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What is calligraphy? Calligraphy is not only the writing art of Chinese characters, but also a unique plastic art. ...

So what is an ugly book? The word ugly book should be more of a derogatory term for some people's calligraphy art beyond their own aesthetic habits!

In fact, ugliness and ugliness are definitely relative. What are the criteria for ugliness and not ugliness? Who will set the standards? How to define it accurately? As far as calligraphy is concerned, whether it is cursive script, official script, running script, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Da Zhuan and Xiao Zhuan, whether it is Zhong Zhang or Xi Xian, whether it is Tang Song or Ming and Qing Dynasties, the style development of calligraphy art is very rich and diverse, and every calligraphy reform is definitely mixed. If everyone sticks to tradition, will today be colorful? If we treat things that don't conform to our own aesthetic views (habits or preferences) as ugly simply and rudely, then isn't the other party ugly to the one who is demoted as ugly?

Take painting as an example. Our Chinese paintings can be divided into meticulous painting and freehand brushwork. As we all know, meticulous brushwork is neat, delicate and relatively realistic, while freehand brushwork is rough, generalized and even abstract. So can we simply and rudely define meticulous brushwork as beauty and freehand brushwork as ugliness? Fine brushwork is beautiful if it is painted by a novice with poor level. ……

If this is the case, calligraphy itself is not a pure concrete carrier. When you have to limit it with concrete standards, it can only be based on analogy (Rainbow Xizhi's Preface to the Lanting Pavilion? Like Sun's Book Score? For example, Mimi ...) to measure! However, please don't forget to "die like me"!