A Study Of Tomb Brick Calligraphy In Gao Changguo’s Zhanghe-Jianchang Period

There are 23 tomb bricks in Gaochang’s "Zhanghe-Jianchang" period(including the adobe "Luoying Tomb Bricks" added in the "Examination of the Epitaph Unearthed in Turpan").During this period,the protection of tomb brick calligraphy was not optimistic,and on the issue of protecting the original state of the tablet plate,comparing the early photos of tomb bricks with recent photos,many tomb bricks have obvious defects;The ink part of the tablet also has the problem of oxidation and fading.According to the characteristics of tomb bricks in the "Zhanghe-Jianchang" period,they can be divided into four types of styles.Type 1: Affiliation,such tomb bricks or pens have obvious subordination,or the body is subordinate;Type 2: Wei Kai,this type of tomb brick has obvious calligraphy,and exaggerated,obvious horizontal fold strokes,with a side,knot or tight knot or wide knot;Type 3: Tang Kai class,this kind of tomb brick is the front appearance of Tang Kai,has tended to standard kaishu,basically conforms to the eight methods of Yongzi or has obvious obvious characteristics of a certain type of Tang Kaishu.Type 4: Moya class,with the vast characteristics of Moya book style,strong personality,very wanton.The aesthetic characteristics of Gaochang tomb bricks in the "Zhanghe-Jianchang" period mainly include the inclusiveness of "both subordinate books and letters",the contradiction of "changeable and harmonious and unified stroke structure",and the uniqueness of "the existence of a large number of ink bricks only seen in China".The aesthetic value and artistic style of "Zhang He-Jianchang" Gaochang tomb bricks are inseparable from the Chinese character ontology,which is determined by the stability of the evolution of Chinese characters,and Chinese characters in Gaochang region will be affected by various factors,but will not destroy the Chinese characters themselves,which is the full embodiment of the stability of Chinese character evolution.The stability,multipathy,and lag of the evolution of Chinese characters can be reflected in the tomb bricks of this period.Learning Gaochang tomb bricks not only requires theoretical guidance,but also requires personal identification of advantages and disadvantages,taking the ancient as the new,and innovating on the basis of inheriting the excellent components in Gaochang tomb brick calligraphy.The creation of Gaochang tomb tables is more difficult to achieve,which is created by the characteristics of most tomb tables with a small number of words,but this does not mean that they do not have the value of taking the law and practice,Gaochang tomb tables have many ink tomb tables,ink Wei steles This is the only one in the country.