner of Chu Suiliang and later studied under Zhang Xu. He also absorbed the characteristics of the four schools in the early Tang Dynasty and accepted the writing style of Zhuanli and the Northern Wei Dynasty, which made him unique. Contrary to the writing style of the early Tang Dynasty, he changed from thin and hard to full and vigorous, with magnificent momentum, strong bones and awe-inspiring spirit.

Zhao Mengfu (Yuan Dynasty) regular script and running script were neat and steady. Gentleness and elegance are his main characteristics.