The Relativity Between Mi Fu 's Calligraphic Art And Imagination

Mi Fu serves as an important calligraphy figure after the Tang and Jin dynasty. He makes a new way of calligraphy called “Shang Yi” calligraphy with Su Shi and Huang Tingjian together in Song dynasty. Mi Fu’s calligraphy works have multiple express forms, which spread and influence most profoundly in the song dynasty. This article will write from the perspective of the imaginat ion to explore the correlation of Mi Fu’s calligraphy art and imaginat ion, as following analysis:The first part, first of all, introduces the definit ion of imaginat ion in psychology, foreshadowing for its relevance to Mi Fu’s calligraphy. This part introduces four aspects of imaginat ion including the definition, function, and the related theory and the relation with tradit ional aesthetics terminology.The second part is the emphasis of this article. It discusses the imaginat ion activit ies in Mi Fu’s “Shang Yi” calligraphy artistic view, calligraphy creation view and the process of learning. First analys is is about the casus of Mi Fu’s “Shang Yi” artistic view,which will start from two aspects of the objective and subjective sides. It explains that the Zen ideology is the thought basis of the “Shang Yi” calligraphy style. And then it discusses Mi Fu’s characteristics. Because the view of“Shang Yi”is similar to the“sudden enlightenm ent”of Zen ideology, w hich both emphasize the subject of myriad of spirituality and conceptual world, So sudden enlightenment is associated with the imaginat ion. Mi Fu’s view of “Shang Yi” embodies the activity of imagination. Then the article analyses that the imagination plays an important role in Mi Fu’creation, discussing from two aspects of creative ideas and creative effects. When analysing the role of imaginat ion in Mi Fu’s calligraphy learning. I try to analyse three stages of calligraphy learning to explain that including the activities of imaginat ion’s abstraction, coupling, creation. At last, the appreciation of the“Shu Su copybook” is analyzed its relationship with the imaginat ion.The last chapter is to discuss how to cultivate calligraphy imaginat ion. In order to lead the calligraphy learners can get inspired to make and pay attent ion to the study and creation in his handwriting. Let them focus on imaginat ion, and its functions of abstraction, coupling, and the creation, in order to achieve the ideal effect of the calligraphy.Modern calligraphy art has the dual nature of the continuation of traditional calligraphy and the development of modern aesthetic requirements. On the one hand, in the process of its development, it attaches importance to both of the functional and aesthetic characteristics, added more imagination elements, which give people a new aesthetic enjoyment.On the other hand, modern calligraphy art has the traditional inher itance. Traditional Chinese calligraphy art praises “Gu Yi”highly, which means the concentrated reflection of the nature beauty and human life. It comes from the ancient people’s rich artistic creation ability. It has the role of the imaginat ion.China’s art and philosophy always blend together, such as Jin promotes “lingering charm”and Song promotes “Shang Yi”and so on. The philosophical idea of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddha mutually penetrate into the calligraphy’s thought. Then they bring the changing of the way of thinking and the changing of the calligraphy styles. Imagination plays an important role among these.Now, the calligraphy learning is dependent on the learning of traditional essential copybook. At the same time, it’s asked to reflect the modern aesthetic orientation of the calligraphy style. The study of the relat ivity between Mi Fu calligraphy art and imaginat ion, can be used as a inspiration point for the study of imaginat ion in today’s calligraphy’s learning and creation.The realistic signif icance of analysing the correlation on Mi Fu’s calligraphy art and imaginat ion. Through this analysis, tracing to its source, we can understand the role of imagination in traditional calligraphy art, which will good for us to better understand the imaginat ion in the modern calligraphy art. It’s more advantageous to express the new vitality and spir it of the Chinese tradit ional art in the present time. Research methods are literature research, case study method, interdisciplinary research method.