Take a stock of the top ten calligraphy works of the Song Dynasty, one of which is known as the "most beautiful calligraphy in China"

During the Song Dynasty, culture flourished, especially calligraphy culture, which made great progress. Among them, the development of running script was the most remarkable and achieved the greatest success. Therefore, calligraphers in the Song Dynasty were mostly skilled in running script, such as Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu, Cai Xiang and others, who were all famous calligraphers of running script.

So, do you know the top ten calligraphy works of running script in the Song Dynasty?

1. Su Shi's "Hanshi Tie": One of the "Top Ten Masterpieces of Chinese Calligraphy" and "the third most popular calligraphy in the world". Some people say, "The 'Lanting Xu' is the style of refined and superhuman scholars, the 'Sacrifice to My Nephew' is the style of wise and virtuous philosophers, and the 'Hanshi Tie' is the style of talented scholars. They are comparable to each other and have their own merits, and can be regarded as three milestones in the history of Chinese calligraphy."

2. Mi Fu's "Shu Su Tie": one of the "Top Ten Masterpieces of Chinese Calligraphy", "the eighth line of calligraphy in the world", and "the first beautiful calligraphy in China". It is also known as the "Mi Shu Double Gem" together with Mi Fu's "Tiao Xi Poetry Scroll". It is a representative work of Mi Fu's calligraphy with "eight sides of sharpness". Wang Shu said in the Qing Dynasty: "The style is elegant and beautiful, the appearance is peerless, and it is ten thousand times better than the original Hong Tang. It is the first masterpiece of Mi Fu's running script."

3、 Huang Tingjian's SONGFENG Pavilion poetry note: "the ninth running script in the world". This work is full of wind and spirit, long waves, ups and downs, twists and turns, full of meaning. It does not reduce Qiu Yi's "Lanting Pavilion", straight to Yan's "sacrifice to the nephew". It can be called the boutique of running script, and is considered to be Huang Tingjian's representative work of running script in his later years.

4、 Li Jianzhong's "Earth Mother post": the representative work of Li Jianzhong running script in the early Northern Song Dynasty, later known as "the tenth running script in the world". The structure of the calligraphy is close and long, and the pen is calm and plump. Although it is written in running script, there is still a strict sense of regular script at the beginning and the end of the pen. It is an important work in the transitional period of the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty.

5、 Cai Jing's Ode to Tang Xuanzong: it's said that after the publication of this work, Mi Fu was ashamed and thought that at that time, calligraphy was the first to recommend Cai Jing. Although Cai Jing is infamous, it is a classic. Later generations call it "the fifteenth running script in the world".

6、 Cai Xiang's Yuanmeng Calligraphy: one of the four schools in the Song Dynasty, Mi Fu's running script representative work. The paper version, 28.6 cm in length and 28.6 cm in breadth, is now in the collection of the Imperial Palace Museum in Taipei. Later generations called it "the sixteenth running script in the world".

7、 Lu You's self written poetry volume: a cursive work written by Lu You at the age of eighty. At this time, Lu You has reached the state of "all the people are old". This work is natural and strong, with a great momentum. It's spicy and naive, sometimes it's a heavy pen, sometimes it's easy to take, and the form is not rigid, not clumsy. Later generations called it "the seventeenth running script in the world".

8、 Mi Fu's Tiaoxi poetry volume: it is also known as the "double Bi of MI calligraphy" with Mi Fu's Shu Su calligraphy, which is the representative work of Mi Fu's calligraphy "eight aspects of the front". Wu Qizhen said: "the writing style is cool, the structure is comfortable, and the teaching is Yan Lu Gong Hua Gong." this work has been displaced all his life, and was finally dedicated to the Beijing the Imperial Palace museum to end its rough life, and later was honored as a "national treasure" by the the Imperial Palace Museum.

9、 Huang Tingjian's mainstay inscription: ink paper version, 32 cm in length and 824 cm in breadth, with more than 600 words. Although there were only more than 600 words, the spring auction of Beijing Poly International auction companies in 2010 sold 436.8 million yuan, with an average of about 700,000 yuan per word, setting the highest transaction price of Chinese art, which has yet to be broken.

10、 Su Shi's former Chibi Fu: Su Shi's representative work of Xingkai. This is the positive force of the stroke, which wants to penetrate the back of the paper; In the wide and plump shape, the force condenses and converges in the ribs, which is called "pure cotton wrapped iron". Dong Qichang called it "Dongpo's Lanting Pavilion". The most favorite calligraphy work of wenzhengming's life and the one he had copied countless times was Su Shi's "former Chibi Fu".