"The Statue of Shiping Gong", the full name is "Bhikkhu Hui became the inscription of the statue of the deceased father Shiping Gong", which was engraved on the north wall of Guyang Cave in Longmen, Luoyang, Henan Province in the 22nd year (498) of Emperor Taihe of Xiaowen Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The inscription was written by Meng Da and written by Zhu Yizhang.
What is especially valuable is that the whole stele is carved by the yang method, word by word, which is only seen in the stone carvings of the past dynasties, and is unique in the statue record. The whole statue has a total of 10 lines, each line of 20 words. The content of the inscription conveys the religious feelings of the statue maker, and also seeks blessings and disasters for the deceased. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, it was discovered by Huang Yi, received the attention of the book world, and was included in the "Twelve Products of Longmen".
This stele square pen cuts, folds the heavy square le, the knot body flat square tight, the dot painting is thick and full, the edge is exposed, it appears majestic and extraordinary, it is pushed as the representative of the strong style of Wei stele square pen.
The Statue of Shiping Gong is sharp and resolute with a sharp and resolute pen, and it is neat and generous. The shape of the points is mostly geometric, and most of them are like triangles. For example, the side points of the word "flow" in the figure are similar to triangles in shape, but they are full. The pen is multi-sided into the paper, the front is short and powerful, and the pen is closed against the front after a heavy pause to the right, and it slowly pops out, and the pen is sharp and resolute, and it looks neat and generous in the dot painting.
The statue of Shiping Gong is mainly cut with a pen, and the first line is written in the process of running against the front.
As shown in the figure of the "big" word writing, when the pen is put into the paper, to the right down, relying on the friction between the brush and the paper to the right upward, and then the reverse line of the pen, after the pen back to the front.
The statue of Shiping Gong is written with a pen, and like other tablets, it is unshrunk and unreceiving. However, it differs from the regular script of the Tang Dynasty in terms of penmanship in that the middle section of the line is heavy and thick, and the pen is closed with an oblique and sharp momentum. As shown in the figure, the vertical of the word "division" is mainly Zangfeng, and the pen is closed against the front to the ** pen.
The Statue of Shiping Gong is engraved in Yangwen, which seems to be a little dignified and sluggish in appearance. However, in the details of the dot painting, the "Statue of Shi Ping Gong" shows a smooth and unsluggish handwriting through the change of the direction of the dot painting and some associated dot paintings. As shown in the figure, the apostrophes of the word "husband" loop upwards to echo the beginning of the pen.
Another example is the "Yun" word in the picture, calm and vigorous, dotted and round, "a wave of twists and turns" of the pen characteristics are very obvious in it, and even some decorative meaning.
The accuracy of the pen is mainly reflected in the beginning and end of the dot painting, especially when writing the hook. As shown in the figure of the "generation" word of the hook, the pen is like a vertical line, obliquely cut to the right, its potential is inclined downward, the line of the pen is thick and powerful, to the pen at the place of receiving, the pen is gathered, the wrist and fingers are together, turn upward, and the pen will be sent out by the power of the brush. In addition, the feeling of bone strength should not stop at the use of square brushes. As shown in the figure, the turning point of the word "country", although most of them are square folds, and there are few round folds, but this should have a lot to do with the carving. Blindly writing prescriptions is prone to the disadvantage of thin dew, so when the square fold must be supplemented by a smooth and round gesture, so that there are flesh and bones.
The full text of the statue of Shiping Gong is mainly written by Fang Bian, which is the inevitable result of the transition period from official script to regular script. The horizontal line is mainly stretched, and the vertical line is more short, thick and powerful. Its structure is sideways and varied.
The Statue of Shiping Gong is structurally accustomed to compressing the left part and stretching the right side. As shown in the figure, the right side of the upper part of the word "Feng" is stretched outward, and the left half of the bottom of the word "go" is compressed to the middle, so that the whole character presents a trapezoidal structure that is inclined over, and it is radial to the right.
In addition, the structure of a single character in the "Statue of Shiping Gong" is also relatively large, because the middle palace is often tighter when the characters are knotted, and some prominent main strokes are stretched out to produce a strong contrast with this compactness. As shown in the figure of the word "answer", the upper part is relatively compact, and the lower part of the apostrophes and pinching are very stretched, and the contrast between the whole word is larger, showing a trapezoidal structure, and there is a sense of stability.
The Statue of Shiping Gong belongs to the typical "Luoyang style" of the Wei tablet period, and has certain characteristics with the other nineteen products. Because it is a Yangwen engraving book, some modifications with subjective consciousness should be added when carving and chiseling. It can be combined with other statues as a reference when studying.
When studying the "Statue of Shiping Gong", we should pay attention to the following issues: first, to avoid the delicate and slippery lines, the reason why "The Statue of Shiping Gong" gives people a sense of majesty is largely because of the strength of the lines; the second is to avoid not being calm when writing, frivolous and not solid; The third is to avoid understanding stippling lines as a fixed and unchanging pattern, and slowly move towards the rigidity and rigidity of art characters, so that the lines have no vitality.
When studying the square pen of "The Statue of Shiping Gong", in order to meet the requirements of thick and calm dot painting, it is necessary to use auxiliary hair. Although there is no absolute limit on the height of the pen, according to the strong and clumsy requirements of the square pen of the "Statue of Shiping Gong", you can stand and write with your elbows hanging in order to better express this stretching and majestic calligraphy style, and exercise the ability to use your wrists and elbows.
Try to choose raw Xuan or Yuan book paper when studying, and familiar Xuan and some more delicate paper are not suitable for expressing this majestic style of calligraphy. The brush can choose some sheep's hair brushes, and the pen tip should not be too long, which is conducive to writing the dot painting into the paper.