A Study Of Zheng Fu’s Calligraphy

Zheng Fu was an important calligrapher at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty.His calligraphy,combining different styles of the Han stele with cursive writing,formed its own unique calligraphy feature at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty,which opened the way for the study of the Han stele,playing a pioneering role in the process of the Qing Dynasty’s visit to stelae.This thesis is divided into four parts on the basis of a comprehensive and concrete analysis on Zheng’s calligraphy works and document strips.The first part,starting from the background of Zheng ’s composition,is to study the background and outline of the generation of calligraphy.The second part focuses on Zheng’s calligraphic thought,which is mainly preserved in the descriptions of his students’ and best friends’ ’fu’,as well as in the inscriptions and postscripts of his related works.In this chapter,the calligraphic thought of Zheng ’s Fu is classified into the’ Worship ’concept,’ aesthetic ’concept of Han tablets,’ pen-based ’concept and’ Linchuang ’concept.The third part is the analysis on the writing composition of Zheng Fu.The thesis analyzes the official script of Zheng Fu,which changed the learning mode since the Yuan Dynasty,from the calligraphy ’Fu’ of the late Ming period to the study of Han tablets.And the grass method into official script,formed a very personal characteristics of the style of the book-Cao Li.By combining his calligraphy works,the author summarizes the style characteristics of his official script in different periods,and tries to sort out the reasons for the change of his official script style.The cursive script and the regular script on Zheng Fu continued the style of the strips from the second king period,mainly on the basis of being graceful and handsome.The cursive writing of Zheng Fu was influenced by the calligraphers Dong Qichang,on behalf of the late Ming Dynasty,and was mainly contributed to the study on the Tablet of Emperor Zhengjun.The regular script is influenced by Yan Zhenqing,Song Jue and Wang Chong’s regular script,especially Wang Chong’s regular script has the greatest impact on them;It is known that Zheng liked Party Huaiying’s seal script ’fu’ very much and spent a lot of time copying it.It is also confirmed in relevant documents that Zheng studied’Fu’ and conducted many practice activities on the seal script.The fourth part mainly analyzes the communication and influence of Zheng Fu calligraphy during the Qing Dynasty.The study on the communication of Zheng calligraphy during the Qing Dynasty is particularly important,on the basis of the excellent character of Zheng Fu and his unique understanding and learning method on official script,which gained wide attention and spread in the early Qing Dynasty.On the basis of historical research and logical reasoning,the style,thought and expression of calligraphy on the composition of Zheng Fu are reconstructed,and the aesthetic changes of official script,which were reflected in different understandings of the value of calligraphy on the Zheng Fu calligraphy during the Qing Dynasty,are analyzed.