Yanfu's Insistent Concept Of Calligraphy Under The Prevalence Of Stele Theory

YanFu originally named Zong Guang,a well-known translator,educator in modern times,who introduced Western Theories and disseminated emerging ideas.It broke people's long-term thinking style and subverted the conservative old ideas,trained a batch after batch of outstanding talents.In all his achievements,his attainment of calligraphy was often overlooked.In recent years,with the development of culture,the revival of calligraphy market,Yan Fu calligraphy gradually been recognized.The era of Qian Long,JianQing is the prosperous time of Model Calligraphy.It is also the time that it was influenced by the new trend of Stele Theory.Before this time the people mainly copied the copy of famous calligrapher and all kinds of Model Calligraphy,continuing learning and extending based on the cornerstone of “two Wang”.Then,as the prevailing of epigraphy,the using of ancient characters is appearing as the material of Calligraphy.Some calligrapher of Zhuanshu,Lishu gradually appeared.As a calligraphy learner,copying is only the way how it begins.On the one hand,everyone has his own subjective preference,interest to choose the copy of Calligraphy.On the other hand,the choice of copy material also influence the learner's aesthetic orientation objectively,it is a mutual influence complementing each other.The information of Yanfu's elegant and beautiful calligraphy style,besides his own aesthetic orientation,the method of copying is also a reference.The way of copying also varies from person to person.Mr.Yan Fu's copy of the first thing to do is "keep",which is loyal to the original.Followed by the combination of Keeping and innovation.When writing the calligraphy,the style of calligraphy change naturally based on different forms.This is a great inspiration to future generations on copy calligraphy learning.