The Study Of Shen Yanyi’s Calligraphy

The essay concentrates on the study of Shen Yanyi, who plays an extremely important partin stele inscription of Northern Dynasty in modern China. He is also the leader andrepresentative of the calligraphy in Liaoning, who created the Stone Tablet of Shen’style whichactives the stele inscription of Northern Dynasty. However, for many reasons, a lot of facts ofhistory is covered as the time goes by. There is an actually need for making it clear due to someinformation not to be historiated.The essay consists of four chapters. In the first chapter, according to the analysis of thehistorical materials which are from some references of Gaiping county, memory of his relativesand interviews, the writer engaged to find some issues about Shen Yanyi’s family andlife.Chapter two is mainly about the experience of Shen Yanyi’calligraphy. First of all,the writerstarted the research from that Shen imitated some masters of Sui and Tang Dynasty, and thenlearned from He Shaoji,which consolidated his basic skills of calligraphy. After receiving thestele inscription thoughts of Ruan Yuan, Bao Shichen and Kang Youwei, he concentrated on theNorth Stone Tablet which clearly demonstrated the formation of his calligraphy constructions indifferent periods.Chaper three shows the analysis of the creation of the Stone Tablet ofShen’style from his philosophy of calligraphy to the writing and construction of his style. Thereare some theories about Shen’calligraphy, such as “integrity mind determined the integritywriting style”;“The objective attitude towards the calligraphy of Wei, Jin and Tang Dynasty”;“Wang Xizhi is less outstanding than Wang yuan from Northern Wei Dynasty”;“Combing withancestors first and then departing from them” and so on. His thought of calligraphy leads to thequality and style.Chaper four focuses on the significance of the analysis of Shen’calligraphy.There are also the combinations with some masters of Stone Tablet, though which the essayproves that Shen’position and contribution in this area. Moreover, the essay also makecomprehensive comments on the ecology and trend of the creation of the North Stone Tabletwhich is the realistic meaning of the analysis.