Editor's note: The author of this article, Pan Lusheng, is currently the vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the chairman of the Chinese People's Association.
Wang Fengsheng's calligraphy work "Watching the Sea".
Wang Xizhiyun: "The master of the book, the mysterious trick, if you are not a person with lofty ideals, you will not be able to learn it." Mr. Wang Fengsheng, who studied Xi literature when he was young, was in charge of a literary and artistic career for a long time after the government, and served as the chairman of the Shandong Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles. His calligraphy specializes in subordination, grass, good dry pen, simple and vigorous, magnificent, as if encompassing everything.
Wang Fengsheng (1949-2023).
Mr. Feng Sheng is a native of Dengzhou, Henan, after studying and working in Shandong, born in the army, he has both the tenacity and diligence of Henan people, and is impregnated with the rich and simple style of the land of Qilu, treating people humbly and honestly, and being able to respect the virtuous and love in the work, and is deeply loved by the young post-graduates. During his college years, Wang Fengsheng once personally taught the paleographer Mr. Jiang Weisong, and Jiang Lao personally corrected the calligraphy Xi practice book for him, praising his calligraphy"The road is right, willing to work hard, talented".。After engaging in the management of literary and artistic undertakings, he studied the business in depth, and completed the works such as "New Theory of Literary and Artistic Thought" and "Essays on Literature and Art in the New Era" in the field of literary and artistic theoretical research. In addition to his busy work, Mr. Feng Sheng reads, posts, and creates, and works hard in the ink pool, diligently studying the theory and creation of calligraphy art, so as to cultivate his mind. In the imitation of Mr. Fengsheng's "God takes the top", when he encounters a favorite work, he will always refer to the pen and chase it in the center of his thoughts.
Ouyang Zhongshi is Wang Fengsheng's calligraphy inscription.
Mr. Feng Sheng's calligraphy has a strong bookish atmosphere. His official calligraphy and patriarchal method are ancient, the structure and layout are rigorous, the bones are strong, the width is thick and simple, and the frankness is naturalCursive calligraphy to the Ming and Qing dynasties Zhu Yunming, Wang Duo, Fu Shan and other famous calligraphy as the basis, whirling advance and retreat, dry pen continuous, chic and elegant, containing a transcendent atmosphere. The work can be said to be from the heart, understood from the image, the pen is unrestrained, and the wonderful realm is achieved. Mr. Ouyang Zhongshi praised his calligraphy as "true as note", which is a high praise for his Hanmo style.
The words and sentences written by Mr. Feng Sheng are either from poetry classics, opera lyrics, or life mottos, all of which are classic quotations, containing the great wisdom and great feelings of Chinese people who have attained the world's practice and self-cultivation. Lishu "I Ching" article screen "Tianxingjian, the gentleman to self-improvement;."The terrain is kun, the gentleman carries things with virtue", writes with a thick ink dry pen, the pen is strong, such as steel branches and iron strokes, clear and stretched. Lishu "Watching the Sea" article screen "Climb the Jieshi to view the sea", the words are like silkworm heads and goose tails, twists and turns, and the rules are rigorous, laying out the heroic spirit of the heroes of the Three Kingdoms politician Cao Cao's generation. Cursive Han Gaozu Liu Bang's "Song of the Great Wind", "The Wind Rises", the thick ink starts the pen, and it is returned quickly, and the line quality of flying white is like a strong dance in the wind, and the heroic spirit is dry. Cursive "Qingpingle Liupan Mountain", "Today's long tassel in the hand, when to tie the dragon", the posture is continuous and unrestrained, and he does it willingly, writing the ideal ambition of a generation of great people.
Painting and Zen are the spiritual qualities that Mr. Feng Sheng's calligraphy deliberately pursues. The inscription poem of Yun Shouping in cursive script, "The smoke and grass are green in autumn, and the wind and bamboo are cold and the night is quiet." Leisurely sweep the Qingxi and a stone, sit and watch the frost trees blow the high clouds", click on the knot body relaxed and natural, and transcribe the painter's Zen mind leisurely and indifferent state of mind. Cursive "Cangcang Bamboo Forest Temple, the bell rings late." The lotus hat brings the slanting sun, and the green mountains return far away. "The dry pen in the heart of the mirror is interspersed with clutches, indulgent and unrestrained, and what is pursued is the sincere friendship of the Tang Dynasty poet Liu Changqing to bid farewell to the Venerable Master Lingche. Lishu "Clouds and mist run and evaporate without note, the sound of the waves shake Daming Lake", from Zhao Mengfu's Baotu Spring poem, the knot is written in flying white, round and pure, dignified and solemn. Lishu "The taste of the world is Qinghuan", the pen is super easy and elegant, and the emotions are indulgent, showing the "Qing" wonderland of Su Dongpo, a generation of writers.
Calligraphy is emotional, emotion is in the middle, and it can accumulate steadily. Mr. Wang Fengsheng adheres to the responsibility and mission of a literary artist in the new era, takes cultural responsibility and life feelings as the spiritual connotation of his pen and ink, and writes with lyricism, both classic imprint and style of the times, reflecting the aesthetic realm of contemporary calligraphy. Mr. Fengsheng's calligraphy works are displayed in a collection to remember them. (Wen Pan Lusheng, December of the year of Xin Chou).
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Wang Fengsheng,Born in June 1949, he is a native of Dengzhou, Nanyang, Henan Province. Graduated from the Department of Chinese, Shandong University, majoring in Chinese language and literature. Professor. He is a member of the Chinese Calligraphers Association and the Chinese Writers Association. He used to be the deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and the chairman of the Shandong Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and a member of the Standing Committee of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the director of the Culture and History CommissionHonorary Chairman of Shandong Calligraphers Association, Chairman of Shandong Literature and Art Critics Association, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of Shandong Chinese Culture Promotion Association, and Master Tutor of Art and Culture of Shandong University of Arts. Clause.
He is a member of the 7th and 8th National Committee of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, a director of the China Literature and Art Critics Association and a member of the Theory Committee. His calligraphy works have been selected for many major exhibitions sponsored by the Provincial Calligraphy Association, the China Calligraphy Association and the International Calligraphy Alliance, and have been published in various newspapers and periodicals, included in the special collection of calligraphy works, and engraved into the calligraphy tablet forest. He has led delegations to Japan, South Korea and Taiwan for calligraphy cultural exchanges. He has published more than 80 articles in newspapers and periodicals at or above the provincial level, such as "People's **", "Literary Theory and Criticism", "Literature, History and Philosophy", and "Dongyue Essays". He has published five works on literary and artistic theory research and literary criticism, including "New Theory of Literary and Artistic Thought" (won the first prize of Shandong Provincial Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award) and "Essays on Literature and Art in the New Era".
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