The Age of Awakening: From the Young Runtu

Chapter 276 Food
Another village was captured.

"Look, the sun has risen and the goshawk has flown. He will lead you forward. Take back the land and sheep stolen by Wang Bo, punish those scum who defected, and restore the Maiqi family. Honor. Let's go and show your loyalty to the Mackey family."

"Mikey, this is a telescope, also called clairvoyance. You can use this to clearly see the battlefield ahead."

Mikey took it and looked at it: "It's real, a good thing. And there's also the quick gun you provided me, Mr. Zhang."

The guns here are pretty cool.

Runtu offered some rifles with longer ranges.

This has greater advantages.

Especially the telescope, if it is a later military telescope.

Products adapted to battlefield needs.Meeting the most basic requirements of being sturdy, shockproof, waterproof, and easy to maintain.Military telescopes used to search for long-distance targets and identify targets at the original distance only need to have infinite focusing capabilities and clear images.It may not have the best optical level, but it has the strongest ability to adapt to the environment.Generally, a metal shell is used to ensure that it does not crack or deform after long-term use.

Different from ordinary civilian telescopes, most military telescopes have reticle, larger exit pupil distance, more careful design, high-quality materials and exquisite workmanship.The most notable feature is that due to high quality requirements, military telescopes must undergo environmental tests before leaving the factory, which generally include vibration tests, rain or water immersion tests, and air tightness tests.

For military telescopes, the lens tube has a high degree of sealing. Military products must meet the standard of being immersed in 1.5M deep water for one hour without water intrusion. Because of the good sealing and isolation from the outside air, mildew will not occur in the lens tube after long-term use.

The application environment of military telescopes is sometimes poor, so the manufacturing process is required to be higher than civilian standards, and it is strong and durable to ensure that it will not be affected by general collision damage during training and combat use.

The optical performance of the lens is better, and the field of view is clearer and brighter than that of ordinary telescopes.

Reduce the oxygen content in the telescope and the moisture in the air.On the one hand, telescopes in an oxygen-free environment are less likely to get moldy, and on the other hand, pure nitrogen contains less moisture, making the telescope less likely to fog up in areas with large temperature differences.

But there may be too few of them now and for civilian use in later generations, and they may not be as good as them.

Mikey was very happy.

But one still ran away.

"If the spy Jiang Cuo didn't run away, your lives would not have been lost. It was your relative Jiang Cuo who ran away, so I won't be polite."

There were also executioners here, and they killed several of them with their swords in hand.

Several villages were captured in succession.

"Congratulations, Mikey, you have captured several of Wang Bo's strongholds."

"This time Gou Wangbo should know how powerful I am."

Six villages were captured in a row.

They got back all the lost land, and even took some away from Wang Bo.

Wang Bo already knew the situation here.

We fight with weapons.

In terms of guns, it is far inferior.

"Honorable Chieftain Maiqi, on the order of Chieftain Wangbo, I sent Jiangcuo's head here. Chieftain Wangbo is willing to dedicate five villages as compensation."

If you can't defeat them, you will cede territory and pay compensation.

This is true everywhere.

It's a win.

I didn’t want to continue fighting.

Had a party.

"Come, drink, for the living dead heroes, for our victory, raise your glass and drink."

"Come, Mr. Zhang, let's dance together."

The dance here is quite simple.

The "flexion and extension" and "trembling" rhythm of the knee.Flexion and extension require the knees to maintain a continuous bend and straightness in the rhythm.

"Vibration" requires the knees to vibrate in a small, fast, elastic, and heavy downward direction.

The slow version of the dance requires a steady pace, the hips swing up and down naturally as the center of gravity shifts, the head swings left and right in a long arc as the center of gravity shifts, the upper body moves softly, and the arms move loosely, giving the overall appearance of a free and leisurely state.

Allegro movements mainly require brisk steps and smooth and relaxed knee tremors.

Due to the lack of oxygen on the plateau, both men and women walk and move slowly.Since people have lived under extreme natural conditions for many years, the first and strongest impression given to people is that they endure hardships and stand hard work. People live simply because the difficult environment and hard life cannot make them complicated.Indeed, their emotions are clearly defined, with no transition, and smiles are omitted here. This is why outsiders often feel they are cold.

He has a bold personality, is good at singing and dancing, and is known as the ocean of singing and dancing.Wrestling, throwing, tug-of-war, horse racing, archery, and numerous national festivals reflect this nature.

No matter what age they are, no matter what the occasion, they all open their mouths to sing and lift their legs to dance.The singing voice is beautiful, like the sound of nature, immersing people in the heart.The treble is like Mount Everest, and the bass is like the Brahmaputra Grand Canyon.The dance is the most beautiful dance, with wide clothes and long sleeves, floating like a fairy, dressed in fine clothes, elegant and jewel-like, dazzling.Physical aesthetics.There are also certain regulations on the physical beauty of dance in ancient books.In dances such as "Reba" and "Guozhuo", the upper body movements of male dancers are very particular.

Regardless of whether they hold props in their hands or not, "upper body movements like a lion" requires the dancer to be powerful and majestic, embodying the sturdy temperament of the plateau people, forming a bold and rugged beauty, giving people a sense of omnipotence and ability. The confidence to overcome all difficulties and overcome all difficulties and obstacles.For female dancers, upper body movements are required to be subtle and elegant, giving people a soft and comfortable feeling.

It is advocated that dance should have an unshakable momentum like a mountain and a boundless meaning like the sky. It also requires that the rhythm of Zhuo dance should be as fast as lightning. When dancing, people should not only dress up, but also erase sadness and sing and dance happily.These dance concepts of the people fully demonstrate their optimistic, brave, perseverance and heroic national character, which is also the charm of dance.

Exquisite dance costumes add a lot of color to the dance.Since folk dances are mostly based on singing and dancing, the Tibetan robes worn by people in daily life add a soft beauty to the dance, which is also the direct cause of the rotation and unique steps in the dance.

People's clothing in different regions differs, but generally speaking, the clothing has common features such as fat waists, long sleeves, large fronts, long skirts, braided hair, gold, silver, pearls and jade jewelry, and strong and bright colors.Clothing with wide robes and wide sleeves not only meets the needs of grassland herdsmen for productive labor and freedom of movement.

It also brings great convenience to the flexible, bold and free stretching of dance movements.Such characteristics of clothing enable people to vividly express the softness of dancing women and the free and easy manners of men when dancing.

"Mr. Zhang knows calligraphy, can you show me? The second young master wants to learn calligraphy from you."

"no problem."

In the next few days, Runtu would practice calligraphy with the second young master.

"Calligraphy is actually the art of writing with certain writing tools, but it is more rigorous than ordinary art because it needs to follow certain laws and regulations, so it is called calligraphy.

There are some stories about calligraphy.

It is said that once, Wang Xizhi crossed a bridge in Shanyin City.An old woman was selling a basket of hexagonal bamboo fans at the market.That kind of bamboo fan was very simple, with no decoration, and it did not attract the interest of passers-by. It seemed that it could not be sold, and the old woman was very worried.

Seeing this, Wang Xizhi felt sympathy for the old woman, so he stepped forward and said to her, "You don't have any words on your bamboo fan, so of course you can't sell it. How about I inscribe it for you?"

The old woman didn't know Wang Xizhi, so seeing his enthusiasm, she gave him a bamboo fan to write on.Wang Xizhi picked up his pen and wrote five words on each fan, then returned them to the old woman.The old woman was illiterate and felt that his writing was very sloppy and she was very unhappy.

Wang Xizhi comforted her and said, "Don't worry. You can tell the people who bought the fans that the words on them were written by Wang Youjun." As soon as Wang Xizhi left, the old woman did as he asked.When people at the market saw that it was Wang Youjun's calligraphy, they all rushed to buy it.A basket of bamboo fans was sold out immediately.

There is also the story of Zheng Banqiao.

Zheng Banqiao, one of the "Eight Eccentrics" of Yangzhou in the Qing Dynasty, loved calligraphy since he was a child. He copied various calligraphy styles of famous ancient calligraphers. After some hard practice, he finally wrote almost exactly the same calligraphy as his predecessors, which was enough to be authentic.But no one appreciated his calligraphy very much, and he himself was very anxious. He studied and practiced harder than before.

One summer evening, he and his wife were sitting outside enjoying the cool air. He started writing on his thigh with his fingers, and he wrote on his wife.His wife hit his hand angrily and said, "You have your body (body), and I have mine. Why don't you write about your own body and other people's bodies?"

When going to bed at night, Zheng Banqiao thought: Everyone has his own body, and each has his own font for writing. They are all different! Why do I always learn other people's fonts instead of going my own way and writing in my own style? What? Even if you learn the same thing as others, it is just someone else’s font. There is no innovation and no own style. What’s the point?
From then on, he took the strengths of each school, integrated them, mixed official script with seal script, cursive script, running script, and regular script, and used painting methods to write, and finally formed the "Six and a Half Script" that is appreciated by both refined and popular people, which is what people often call it. The so-called "street paved with rocks" became a famous calligrapher and painter with a high reputation in the Qing Dynasty.

"Six-and-a-half-point script" means that the calligraphy style is between regular script and official script, with more official script than regular script. In calligraphy, official script is also called "eight-point script", so Zheng Banqiao jokingly called the calligraphy style he created that is neither official script nor regular script " Six and a half book."And he explained: "Banqiao neither has the strength of Fu Weng, nor the smoothness of pine and snow. It is just a strange thing. It is a method of combining true and official, and it is mixed with walking grass."

Judging from the calligraphy works he created, the so-called "method of combining true official script with official script" actually involves incorporating official script into regular script, and at the same time using the writing style of running cursive script to write. As for which "six points" it is , which "half point" and where the remaining "three and a half points" are cannot be understood rigidly. "

"Look at my handwriting."

"The right army is like a dragon, and the North Sea is like an elephant. What is powerful in calligraphy? Of course, it does not refer to the two styles of smart and thick, but to "pen power". It emphasizes that the pen power of Wang Xizhi and Li Yong is vigorous and powerful, surpassing other calligraphy styles. Home.

The dragon and the elephant are not at the same level, which is different from the original dragon in the Buddhist scriptures.In the traditional context, the dragon is much more noble and comprehensive than the elephant, not just powerful.The Right Army is like a dragon rather than an elephant, and the Beihai is like an elephant but not a dragon. The subtext still praises the comprehensiveness of the Right Army and emphasizes Li Beihai's vigorous writing power.

This is not to evaluate the level of the two, but to focus on the similarity in a certain aspect.In fact, although Li Yong's influence on later generations was not weak, it was far from comparable to Wang Xizhi. Dong Qichang was far more influenced by the two kings than Li Yong.

Whether objectively or subjectively, Dong Qichang would not consider the two to be at the same level.

The combination of Wei Stele and Wang Xizhi can be regarded as the first in ancient and modern times.I was not decisive with my pen before, but I can quickly improve my writing ability by learning from Li Yong.When studying Li Yong, you must not pursue pure form resemblance like studying Ou Liuyan and Zhao Wang, and you must not describe slowly. Li Yong's calligraphy is about atmosphere, and his strokes have both bone and tendon strength. There is a knotting method that is obviously from Wang Xizhi, and there is also the posture and squareness of Wei stele. The pen actually has a lot of connotations.

However, things like weather and gravity cannot be learned from slow drawing, and future generations can only adopt its artistic conception.However, in today's calligraphy world, if someone can really show off his skills like Li Yong, it will definitely be impressive.

The ancients liked to use metaphors to evaluate everything. For example, when commenting on Ji Kang, "He was so drunk that he was as tall as Mount Tai that was about to collapse." Since it is a metaphor, this evaluation requires readers to have an understanding of the metaphor, otherwise they will not know what he is talking about. What. "

What does "The army on the right is like a dragon, and the North Sea is like an elephant" mean? The dragon means movement, and the elephant means stillness.

It is said that the advantage of Li Yong's calligraphy is that it is powerful and powerful.But he is not as perverted as Wang Xizhi.Li Yong integrated Bei stele with Youjun's running script and made it feasible on the stele board. In fact, he made the running script static, commonly known as running script regularization.It is said that Li Yong produced [-] tablets and received a huge sum of money. He was indeed very successful.

However, this kind of static running script is not very practical for writing. There were two kings before him, four families in Song Dynasty after him, and Dong Zhao after him, all of them were better than him.What's more, he himself also knew that this kind of staticization would lead to standardization, so he said, "Those who are like me will die if they follow me."

He was indeed right. You can understand this by looking at how the Guange style became vulgar after the standardization of regular script.Although almost all calligraphers in the past dynasties looked up to Li Beihai, fortunately they did not follow his path to the end. "

This second young master knows a little about the Central Plains culture.

I don't know much.

After talking to him about so much content, I don’t know how much he can understand.

I'm afraid it's difficult to understand.

Give him a few lessons. Even if it is difficult to understand now, one day in the future, as long as he is still learning calligraphy and so on, he will always be able to understand these things.

In the history of calligraphy, the two kings and Tang Kai are the mainstream. One is noble, thin, hard, and spiritual, while the other is regular and solemn. Li Yong's calligraphy has high artistic value, but it is not in the mainstream aesthetics, and its practicality is not like Tang Kai. Ming Dynasty When scholars in the Qing Dynasty took part in the imperial examination, they mainly practiced Ouyang Xun and Zhao Mengfu.Speaking of which, calligraphy is still inseparable from practicality. The influence of Wang Xizhi and the four masters of regular script is more profound than all other outstanding works in the history of calligraphy combined.

(End of this chapter)