At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's "Taige Style" evolved into "Pavilion Style", which was widely used in the official and daily practical fields. Among the scholars who entered the Qing Dynasty from the Ming Dynasty, some of them continued to study Wen Zhengming, Dong Qichang and other scholars all the way, advocating an elegant and honest style of writing; The other group belongs to the remnants of the calligraphers, who were greatly affected by the destruction of the country and the decline of the nation, and pursued a wild style of writing with the color of freedom and rebellion. After the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the rise and development of Qianjia examination and evidence study led to the study of philology and epigraphy, and promoted the atmosphere of studying calligraphy of the stele school, thus forming two completely different calligraphy styles that respected the law and admired the inscription.
After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the literati of the late Ming Dynasty were deeply affected by the disillusionment of their ideals, and most intellectuals were greatly stimulated by both their personal psychology and their sense of social responsibility. The wild style of writing in the late Ming Dynasty continued to Si.
Wang Duo (1592-1652), the name Juesi, the name Chongqiao, was a native of Mengjin, Henan. Wang Duo on the "two kings" and Mi Fu book style for in-depth study and comprehension, line, grass is not bound by rope ink, the wind god is free and easy, the formation of a dangerous heavy, vertical and horizontal style. His representative works include cursive "Ancient Texts" and so on.
Fu Shan (1607-1684), the word Qingzhu, the number of Zhuyi Daoist, Shanxi Yangqu people. The book emphasizes that "it is better to be clumsy than clever, rather ugly than flattering, rather fragmented than slippery, and rather straightforward than arranged". The handwritten writings include "Danfeng Pavilion Records", "Gao Shi Five Laws", "Right Army Drunk Seven Words Poem", "Cursive Du Fu Poem Volume" and so on.
Zhu Qi (1626-1705), the word Xue, the number of Bada Shanren, is a descendant of the Ming imperial family. In his later years, the strokes were round and smooth, the knots were exaggerated and deformed, simple and natural, simple and coarse, and beautiful and elegant. His representative works include "Liu Ling's Ode to Wine and Virtue", "Zhang Shuo's Poems" and so on.
The mainstream in the early Qing Dynasty was the Thee School. "Post" is the rubbing, generally refers to the copy engraved with the "two kings" as the representative of the famous law book in the stone or wood to obtain the rubbing, and the opposite of the post is the stele. Tixue began in the early Song Dynasty, followed by the Yuan and Ming dynasties, reached the peak in the early Qing Dynasty, and gradually declined after the middle of the Qing Dynasty. The Qianjia and Jiajia dynasties were the heyday of the Qing Dynasty's calligraphy, after the Qianjia Dynasty, with the rise of the stele and the change of calligraphy, the calligraphy gradually became rigid and monotonous, especially the imperial examination and the officialdom used the "pavilion style", with "black, square, light" as the beauty, so that the people who study the law are more and more bound by the "pavilion style". After the Daoguang, stele learning was in the ascendant, and there were very few scholars who could influence the atmosphere.
In the late Qing Dynasty, with the decline of the study of the stele, the stele science followed the rise, the stele formed a social atmosphere, the stele calligraphers created a large number of calligraphy masterpieces, the representative figures are Deng Shiru, Yi Bingshou, Zhang Yuzhao, He Shaoji, Zhao Zhiqian, etc.
Deng Shiru (1743-1805), the word Shiru, the number of Baishan people. In calligraphy is both good, and the seal and subordinate are superior. His representative works include the official book "Wenxin Carving Dragon Axis" and the seal book "Tang Poetry Collection Sentences".
Yi Bingshou (1754-1815), the character group is similar, the number Moqing, poetry, calligraphy, painting, printing are all good, especially famous for official books. His official calligraphy works are deeply rooted in the Qin and Han dynasties, elegant and simple, super easy and ancient, and the artistic conception is lofty.
Chinese calligraphy is the most representative cultural symbol of the Chinese nation standing tall in the world, and only Chinese have raised their own writing to the height of more than just art.