How to understand Mi Fu s eight sided strike? What does it do?

Mi Fu once said that the calligraphy of the Tang people has only one side, but I am "eight sides of the front". He means that the Tang people no matter whether the pen, fold the pen, the pen always touch the paper with the side of the pen, and Mi Fu can follow the gestures, constantly touch the paper with different pen edges, so that the book posture is thousands, forming the artistic characteristics of "eight fronts".

How do you use this technique in your calligraphy studies? 1."Eight-sided strike" mainly refers to penmanship. Brushwork is the essence of calligraphy and the most fundamental basic skill in calligraphy techniques. So we have to practice penmanship diligently.

2.There are four aspects of pen movement: angle, speed, contrast and force. Angle refers to the angle formed by the contact between the brush and the paper.

The speed is analyzed according to the changes in the straight curve, square circle, strength, jerky, and wet and dry of the line. Mi Fu self-proclaimed "brush words", with the pen fast and vigorous, to the best of their ability, the pursuit of charm, courage and strength, the most important thing is the pursuit of nature.

3.The use of the center. Judging from the large number of ink blots left down through the ages, there is hardly a single dot painting that was not written by Lu Feng.

To a large extent, calligraphy emphasizes the Tibetan front and the center. "Hidden" is to hide the head, because the pen is on the paper, so that the pen heart is often in the dot stroke, regardless of the left line, right line, turn and change direction of the pen to keep the pen in the stroke axis, but this sentence does not mean to write the dot pen as a round head round brain, nor is it to the pen barrel in the line of the pen forever perpendicular to the paper, but according to the stroke of different directions, there is a certain angle of inclination. Because to keep the center forward, you can't have only one front.

"Eight-sided front" is to use different fronts according to the different directions of different strokes, and the key is to adjust the stroke to no direction for each transition, so that the stroke can always maintain the center of the stroke. For example, when writing a horizontal fold, the pen is facing to the right, but the front is facing to the left. When writing a vertical drawing, the pen goes downward, and according to the requirements of the center, the front must be completely upward, and it needs to be switched at the turning point of the horizontal and vertical transition.

In the process of writing horizontal drawing, adjust the edge, send the pen to the full, and then gently lift the pen to make the pen straight, without any direction on the paper plane, and then press down to write the vertical drawing. When the stroke changes direction, through the fast, short and powerful lifting and turning of the stroke, the turning point of the dot painting has both bone strength and smooth pulse.

Jump out of the traditional calligraphy center of the pen hoop, according to the trend, or the side, or the center, so Mi Fu's word to show the front of the performance of the majority, the line is free and dripping.

If it is reproduced by a real person, the process of holding the pen will definitely be crooked, rather than maintaining the vertical state of the pen barrel in the brush teaching.

There is a saying; Horizontal and vertical wiping are all paintings, Mi Fu created a rice point, also known as the raindrop, is to put the pen with the pen belly paper, the formation of the dots, good performance of the rain scene.

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Mi Fu's pen characteristics, mainly good at the positive side, Yan Yang, to the back, turning, frustration in the formation of elegant momentum, calm staring at the style of Huai. The beginning of the word is often quite heavy, slightly lighter in the middle, and when it encounters a turn, the side of the pen turns straight down. There are also a lot of changes in the pen, the focus of the pen is sometimes in the pen, sometimes in the pen, sometimes in the middle of the pen, for the longer horizontal painting there are twists and turns.

Hook is also rich and friends are distinctive.

The calligraphy of "Fei Cai Dang Drama Post", "River Affairs Post", and "Cheng Disciple Post" is thin and hard, implicating fine tendons and bones, and the writing strokes are strong through the back of the paper, and the side is indulgent and transformative; However, "Bo Chong Ti", "Worship Zhongyue Life Poem", and "Light Ink Autumn Mountain Poem" are rich and strong, turning fat and beautiful, and multi-faceted; "Summer Escape Post", "Suifeng Post", "Hou Out of the Customs Post", etc., are used to get rid of the danger, as if they are anyway, and the posture is different.

1. Use the pen quickly and vigorously, do your best, dripping with joy, longitudinal change, vigorous and fresh. Mi Fu claims to be calligraphy for the "brush".

2. The knot is free, the tilt is stable, and the dignified is graceful. Mr. Qigong praised Mi Fu in poetry: "Envy Xiangyang a pen, exquisite eight-sided writing autumn deep." ”

3. Pay attention to the overall charm in the chapter, take into account the perfection of the details, become a bamboo in the chest, change with the encounter in the writing process, and be unique and ingenious.