Chapter 1,480: She is beautiful and beautiful for a thousand years
Chen Wenzhe looked at the stone tablet. At first glance, it was very simple, so he didn't need to mention the handwriting.
If he wasn't very good, he wouldn't have come here, and he wouldn't have caught Chen Wenzhe's eyes.
Even if it is a fake imitation, basic skills are still required.
Chen Wenzhe knew best that all the stone tablets produced in some forgery workshops were chiseled to look primitive and old.
The fonts are even more vivid and lifelike, such as now: beautiful body, leisurely and elegant nature, graceful nature, respectfully connected, obedient to take advantage of the bride, full of beauty and beauty...
The reason why "Dong Meiren's Epitaph" is famous is not only because of its good font, but also its beautiful sentences.
The translated version is also very desirable.
This is a translation: Dong Mei has an elegant and graceful body, a gentle and beautiful nature, is very respectful to her elders, very docile to her relatives, and is very literary in conversation and composition.
Just like the beautiful jade on the steps, the orchids and fragrant grass in the courtyard, she came to the palace (entered the palace) in the Lu Palace, and then left the palace to serve on the Liangtai. Her ring echoed in the fragrant forest, and her clothes were in the spring light. Dazzling.
When she played the game of throwing the pot, she was as clever as a flying crane;
When playing chess, you can use all your ingenuity.
Her beautiful face can captivate a country, and her charming smile is worth a thousand pieces of gold.
Her beauty is like the lotus on the pond, and when she looks in the mirror, she looks like the moon hanging on the window (both refer to her beautiful appearance).
The look on her face when she looked back was very beautiful, the fragrance of her skirt was like a fine breeze, and when she walked, her hair seemed to have blown flowers, or like snow drifting gently (to use an allusion from "Luo Shen Fu").
What does "Dong Meiren's Epitaph" express? It is the "splendid beauty and fairy posture" in regular script, which has been beautiful for thousands of years!
Who wouldn't like such a beauty? It's a pity that she died at the age of nineteen.
That’s why I carved a monument to commemorate him!
This made this tombstone a famous epitaph.
It is known that the original monument has been destroyed, but in some years, someone rebuilt it.
This is to make people pick up the pieces, because if you say this epitaph is destroyed, is it really destroyed?
If what I said is true, wouldn’t it be published? This is what Chen Wenzhe is thinking now.
Of course, Li Tianqiang must also have this idea. Otherwise, how could anyone buy such a tombstone that everyone knew was damaged?
Let alone Li Tianqiang, he must have paid a high price to buy this stone tablet.
Even if they knew that this stone tablet was 99% likely to be fake, someone would still pay a high price!
This is the antique shop. Everyone thinks that they may have missed something and they are the lucky one, and Chen Wenzhe is no exception.
The truth is as high as the devil, because I know that many collectors have this idea, so there are batches of counterfeiters!
Of course, carving a monument is not easy, and not just anyone can do it.
Even if it is imitation, you should always imitate it to look more like it!
You must know that throughout the ages, everyone has been able to engrave monuments.
Like an epitaph, not just anyone can write it.
If you want to imitate ancient epitaphs, you must study the works of some calligraphy masters.
It is even more difficult to imitate "Dong Meiren's Epitaph" because it is ranked first among the Sui Dynasty's small regular scripts.
The calligraphy of the Sui Dynasty inherited the calligraphy style of the Northern Wei Dynasty and introduced the new style of the Tang Dynasty. It was the link between the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Tang Dynasty.
"Beauty Dong's Epitaph" exactly reflects this point. It is a top-quality work among the epitaphs of the Sui Dynasty. It can be said to be the first in the lower regular script of the Sui Dynasty and the first of its kind in the lower regular script of Zhong Shaojing in the Tang Dynasty.
The layout of his calligraphy is smooth and clear, neat and meticulous, the characters are respectful and rigorous, the brushwork is vigorous and subtle, elegant and graceful.
Judging from the appearance of the font, the regular script is pure and unified, and the official meaning is free from all elements. It is completely different from the small regular script of Jin people and the epitaphs of the Northern Dynasties.
However, you can see that part of the outside is square and the inside is round, and the gorgeous and strong brushwork gives people a clear and refreshing feeling of unfinished ancient meaning.
Luo Zhenyu of the Qing Dynasty spoke highly of it: "Kaifa was the most popular in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In modern times, it was passed down from the Sui Dynasty to "Dong Meiren", "Wei's Daughter", and "Zhang Guinan".
Zhao Wanli also commented on his calligraphy: "The handwriting is stable and elegant, and together with the "AD" and "Ji Shi", he is one of the best handed down Suizhi in Guanzhong."
Some famous calligraphers in the early Tang Dynasty, such as Ouyang Xun, Yu Shinan and others, mostly adopted the style of epitaphs from the Sui Dynasty.
Since the middle of the Qing Dynasty, it has been favored by calligraphy enthusiasts and regarded as one of the models for learning regular script calligraphy.
Regular script evolved from the official script of the Han Dynasty and evolved over more than 200 years in the Six Dynasties. By the Sui Dynasty, regular script had gradually matured.
Although the Sui Dynasty was short-lived, it was an important period in the history of calligraphy that connected the past and the future.
It can be said that this was a gradual process in which the north and the south merged into one furnace in regular script, which was the forerunner of the Tang Dynasty calligraphy.
There are not many steles and epitaphs handed down from the Sui Dynasty. The famous ones include the "Longzang Temple Stele", "Cao Zhi Temple Stele", "Qifa Temple Stele" and "Meng Xianda Stele".
There are also "Epitaphs of Jiu Su Xiaoci", "Epitaphs of Zhang Guinan", "Epitaphs of Yang Ju", "Epitaphs of Li Ze", "Epitaphs of the Palace Man Yuanshi", etc.
Among them, the most famous one is "Dong Meiren's Epitaph", which is a real book with 21 lines and 23 characters in each line.
Dong Meiren was the maid of Yang Xiu, the fourth son of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. Unfortunately, she died of illness at the age of nineteen.
In order to commemorate her, Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, wrote an inscription by himself and buried her in the suburbs of Chang'an.
It was the 17th year of the founding of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, 15971.
This epitaph, like other epitaphs, does not leave the names of the writer and engraver.
However, upon closer inspection, the writing style of this epitaph is exquisite, the stipples are clear and strong, and the characters are slightly flat. It still maintains the steady and dignified characteristics of the epitaphs of the Six Dynasties.
However, its body structure has become very symmetrical and harmonious, and its regular script has become more perfect.
What's even more commendable is that in his upright and dignified posture, his slightly sinister posture appears flat but not rigid, which is very thought-provoking.
Although this zhi is mainly written in square strokes, its turning hooks and curves do not expose the corners, giving people a gentle feeling.
If a beginner takes the Tang stele as the basis and seeks changes from the Northern stele, then this piece is somewhere between the two and can be used as a transitional work from the Tang Dynasty to the Wei Dynasty.
It can be said that the calligraphy on this epitaph has reached its peak since the Han Dynasty.
Chen Wenzhe can even see some traces of calligraphy from the Han and Tang Dynasties on this tombstone.
However, it is Sui script, not Chinese, nor Tang script. At most, it has some inheritance from Han and Tang Dynasties.
Here I have to mention a master of calligraphy in the Han Dynasty, Zhong Yao.
Since the calligraphy of the Sui Dynasty is an important period that connects the past and the future, who does it inherit from? It must be the Han and Tang Dynasties.
I won’t talk about the Tang Dynasty, let’s just talk about the Three Kingdoms period, and Zhong Yao was a famous calligrapher during the Three Kingdoms period.
He is known as the "originator of regular script", and his small regular script can be regarded as a model for all generations.
This piece is a quilt. Since it is known as the first in small regular script, it is natural to avoid this "originator of regular script".
Therefore, if many masters of stele engraving want to imitate ancient stele inscriptions, they must have been practicing Zhong Yao for many years.
In this process, if you don’t like calligraphy or its fonts, how can you continue to learn it?
And this is just the threshold, because how could the person who carved the monument only know Zhong Yao?