What are some of the more ugly calligraphy found in unearthed artifacts?

In the history of the Yuan Dynasty, there is such a work, which is known as the most beautiful "ugly calligraphy" in the history of calligraphy, has made countless people fall in love with it, and ordinary people basically can not read it! It has also been called the ugliest character in 800 years!

This work is Yang Weizhen's Zhuxi Cao Tang Notes Scroll.

For Yang Weizhen, friends who learn calligraphy naturally have heard a lot about it." Mr. Tieya" was the most influential figure of that era, both in calligraphy and poetry, and made great contributions to the Ming literary scene. The rare "ugly calligraphy" in the history of calligraphy had endeared himself to many people, and was unreadable to ordinary people

In the Siku Quanshu, Yang Weizhen is described as follows. Yang Weizhen, with his unique talents, took his disadvantages and made them right. His roots came from Qinglian (Li Bai) and Changgu (Li He), and he created Zhenguo himself.

It has been said that Yang Weizhen was so talented that he corrected his disadvantages and had no rivals in the universe! Yang Weizhen's calligraphy is "ugly" as a whole. This "ugliness" is based on the attitude of most ordinary people, who take the sense of order as their aesthetic orientation. His Zhenjingan Jiyuan Scroll is representative of his calligraphy known as "ugly calligraphy". This kind of "ugly calligraphy", which is rare in the history of calligraphy, had endeared itself to many people, while ordinary people could not understand it.

In fact, for a real calligraphy artist, its highest requirement for calligraphy is not necessarily neat handwriting, like print, but the "chain" of perfect technique, to write out their own temperament, the state of "nature", and the bearer of the "independent and the spirit between heaven and earth", which is the real pursuit of a calligrapher, and it is very difficult for ordinary people to feel once they have reached this realm! And Yang Weizhen's "Zhuxi Cao Tang Memorial Volume" is a good example.

However, Yang Weizhen pushed calligraphy to this height with his unique talent and amazing attitude.

In his book Preface to the Poetics of Sound, he said. Dong Po believed that poetry is painting with sound and painting is poetry without sound. Covering poetry is the will; painting is the heart painting. They are the same thing." Yang Weizhen thought of his poetry, calligraphy and painting in the same space, which are all expressions of the spirit. Rare in the history of calligraphy, "ugly book" used to make a lot of people fall in love with the ordinary people can not see

His this "Zhuxi Cao Tang inscription volume" broke Zhao Zi'ang's "charming book style" shadow gallery, with a new posture (style and feeling) winding, deep into the north and south of the official script, "two kings" directly, while down to the nature of the prose, which at that time, no one else could not reach the realm!

Therefore, the key to learning Yang Weizhen's calligraphy does not lie in his brushwork, but, of course, his brushwork and calligraphy is a fusion of the Han Dynasty's Clerical Script, some of the Tang Dynasty's Weibei brushwork, and the artistic conception of the two Jin Dynasty's Cursive Script. His attitude is extremely complex and varied, which is a model for future generations to follow, but its deeper connotation is his spiritual expression! His works of art are amongst the many that he produced.