Liang Qichao's Calligraphy Thought And Calligraphy Practice

Liang Qichao is in the Chinese modern history one becomes famous everywhere harbingercharacter, not only he is a renowned statesman, the thinker, the writer, the historian, the philosopher, the educationalist, moreover is an outstanding calligrapher. His life, magnificent also the rich certain legendary color. Duringthe short 57 years, he devotes to the scholarly research, browses widely, knowledgeable of East and West, includes the ancient and modern, in the literature, the history, the philosophy, the study of the, politics, the legal science, the morals, the religion, the propaganda and so on in many domain research and the writings, has yieldethe substantial result, this is at the same time a generation of person follows with difficulty.Only by long reaches 148 volumes "To drink Icehouse Complete works" () to have 1400 ten thousand words, obviously his talent cleverness and dil igence. Its is engaged i n the political activity and the academic thought, to 19 century's end at the beginning of 20th century circles of thinkers, the academic circles have all had huge and the profound influence. Although the calligraphy is regarded as by it "-odd matter", "the trivial skills", even"carves the insect small technique", but he to this "-odd matter" comprehension and investment enthusiasm, also is the average man is unable to hope to attain or equal. Although his many calligraphy thought, or trivial, or scattered, has not formed looks like his other work such system, but in which forgives really knows the distinguished opinion, also is actually is worth studying, cannot neglect easily. The calligraphy creation and in the theory research, Liang Qichao has obtained the very great achievement, as tablet study theory faithful fulfilling, its calligraphy thought although deeply Kang Youwei's influence, but he broke through Kang "to revere Wei Beitang", "revered the tablet inferior placard" the limitation, proposed explicitly "but revered the tablet not the inferior placard, reveres Wei Dan not inferior Tang, walked the rubbing from a stone inscription union, concurrently Bao Bingxu" the book study position, this has indicated the direction for the end of the Qing at the beginning of people and even the contemporary calligraphy creation.In calligraphy esthetics thought aspect:Liang Qichao is the Chinese modern nationality new of esthetics one of earlier worker and founders, is the Chinese esthetics thought by classically one of to modern reforming important representative personages, also is calligraphy esthetics quarries a mountain the human.In 1926, Liang Qichao in "Calligraphy Instruction" pointed out the calligraphy has "four America"Namely "lineAmerica, light America, strength America and performance individuality America". He uses the modern esthetics viewpoint to have the system to elaborate to the calligraphy, Shang Shushou has seen since Republic of China. Not only this deepened to the Chinese calligraphy in esthetics value understanding, more it in the future the calligraphy will become the artistic discipline to lay the rationale. In the esthetic education, Liang Qichao mentioned artistic three divide into separate fields:Music, fine arts, literature. About the fine arts, his viewpoint is:"The humanity no doubt cannot each one all make the supplies fine arts artist, however cannot each one not do enjoys the fine arts fine arts person'. " He thought that, Not only "the fine arts are an essential item which the humanity lives, moreover may represent a country culture the level. China's fine arts have the very high level, only is the people has not taken, therefore, carries out the good fine arts to educate to the Chinese at present situation critical. " " China always does not speak the fine arts--moreover also to have the very good fine arts. But according to the most person opinion, always thought the fine arts are one kind of luxury goods, ever is not willing with cloth beans chestnut same regarding, to think one of daily necessities. I thought the Chinese life cannot be upward, most probably from this.......Today China, on the one hand must the supplies fine arts artist, on the one hand must popularize the fine arts person who and foster enjoysthefine arts. " "Likes to look good is human's instinct, the fine arts isthehumanculturecrystallization. Therefore every looked a country culture the height, may have his fine arts to display. " The calligraphy is an art, when talks about the fine arts the type, Liang Qichao the calligraphy mentioned many times in the universally accepted fine arts type, he "Discusses in Chinese Geography Situation" pointed out:"My China take the calligraphy as fine arts. Therefore thousand remaining years of life come, this studies luxuriantly is the great nation.......Ge Sui carves the insect small technique, but character of atmosphere with the social, all 11 Xiao, has so, not also wonderful! Likes to look good is humanity's instinct, fine arts is the human culture crystallization, therefore every looked a country culture the height may have his fine arts to display. The fine arts universally accepted are the drawing, the carving, construct three kinds. China outside these three kinds, but also some one kind is writes. " Above viewpoint, we not difficult to discover Liang Qichao's calligraphy esthetics thought, is China and the West union product. In an article Liang Qichao pointed out explicitly in "Calligraphy Instruction" that, "The calligraphy is the most exquisite most convenient entertainment tool." "The mortal has the entertainment surely, outside work and the research knowledge then, traded the air, looked for an entertainment。The spirit only then raises, if all is the voluntary work, the life is certainly dry, was sick of, tasteless, some one different or 23 type entertainment fill a prescription, had the interest to be many. " The entertainment tool are very many, for example drinks, plays cards, plays chess, sings, sees a play, plays a stringed musical instrument, the drawing, reads poems all is the entertainment, has each advantage respectively, but must in each kind of entertainment, choose one kind exquisitely, the most convenient entertainment tool, my opinion also perhaps prejudice, thought must calculate writes. Writes has several kind of exquisite then advantages. He thought writes has seven kind of advantage:First, may the top; Second, does not select when does not select; Third, costs a great deal of money not not many; Fourth, spends the time not to be many; Fifth, spends the spirit not to be many; Sixth, the success easy to have the comparison.Seventh, restrains the body and mind. Looked like according to me that, although writes is not the first entertainment. However does not lose for first and so onthentertainment.Therefore, China's older generations, every has the noble personality person, all likes writing most probably, like Zeng Wenzheng, Li Wenzhong, wrote almost every day. Although works as busily occupied with issuing orders for military operations, also uninterrupted. Liang Qichao has made the full revelation from the interest esthetics angle of view, this also rarely has the distinguished opinion in the Chinese calligraphy history.His book study thought leaves behind the rich thought resources and the spiritual wealth for the later generation, and or was engaged in the calligraphy art to our study the research to have positiveand the profound influence.In order to comprehensive, reflected systematically Liang Qichao the artistic achievement which obtains in the calligraphy aspect, this article from Liang Qichao's book study thought and the book study practice two aspects obtains, carries on comprehensive, the system reorganization and the analysis to Liang Qichao's book study thought and the calligraphy practice, and makes the objective appraisal. This regarding us thoroughly understood comprehensively Liang Qichao's book study thought and the practice, can have the very important guiding sense.