A Study Of Su Shi’s Early Calligraphy

Su Shi is a representative figure in the Northern Song Dynasty,whose calligraphy achievement and influence are great.However,calligraphers and scholars have always focused on the style and works of calligraphy in the late period.But to su shi’s early learning experience,calligraphy works and style mostly generalizes,and each has his own opinion.This paper divides Su Shi’s early calligraphy into four stages.The first stage is before and after his first out of Shu(another name for Sichuan Province).During this period,Su Shi’s regular script mainly followed Yan Zhenqing,the master of running script learning er-wang.At the same time,it was also influenced by the calligraphers in Shu at the same time as Su Xun and Lei Jianfu and so on.The running script works of this period,such as "fengxuantie" and so on,have not yet escaped from the shackles of regular script.The second stage is from the fifth year of Jiayou to the early period of Zhiping,during which Su Shi’s calligraphy was greatly influenced by Cai Xiang."Baoyuetie",Written in zhiping two years,is more sophisticated and beautiful than the previous works.It can clearly see the characteristics of learning from Cai Xiang’s calligraphy using.The third stage is from the early period of Xining to the period of Juhang,which is the most abundant period of Su Shi’s early knowledge.In this period,Sushi’s combination of acquisition and attempt to merge into a new exploration is of great significance in his whole calligraphy career.The works of this period are mainly composed of zhong wang and xu hao.The fourth stage is from the eighth year of Xining to the early period of Yuanfeng,which is the most abundant period of Su Shi’s early calligraphy.In the second year of Yuanfeng,the work "Beiyoutie" was written with Yang Ning’s calligraphy using,which had the characteristics of stippling in the mature period.The evolution of the work style in the early stages is not sudden,but gradually formed on the basis of the previous stage by joining or integrating different writers’ calligraphy using.Many important concepts in Sushi’s thoughts of calligraphy had been formed in the early stage.Su Shi put forward the concept of calligraphy and his own calligraphy practice.Such as the idea of "dignified,miscellaneous and beautiful,vigorous and graceful" put forward by Ziyou at the beginning of Zhiping.In the following years of calligraphy practice,sushi has been trying to integrate different styles and different strokes.Su Shi’s active exploration in this period laid the foundation for his great success in the field of calligraphy in the future.The greatest influence on the formation of Sushi’s calligraphy thought is his mentor Ouyang Xiu.Many of Sushi’s theories can be found in Ouyang Xiu’s theory of calligraphy.Therefore,combining with Su Shi himself and the related discussions of the past dynasties,we can clarify his early calligraphy methods,the evolution of calligraphy style and the relationship between them.At the end of this paper,some of Su Shi’s early works suspected of being fake and his works with inaccurate writing time are discussed.For example,sushi did not have the capital order to serve as a prefecture magistrate before Xining Juhang,so sushi would not take the initiative to "invite the county" back to Shu before Xining Juhang.Therefore,this paper believes that it has always been considered as the book of "zhipingtie" written in the two or three years of Xining,which should be written in the six or nine years of Xining.Another example is that in Pingyuan Mountain House calligraphy,the inscription and inkable bamboo painting poetry was written in the capital in the eighth year of Xining,which is obviously not in line with Dongpo’s life track.At that time,sushi knew Mizhou at the beginning,so it was undoubtedly a fake.