Research On Zeng Guofan’s Calligraphy Thought

Zeng guofan(1811-1872)was born in baiyangping,heyetang,xiangxiang,Changsha province,hunan province.He was not only a statesman and strategist,but also had certain attainments in calligraphy.Many treatises on calligraphy can be found in diaries and letters home.This article first to zeng guofan’s calligraphy style,achievements,such as a brief overview,and then based on the extracted of organizing such as zeng guofan diaries,letters,and sums up four zens calligraphy thought,one is "resting to restore energy to word,art to tao",the second is "educated to books,literature and art are interlinked," three is "graceful" north and south and take,energetic,four is "deserves to ancient thought,learn new".Then,starting from the environment in which Zeng Guofan was living,this paper briefly expounds the development of the "Bei School" and the "Post School" in the calligraphy circle of the late Qing Dynasty,and analyzes several aspects that have an impact on the formation of his calligraphy thought,and further reveals the reasons for the formation of his calligraphy thought.Through the research,it is found that the formation of Zeng Guofan’s view of calligraphy is largely influenced by Confucian culture.And zeng guofan thought education into the practice of calligraphy calligraphy calligraphy thought and practice of creative practice two aspects carries on the analysis,can be found through research,zeng guofan calligraphy education of the younger generation in learning attitude,learning methods,learning pursuit are involved,and its own calligraphy practice in addition to follow his calligraphy thoughts also have contradictions,Although he advocated "vigorous with gracefulness",it is not difficult to see from his works that there is more vigorous than gracefulness.In addition,he proposed that the calligraphy should be innovated on the basis of inheritance,but it is difficult to find the expression of this idea in his works.Finally,in order to a better understanding of how zeng guofan calligraphy thought,this paper will also be zeng guofan and several big qing dynasty calligrapher calligraphy thoughts,they have found "attaches great importance to the tang dynasty calligraphy","advocate of nationalities brushwork" fell "combines the characteristic of",in the qing dynasty stone inscription rubbings rise,but the post calligraphy still has its place,The calligraphers who wrote tablets did not outnumber the calligraphers who wrote posts in absolute numbers.