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Talking about the Xi of "Worship the Three Gong Mountain Stele".
Xiong Hyo-won. The full name of the Sangong Mountain Tablet (Figure 1) is "The Sangong Mountain Tablet of the Han Dynasty Changshan Xiang Feng Jun", which was erected in the fourth year (117 years) of Emperor An of the Eastern Han Dynasty. There are ten lines in total, each line is nearly two crosses, and the number varies. The stele exists at the foot of Fenglong Mountain in Yuanshi County, Hebei Province. Because this monument has been exposed to the wild for many years, the words are mostly unclear. In the 39th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, the county ordered Wang Zhiqi to visit, and there was a rubbing. It is a stele like a seal, and it belongs to the "eight-point book". There have always been different interpretations of the "eight-point book", which has left scholars at a loss. Or Kang Youwei hit the nail on the head, "The beginning of the Han Dynasty is close to the seal, and the so-called eight points are also." Compared with the typical Han dynasty in later decades, this monument seems to be a bit out of place.
Fig.1 "Worship Sangong Mountain Stele" rubbingYuan Dynasty Xiaxian recorded this stele in "Heshuo Visit Ancient Records": "Sangong Temple ......The temple has a pass of the Han "Sangong Mountain Tablet". Qing Dynasty scholar Weng Fanggang commented in the "Two Han Dynasty Jin Shi Ji": "The stele has ten lines, the number of words in each line is uneven, the length of the word is different, and the ancient strength is staggered. Kang Youwei's "Guangyi Boat Shuangji" has a cloud: "I love eight points in the Han people's books, and I am among the seals, Pu Mao is majestic, and the ancient atmosphere is not strong." To Huan, the spirit has been, the ancient has been very much, the taste is very thin, I do not take the Tang Dynasty book in the positive letters, but also in this also. It can be seen that Kang's esteem for him is so. Since this tablet is a variant book, it is not suitable for beginners.
Since the Qing Dynasty, everyone has had many temporary Xi, all with their own artistic pursuits. Nowadays, the Internet is developed, and it is not difficult to search for information. Xu Sangeng is smooth and graceful, like a fish playing in the water;Zhao Zhiqian's work (Fig. 2) is closer to the original monument, square and round, and full of antique interestWu Changshuo's copy is full of true energy, simple and vigorous;Shiraishi Weng's imitation strength is superb, and it is breathtaking.
Fig.2 Zhao Zhiqian's "Monument to Sangong Mountain" looks at this monument, and we can pay attention to more details. For example, its easy circle is square, and the "four", "often", "phase", "west", "language", "square" and "bias" at the beginning of the original monument are extremely square, horizontal and vertical, and the arc pen is rare. The same is true for the middle and back "by", "is", "spirit", "ghost", "hall", "que", etc. This is also the most important part of the subordination, which makes the originally difficult to write seal script easier. It should also be noted that it is coherent in square and round. Isolated, singular things often give a sense of unobstructed view. This stele seems to be very square at a glance, but there are also many arc pens when you look closely, such as "year", "zhi", "after", "gong", "line", "big" and other words basically retain the seal script circle and turn the body. There is also the posture of the official book of this monument, that is, the characteristics of stretching left and right, and shrinking up and down. The character "Chu" in the "first four years of the Yuan Dynasty" is very flat, and the vertical painting on the left opens to the right, and the characters that originally had a left-right structure are written as a semi-enclosed structure. The characters "mountain", "long", "feng", "language", "rain", "dimension" and "li" are generally flattened, and the style of the book is a faction. In addition, pay attention to the issue of retraction and release. Many words of the original tablet are written relatively plainly, if you have been writing like this, there is a lack of highlights, but fortunately, the author is clever, and the use of some long oblique pens breaks the stereotype of fairness, such as "people", "year", "court", "clan", "order", "yuan", "yan" and so on. Xi this stele (Fig. 3), the pen should pay attention to the reverse front, spread and wrap the front at the same time, pay attention to the uneven and staggered chapter method, and seek changes in the ink method after proficiency, and should be expressed in both dry and wet shades, so as to enhance the handwriting;In addition, this monument is seriously diffuse, and the so-called golden stone atmosphere should not be deliberately pursued when Xi, and should be written naturally. 
Fig.3 Xiong Xiaoyuan's "Worship of Sangong Mountain Stele" "Worship of Sangong Mountain Stele" is very good, but it does not belong to the type of elegance and common appreciation. Sun Guoting said, "Beginners are distributed, but they seek fairness, and they know that they are fair, and they must pursue dangers." The stele is suitable for scholars who have solved the problem of justice. Legend has it that Zheng Banqiao once struggled with calligraphy, and his wife reminded him that he did not have his own face, and that everything he wrote was someone else. Since then, he has deliberately sought to change, creating a font that is very different from the fashion, calling himself "Six and a Half Points", which may be inspired by the calligraphy of the "Monument to the Three Princes".