The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 501
The people are quiet, and the moon blows down the river with a sound.

——"Zhuma Listening Blowing" Bai Pu (Yuan)
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(PS: Chapters 510, 510, and 510 have been revised today. Heroes who read this chapter can read the first three chapters again.)
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When Bai Fu woke up, most of his depression had calmed down.

Yan Zhenqing invited Bai Fu into her study.The three walls of the study are full of bookshelves, which are filled with all kinds of books and files.

Yan Zhenqing first took out a roll of parchment, and after unfolding it, there were densely packed tadpole writings inside.Bai Xia has seen this kind of script in the parchment scrolls of Khwarizmi, and it should be the script of the Western Regions in Persia and Dashi.

These characters are all neatly written, and there are some decorations on the corners of each page, which are colorful, like a pattern painting.

Yan Zhenqing took another thing that looked like a bird's feather from the drawer.

Yan Zhenqing said: "This is the quill pen used for writing in the Fusu Kingdom. This pen has a beautiful appearance. It is made of the feather quills of poultry such as geese and teal after degreasing, and then the end surface is cut into an oblique point shape.

When writing, just dip the tip of the pen with ink. The writing effect of this kind of quill pen is much better than that of the reed tube pen used in the Western Regions.

You try to write, to see how it differs from my Datang Langhao pen? "

Bai Fu was very curious, tried a few strokes, but felt that it didn't go well, and said with a smile: "The nib of the quill pen of Fushi country is made of hard objects, and there is no softness or hardness.

The tip of the Langhao pen is made of animal hair. The older the Langhao pen, the stronger the elasticity. "

Yan Zhenqing smiled and said: "That's right. My Tang characters are the most sculptural characters in the world. Writing with Langhao soft pen can make Chinese characters flow and change, showing the beauty of endless changing lines.

From the perspective of recording language, there is no difference between the two.But judging from the aesthetic feeling of the text, the judgment is judged.

The characters of Persia, Dashi and other countries are neat and tidy.The beauty of my writing in the Tang Dynasty is that it is connected with inner emotions, and it is an expression and perception of the desire for life.

And if you want to let emotions flow freely, you need a flexible pen like Langhao.With the flexibility of the pen tip, the text will have endless changes.

Therefore, only I, Datang, raised writing to the level of "Tao", which is why it is difficult for Persian countries to understand the calligraphy of the Tang Dynasty, and it is difficult to understand the culture of the Tang Dynasty.

In the writing process of Langhao pen, the "book" is made according to the "law", and the "law of book" is produced:
The first is to use the pen, the second is to know the situation, and the third is to wrap the bundle.That is what we often say: pen, structure, style.It focuses on the process of writing rather than the result of the work.

Leaving aside, hooking, thick and light, prosperity and withering, silver hook and iron painting... It is also like martial arts kung fu, combining hardness and softness.Not only has the lightness of moving and dodging, but also has the strength of thunder.The timid dare not learn, and the weak cannot learn. "

Bai Fu nodded. When copying the murals of Wu Daozi and others, he also realized the truth that 'weakness prevails over strong' in the strokes of his brushstrokes.

Yan Zhenqing said: "Bai Shaoxia, you have copied a large number of calligraphy posts of famous masters hanging alone on the palace in the forest of steles and palaces, but have you ever seen Qin steles, Han bamboo slips and Jin people's scraps of paper written by ordinary people thousands of years ago?"

Bai Fu was taken aback, then shook his head.

Yan Zhenqing took out a volume of bamboo slips from the bookshelf. The so-called "book" is to use rope, tendon, etc. to tie up the "bamboo slips" one by one.

Yan Zhenqing said: "These bamboo and wooden slips are letters, diaries, account books, deeds, and scriptures written on bamboo slips and wooden slips.

Most of these bamboo slips of the Han Dynasty were recorded by some obscure and unknown officials with pen and ink to record their daily work.

Or, it is an ordinary letter, a letter from home, written to a family member far away.

Compared with the Qin and Han inscriptions that extol the achievements of the dynasty and the sacrificial ceremonies, I prefer these obscure bamboo slips.

Surprisingly, the inscriptions on steles must be majestic, vigorous, thick, full, neat, and cold.

In contrast, these bamboo slips are more cordial, more willful, free and easy, unrestrained, and at ease.This is the true meaning of Tang Dynasty calligraphy - the awe of heaven and earth, the understanding of life, and the expression of emotions.

In this regard, there is nothing better than piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, mountains and rivers, martial arts, medicine and geomantic omen. "

Bai Fu felt his eyes light up, as if he had opened another door to treasure.

Bai Fu held these Han Dynasty bamboo slips in his hands and looked at them carefully.

Bamboo and wood are materials that can be found almost everywhere.Before the invention of paper, writing on bamboo slips was a convenient way.If the words are written wrong, use a knife to thinly slice off the upper layer, and the lower bamboo slips can still be used.

When the soft hairs on the nib of Langhao meet the obstruction of the bamboo and wood texture, this kind of stagnation retains the inkstone.In dry and wet shades, the tension and texture of the brush and ink stand out.It is like a gurgling stream flowing in a cobblestone river, or like melting snow from a glacier penetrating cracked and dry land.

Although the writer is silent and unknown, his brushwork is as real as the sound of wild cranes singing, flying immortals from the sky, and the Shuxiu school of the Six Dynasties all came from this place.

Bai Fu seemed to feel the smoothness and briskness of the Langhao pen when sketching on the bamboo slips.

After talking about the Qin stele and the Han bamboo slips and Jin people's residual paper, Yan Zhenqing talked about modern copybooks.

Yan Zhenqing said: "Mr. Youjun's "Quick Snow and Sunny Post", "Flying White Post", "Ping An Post", Mr. Wang Xianzhi's "Thirteen Lines of Luoshen Fu", Dr. Ouyang Xun's "Huadu Siyi Zen Master Stupa" "Inscription" and "Huangfu's Birthday Monument" are examples. The works of these masters are all the works of the calligraphers. They put their own characters on the paper through the end of the pen. Turning the pen at will, it is completely natural."

Pausing for a moment, Yan Zhenqing seemed to have a deep feeling, and said: "Calligraphy is not about copying words, but a dialogue between oneself and another self. The dialogue from the bottom of one's heart cannot be heard, but can be seen.

'Road to Road, very Avenue'.The closer it is to the human nature and emotion of Tao, the more difficult it is to describe in words and words.

But what the language cannot express, calligraphers often leave it to calligraphy.Calligraphy is not only Danqing, gold and stone, but also rhythm, music and dance, and even courtyards and gardens—almost the sum of all arts. "

After finishing speaking, Yan Zhenqing took out a roll of copybooks from the bookshelf, which was Zhang Xu's "Tummy Pain Poster".

Bai Fu took a closer look, and saw that the first three characters of this post were quite regular.Starting from the fourth character, each line is drawn to the end, and the upper and lower reflections are lingering and connected. The more you write, the more crazy you are, like a waterfall rushing down, full of flavor.Sometimes thick ink and thick brush strokes are calm and steady, and sometimes fine brushstrokes are like silk, continuous and straight down.

Words are like a person, this kind of unrestrained venting is exactly the portrayal of Zhang Xu's boldness and madness.

Yan Zhenqing said with emotion: "Speaking of which, I can also be regarded as a student of Zhang Changshi. In the fifth year of Tianbao, Master Zhang taught me his brushwork in Peijing's mansion.

People at the time said that Zhang Changshi was rude and went crazy after being drunk.In fact, Zhang Changshi has a keen understanding different from ordinary people, and what he sees in his daily life can be inspired and melted into his own words.

Zhang Changshi's crazy cursive seems to be fantastic, and the writing is extremely difficult. Looking for its origin, it actually follows the rules of legal calligraphy bit by bit.Inherit the predecessors' techniques and create new ones.

With drunkenness as a trigger, he communicated with the world, the wind and the weather in a trance, so that his nature can be fully released, and eventually he became the originator of a generation of calligraphy. "

Yan Zhenqing slapped him in the face, and asked Bai Fu to turn the clouds and see the sun, and he was enlightened: "Foreign masters of good fortune, you can get the source of your heart!
If you want to establish a sect, you have to form your own martial arts style.

This kind of style cannot rely on closed doors to build cars, let alone whimsical ideas, but on the basis of inheriting the martial arts of the predecessors, learn from others, and then fully release one's own spirituality, and integrate one's understanding of life desires into martial arts through the melting of the heart Only then can you create your own martial arts and become a master of the generation! "

　References

　　"Calligraphy in the Forbidden City", Zhu Yong, People's Literature Publishing House, June 2021

　　reference poem

　　The cracked stone pierces the clouds, and the jade tube should be cleaned horizontally and cleanly.

　　In the frosty desert, partridges tend to deflect in the wind.

　　The evening clouds cover the Phoenix Terrace, and the plum blossoms turn into snow at dusk.

　　The people are quiet, and the moon blows down the river with a sound.

　　——"Zhuma Listening Blowing" Bai Pu (Yuan)
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(End of this chapter)