萧慧

挥笔洒墨

姓名：萧慧 

鉴赏项目：书法 

语录：心正则笔正

 

书法的介绍（Introduction of Calligraphy）

            书法是一门随着中华文明的发展而发展的古老艺术，同时也是一门表现性的艺术。这是因为写书法能够折射出一个人的品德和修养。对于篆书的分界，历来都是众说纷纭。通常在篆书系统中把秦以前的文字都称为“大篆”，把秦以后所实施的统一文字叫“小篆”。

            Calligraphy is an ancient art which develops with the development of Chinese civilization. Calligraphy is also an expressive art because it can reflects a person's morality and self-cultivation. The boundaries of the Seal Scripts have always been different. Usually in the seal script system, the characters before Qin are called "Da Zhuan", and the unified characters implemented after Qin are called "Xiao Zhuan". 

 

鉴赏（Appreciation）

此次我主要是专注在吴昌硕晚年时期所临摹的《石鼓文》当中的笔画特色。吴昌硕在临摹《石鼓文》时也将经文的笔法运用到临摹《石鼓文》当中，因此他所临摹的《石鼓文》有着自己独特的风格。吴昌硕将一生的精力潜心于临摹《石鼓文》当中，每个阶段都有不同的风格，比如他在三十三岁时所临的《石鼓文》循规蹈矩、平稳工整，对称协调。中年以后其字形各得其势，融进了自己独特的风格。到了七十五岁，其作品更是出神入化，变化丰富，开创了篆书的一代新风。

吴昌硕所临的《石鼓文》当中“横”的笔画就有各种姿态，他以粗细的线条来区别这些“横”。有时，他也把一个字当中的“横”写成“点”。在处理比较多“竖”笔画的字时，他也是通过笔画的轻重或以“弧线”变化来区别“竖”这个笔画。此外，在他所临的《石鼓文》也有许多字是有“拖尾”的动作或称“折画”。这些“拖尾”的笔画使他所临的《石鼓文》显得十分活泼有趣。

我认为写书法非常考验一个人的耐心和专注力。若写书法时太急于求成，反而会写不好。因此在写书法时还是得静下心来一笔一画地写。书法也不是一朝一夕就能写出一番好成就，一手好书法不仅要有形，有美，还得神形具备。总而言之，需要花上大量的时间与精力去揣摩和练习才能写得一手好书法。

I focused on the characteristics of the strokes in the "Shi Gu Wen" that was imitated by Wu Changshuo in his later years. "Shi Gu Wen"  imitated by Wu Changshuo has its own unique style because he applied the strokes of Clementi when started imitating "Shi Gu Wen". Wu Changshuo devoted his life to imitating "Shi Gu Wen", so every stage has a different style in his work. For example, the "Shi Gu Wen" imitated in thirty-three years old by Wu Changshuo was sticking to the rules, neat and symmetrical. After middle age, his fonts had their own strengths and merged into his own unique styles. By the age of seventy-five, the "Shi Gu Wen" imitated by Wu Changshuo became even more superb and created a new style of Seal Script.

The "horizontal" strokes in the "Shi Gu Wen" that were imitated by Wu Changshuo have various gestures, and he differenciate these "horizontal" strokes with thick and thin lines. Sometimes, he also writes the "horizontal" strokes as a "dot" in his "Shi Gu Wen" imitation. When dealing with characters with a lot of "vertical" strokes, he also differentiated the "vertical" strokes by the weight of the strokes or the changes of "arc". Beside that, Wu Changshuo  came to have "tailing" actions in the characters of the "Shi Gu Wen" imitation. These "tailing" actions made his imitation of "Shi Gu Wen" look very interesting.

I think writing calligraphy is a great test of patience and concentration for a person. What I think is that we shouldn't be too eager when writing calligraphy. Conversely, we  need to learn calm down when writing calligraphy. In conclusion, a good look at calligraphy is not an overnight work, it still needs to spend a lot of time and energy to practice because we need to figure out our own style and form in the art of calligraphy.