| In the Jin dynasty, the unique condition of the historical development provided a vast background in culture for the form and the development of the Calligraphy of the Jin dynasty. The Calligraphy of the Jin dynasty, which not only was the extension and the continuance of the Culture of Han ethnic group but had the independence of their nationality, inherited the tradition of the Calligraphy of the Bei-song dynasty, and at the same time it joined the thoughts of the Calligraphy of the Yuan dynasty of which the peculiarity is "Restore-ancient-ways". Its distinctive achievement should be paid attention to.According to the later changes of the style, there are three stages during the development of the Calligraphy of the Jin dynasty. The early stage is from the establishment of the Jin dynasty to the period when the king was Hai Ling. The Jin dynasty was obviously enveloped by the idea of the prevailing of Yi, which was in fashion in the Bei-song dynasty in this period. Meanwhile, the calligraphers praised Su Dong-po and Mi Fu highly for their outstanding calligraphy, in all of whom Ren Xun was the delegate. From the period of the king of Hai Ling to the ending of going -south when the emperor's reign title was Zhen You, it is the midterm. At this period, the calligraphers still studied from the older generation in the Bei-song dynasty, but there was a kind of new prevailing prepared among them, which preferred to the Calligraphy of the Tang dynasty and of the Wei-jin dynasty. Specially, when the king was Jin Zhang-zong and his reign title were Da Ding and Ming Chang, the prevailing of "Restore-ancient-ways" became the trend in the Calligraphy of the Jin dynasty little by little, and was given expression to by the leaders of the calligraphers: Dang Huai-ying and Wang Ting-yun. The later stage is the last period of the Jin dynasty. At that time, the calligraphers whose leader was Zhao Bing-wen commenced to rethink the prevailing of Yi that came from the Calligraphy of the Bei梥ong dynasty. No matter in the aspect of the writing or in the aspect of the judging, they advocated that the Calligraphy of the Wei -jin should be the best standard to Chinese calligraphy, and then they established the way to restoring ancient methods firmly.The origin of the Calligraphy of the Jin dynasty was very plentiful, for it connected with the thoughts of the Calligraphy of the Bei-song dynasty, and more importantly, it traced the source of the traditional opinions of the Calligraphy of the Han-tang dynasty. The aesthetic ideology of the Calligraphy in the Jin dynasty embodied that the men of letters in the Jin dynasty wanted to express their emotions freely and they yearned for the Culture of Han ethnic group. Objectively, the Calligraphy of the Jin dynasty succeeded and developed the aesthetic thoughts of the Calligraphy of the Bei-song dynasty. But, in a certain extend, there was a kind of consciousness about restoring ancient ways, which changed the trend of the Calligraphy of the Bei-song dynasty to become too willful to keep regulations of Chinese calligraphy. The thoughts of the Calligraphy of the Jin dynasty reached the same goal by different routes with the thinking of the Calligraphy of the Nan-song dynasty in the last period. Both of them settled the foundation for the Calligraphy of the Yuan dynasty which paid more importance to return to the ancients. |