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"Yongzi Eight Methods" refers to the eight strokes of pointing, horizontal, vertical, hook, mention, apostrophe, short apostrophe, and pinching, which are the basic rules of writing regular script, and were later cited as the synonym of calligraphy.
The influence of the "Eight Methods of Yongzi" on the world of calligraphy is very huge, so who created these eight methods?
According to historical data, in ancient times, there was a Wei wife Wei Maoyi, who once wrote a "pen array diagram", the content is very similar to the eight laws, and at the back of the page is Wang Xizhi's inscription. With the "Pen Array Diagram", later generations created it.
The word "Yong" is eight laws. But for this founder, the historical records are different. "Yutang Forbidden Scripture" introduced: "The eight methods start from the beginning of the official character, and the following of the Yuli Zhong King of the Later Han Dynasty Cui Zi Yuli, the eight bodies used in the teaching should be in 10,000 characters"; "Xue'an Eight Laws, Eight Laws and Solutions" records: "Weixi's "Yong" character eight laws, a total of "Samadhi Song", circulated in the world"; "Shu Wan Jinghua" also said: "Sui monk Zhiyong, with his interest, aided Yu Secret Supervisor Shinan, and taught it from Zi Guang Zhangyan"; There is also Zhu Changwen in the Song Dynasty who wrote a special book "Zhang Xu Chuan Yongzi Eight Laws"; "Tang Dynasty Sayings" is also rumored to have been created by Ouyang Xun...
Because of the complexity of historical materials, there is no way to conclude, and the "founders" mentioned in the ancient books, such as Ziyu, Zhong Xuan, Wang Xizhi, Zhiyong, Zhang Xu, and Ouyang Xun, do not have more adequate historical materials to verify, which has always been one of the problems that are difficult to clarify.
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