At nine o'clock in the morning, a large conference room in the Haoyang Hotel was packed with seats. More than a hundred media from China and abroad gathered together. Each of their faces was full of expectations. What would happen to this press conference? What kind of surprise do you want to give them?
At this time, Chen Yi, wearing a crisp suit, walked slowly onto the press stage and waved gently to the media reporters at the scene, "Everyone, welcome to this press conference on calligraphy perfection. I am Chen Yi. ”
Hearing Chen Yi’s words, everyone couldn’t help but stand up and applaud enthusiastically. If the word Chen Yi was unknown a few years ago, now it has spread throughout the country and even many countries in the world.
In the eyes of many Chinese people, Chen Yi has become a representative of China and a hero in their minds.
Seeing such a lively scene, Chen Yi's heart was still calm. He pressed down gently with both hands, and the whole scene calmed down again, "Thank you everyone. Next, it is time for the press conference to officially start."
After everyone sat down, he continued: "The press conference about the perfect calligraphy has been delayed for a long time after the last meeting. There is a reason why the calligraphy needs to be consolidated, and there is also the factor of a huge surprise. "
"The content of this press conference will be very rich, and we will show it to you one by one. Those who know my calligraphy should know that the running script I created is in Wang Xizhi's small regular script, as well as some famous calligraphy. On the basis of Zhang Cao, they merged with each other and added their own insights, thus becoming a new running script style. "
"It was just created more than two years ago, and there were still many flaws. Now, it has finally become perfect. It has gone through a lot. Now, let you take a look at the running script style I created. The current situation "
With that said, Chen Yi said hello to the side, and a staff member brought up a piece of calligraphy.
At this moment, everyone’s hearts are full of expectations. The style of the calligraphy is perfect. What Chen Yi said was very simple and plain, but no one at the scene would think it was plain. Since the Song Dynasty, Chinese calligraphy has fallen into a stagnant stage of development. It even gradually declined and never regained the glory of the Tang and Song Dynasties, let alone the era of Wang Xizhi.
For hundreds of years, no calligrapher has created a perfect calligraphy style. Even now, when calligraphy is mentioned, what appears in the minds of some Chinese people is the cursive script that is like a ghost painting. It is really sighing. .
Calligraphy is called calligraphy only if it is incomprehensible to people. Many people think so, but that is only a part of calligraphy and cannot represent all calligraphy at all.
Finally, two or three years ago, Chen Yi's calligraphy appeared at an auction in Hong Kong, causing a sensation throughout China. As time went by, his calligraphy appeared at auction every time. It will attract waves of exclamation.
Today, his calligraphy has reached a new height, creating a new running script style at a speed that is unimaginable to ordinary people. Reached the state of perfection.
As for whether Chen Yi's calligraphy has reached the perfect stage, many people have no doubts, because the ink marks on the calligraphy photos that have been circulated have already said everything.
It’s just that what happened that time did not spread widely. They have waited for now, for this press conference, for this kind of perfect calligraphy news to be made public to the world.
After Chen Yi placed the calligraphy under the projector, everyone saw clearly that a piece of Chen Yi's calligraphy appeared on the big screen behind the press platform.
Through the four characters in the first line, they knew the content of this calligraphy, which was "The Story of Yueyang Tower" written by Fan Zhongyan, a famous writer in the Northern Song Dynasty.
This article was written by Fan Zhongyan at the request of his friend Teng Zijing, the governor of Baling County, specifically for the reconstruction of Yueyang Tower. The poem in it includes the following lines: "Be worried about the world's worries first, and be happy after the world's happiness. Don't be happy with things, don't be sad with yourself." ” is the more famous and quoted sentence.
However, at this moment, what attracts them is no longer the content of this Yueyang Tower story, but the calligraphy style used to write this content, which is Chen Yi's running script style.
When seeing this piece of calligraphy, the faces of the reporters at the scene showed a touch of shock. The calligraphy they saw on the scene was far clearer and more charming than what they had seen in the photos before.
Because they are engaged in literary work, they also have some hobbies in calligraphy. They pay great attention to every calligraphy auction by Chen Yi. This calligraphy has really reached a perfect state, even better than what they had done before. What you see in the photos is even more perfect.
There is not a single flaw. The entire calligraphy, from the font to the brushwork and the charm, is perfect and amazing.end.
With the continuous viewing of calligraphy, they were deeply immersed in the artistic conception created by calligraphy, as if they had entered the scene of Dongting Lake described by Fan Zhongyan.
Even if they don’t have a deep understanding of calligraphy, at this moment, just from the artistic conception of calligraphy, they can know that this calligraphy has really reached perfection.
Especially in it, they felt Chen Yi's aura, as if Chen Yi himself was standing in front of them. This undoubtedly meant that this perfect running script style was created by Chen Yi.
Worry before the world is worried, and be happy after the world is happy. They have seen too many of these sentences. Under ordinary circumstances, they have no feeling at all, but in Chen Yi's calligraphy, they His heart was filled with waves of emotion.
At the scene, in addition to some reporters, there were also some friends of Chen Yi and Mr. Zheng. They were either calligraphers or had deep appreciation of calligraphy. When they saw this calligraphy, they were shocked in their hearts. Deeper than these reporters.
They had already known that Chen Yi's calligraphy was perfect before and had seen some of his calligraphy. However, after a few months, the meaning of perfection in Chen Yi's calligraphy became more intense than before, bringing a sense of perfection to the world. their different feelings.
Many calligraphers looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes. They felt even more lucky in their hearts. They were lucky to be born in the same era as Chen Yi, because after this calligraphy press conference, Chinese calligraphy culture, Maybe there will be a real recovery.
"Okay, everyone, this calligraphy viewing is over. Now we have to move on to the next item." After letting everyone watch for more than ten minutes, Chen Yi said slowly.
Hearing Chen Yi's words, even those who were deeply addicted came back to their senses instantly. Seeing that Chen Yi was about to put away the calligraphy, many reporters quickly said: "Mr. Chen, wait a moment, we still have No photos were taken.”
After the calligraphy started again, they all pointed at the big screen and started filming continuously. As for the camera behind them, the whole process had already been captured.
Afterwards, Chen Yi put away the calligraphy and handed it to a staff member. Then he said with a smile: "Everyone, maybe many people have doubts. Wasn't your calligraphy perfect a few months ago? Why?" Now there is something different.”
"Here, I can tell you that the perfection of a calligraphy style does not mean that there is no room for improvement in this kind of calligraphy. Its perfection means that it has no flaws and has become more rounded, but it can still absorb nutrients. , continue to move forward, rather than stop here.”
"Of course, more people still have a doubt in their hearts, and that is why my small regular script can have such a true meaning that Wang Xizhi has, and based on this small regular script full of true meaning, he has created a new running script. Style, in other words, without Wang Xizhi’s small regular script, I might be able to create a new style of calligraphy, but it would never be as exquisite as it is now.”
Having said this, a smile appeared on Chen Yizhi's face, "What I want to talk about next is why my regular script has the true meaning of Wang Xizhi."
Chen Yi's words made the scene excited again. Indeed, as Chen Yi said, no matter they are calligraphers, antique collectors, or ordinary people like them, they have always had doubts in their hearts, that is, Chen Yi's Why does Wang Xizhi have such a strong true meaning in lower regular script?
In their view, even in some inscriptions and imitations handed down from ancient times, the true meanings on them are not as rich as those written by Chen Yi. The most speculated is that Chen Yi accidentally obtained a piece of calligraphy copied by a famous calligrapher. , of course, it is also possible that Chen Yi realized it himself, but this is really unlikely.
Now, it’s finally time to answer, which guess is correct? How can Chen Yi’s regular script have so many true meanings as Wang Xizhi’s.
"Now, please take a look at a calligraphy picture first." Chen Yi smiled and pressed a button on the remote control. Suddenly, a calligraphy picture appeared on the big screen behind him.
The moment everyone saw this piece of calligraphy, they immediately recognized it. It was Wang Xizhi’s Huang Ting Jing in small regular script. Could it be that this was a copy obtained by Chen Yi?
However, after they looked at it carefully, they couldn't help but frown. Even some people who didn't know much about calligraphy could see that this calligraphy was incomparable with Chen Yi's previous small regular script Huang Ting Jing.
They seem to be unable to feel any vitality in this calligraphy, as if these handwritings are dead objects without any charm.
The calligraphers and collectors sitting at the front shook their heads, and someI don’t want to read any more. The calligraphy of this painting is really of no standard. Although the font and strokes are very similar to Wang Xizhi’s Huang Ting Jing in small regular script, it lacks the charm.
Could it be that Chen Yi learned the small regular script from this calligraphy? Everyone's hearts were full of doubts, or maybe Chen Yi had placed the wrong picture. (~^~)