An interview with Peng Yunshan, a famous Chinese calligrapher and painter
Time 2019-11-12
On the day appointed for the interview, Peng Yunshan hurried to the place and said, "I'm sorry, I've been waiting for a long time!" as soon as he entered the door, he sat down and began to talk about his art career. My first impression of Peng Yunshan is that he is busy, but there is a deep and happy feeling in his busy life! Peng Yunshan is really a busy person, calligraphy is just a hobby, his real identity is the head of the enterprise, and his work can't compete with the eight strokes of calligraphy art, so he said with a smile: "from ancient times to today, I haven't heard that someone is a professional calligrapher, right?" indeed, Peng Yunshan said It's quite right. Looking back to the ancient times, the calligraphers who are good at calligraphy are not official but valuable. They have not seen their books sold in the city for profit. In addition to communication, book exchanges are also included in the leisure of literati to learn ink skills. They cultivate their sentiment and cultivate their body and mind. Pengyunshan is a man with literati feelings. He only likes to ponder calligraphy, not seek fame and wealth. Therefore, in his art world, there is only the pleasure of "learning while learning", the joy of "coming from afar", and the feelings of "knowing not to be angry".
A disposition nourished by spirituality
Mr. Peng Yunshan was born in Guangzhou in 1967. Peng told reporters that his bond with calligraphy was initiated by his uncle, a Chinese teacher. In the process of learning, he first likes his continuous inspiration, which seems to be the ability given by his talent. From the beginning of contact with calligraphy, he can touch the rhythm of the sound inside the word through the image outside the word. Of course, this is only the beginning, in-depth and persistent learning, which is Peng Yunshan's later work. It is this persistence that makes the later pure, new and elegant.
Peng Yunshan, a calligrapher who majored in nuclear physics, graduated from Tsinghua University in Beijing in 1990. After graduation, he returned to his hometown Guangzhou and was assigned a stable job. At that time, it was the time when the market of "going overseas to search for gold" was surging in China. Guangzhou, a city with a long history of commercial development, developed rapidly in this bonus period. Everyone went overseas. Peng Yunshan was no exception to join in such a crowd, and was undergoing various experiences and tests of "going overseas to search for gold". There are hardships, hesitations, joys, and suddenly What's rare is that many years of business experience have not eliminated the literati feelings of Pengyun mountain. Not only that, but even when Pengyun mountain is frustrated and wandering, as long as you pick up the brush, when the ink comes, you will feel the moon is clear. Calligraphy has always nourished and encouraged him, and even made him a kind of carefree and broad mind, which makes him calm, steady and resolute on the way to business.
At last, Peng Yunshan had his first bucket of gold. Then, on this basis, he began to develop and expand his current business step by step. He succeeded, stabilized, and had more leisure time. He was interested in learning the calligraphy art that he loved.
In Peng Yunshan's calligraphy career, he paid close attention to the connotation of characters. He said: "if we want to talk about calligraphy, we need to talk about the characters first. If we say that the words carry the Tao, then calligraphy can be said to be in accordance with the Tao heart. Including the words and sentences recorded by it, it can shock people's mind and make people indulge. There are thousands of years of civilization in China. It's the words that give this nation a lot of wisdom. Therefore, the meaning of words is deep and profound, and the rule of books is the external art of words. " Peng Yunshan once lived in Europe and Zhao, and also studied the calligraphy of other ancient generations. There is a saying that "saints have no regular teachers". He read more about the writing of Tao, read more about the famous calligraphy works of ancient and modern people, and also visited the successful people of today. Over the years, Peng Yunshan has been searching for teachers and friends, studying hard and studying hard. He assiduously pursues the ancient writing techniques which are not easy for thousands of years, and strives to have his own spirit, rhyme and spirit in calligraphy works. In many calligraphy styles, his favorite is Zhongyou's calligraphy. According to Peng Yunshan, calligraphy itself has its own charm, and its realm is not pretentious, repeatedly conceived, supplemented or imperceptible, which can be daubed at will. It directly reflects people's mind and mind. The harmonious blending of pen, ink and paper leaves a refreshing calligraphy between the readers. According to Wang Xizhi's book "notes to Mr. Baiyun's script", it is clearly pointed out that "the spirit of books must reach the Tao and be the same as the principle of Hunyuan. Seven treasures are as precious as one's own. When the Yang Qi is clear, the Chinese will stand on the wall, while when the Yin Qi is too strong, the wind and spirit will grow. It is in nature that the pen reaches the front. " It can be seen that calligraphy has little to do with its nature, and it can be said that it is difficult to achieve great success without realizing its nature. Therefore, in pengyunshan's calligraphy world, what he pursues is always from the inside to the outside, and he will never pay attention to the ostentatious ostentation.
Delicate and rigorous understanding
Pengyun mountain likes Zhongyou book, which is like flying crane playing in the sea and dancing crane in the sky. Later generations commented that his official line was God, eight points into Miao, and Wang Xizhi of Jin Dynasty was called "Zhong Wang". At the end of his life, he taught his son to say, "I think about learning and use my pen. Every time I see any kind of painting, it's dedicated." From this passage, we can see Zhongyou's works and artistic point of view, which Peng Yunshan very much agrees with. Among them, the work of "using a pen" is what he has studied with his heart. In his opinion, there are four methods of calligraphy, namely "calligraphy", "brushwork", "ink method" and "chapter method". Among them, the brushwork is the most important, which can be understood as structure, and the brushwork is the Kungfu of using the brushwork. In ancient times, the two methods have also been the basis of calligraphy. Youdao: the pen is a general. It's as if you're on the line. The eagle looks at the ROC, the fish gets the water, and the mountain is full of clouds. Long years of oars, sand, sitting and flying, the lonely canopy vibrates. Xiayun Qifeng, the road of zhebi, frightens the snake into the grass, and birds come out of the forest. Cone painting sand, printing mud, folding hairpin stock, house leakage mark. When you understand the mystery, you will be able to communicate with God with your pen. Calligraphy, in a sense, is a modeling form of using brush to write Chinese characters to create artistic conception and express feelings. Therefore, the beauty of calligraphy lies in the use of pen. Moreover, Peng Yunshan '.
When learning from Zhong you, Peng Yunshan was very delicate. He said: "the character of Zhong you is very tasteful. You see, every stroke of his pen, such as a horizontal stroke, does not come directly, including the handling of one stroke and one stroke, is full of twists and turns. Such arrangement makes every word look very charming." Later, Peng Yunshan showed the author his early and present works, as a contrast, each period has a different style. Early works are full of vitality, mellow and fluent. Now the work has a calm, old and spicy, Qingyuan Junxiu posture. It is said that "words are like human beings". From different periods, we can really feel the creator's temperament and mood at that time or at that time. Of course, in the calligraphy study of pengyunshan, he not only learned from Zhong you, but also from other families, who have excellent elders, who are all eclectic, such as Ouyang Xun's strict structure, Zhao Mengfu's natural and unrestrained and so on. He put them into his own style. Moreover, Peng Yunshan has done a thorough study of "Kung Fu outside the word" for the rhyme inside the word, consciously or unconsciously. In addition to calligraphy, Peng Yunshan likes playing Taijiquan, playing chess, and studying Yijing Fengshui. All of his hobbies belong to the traditional Chinese culture. Therefore, they have the same beauty as calligraphy, so they learn from each other inadvertently. This also makes Peng Yunshan's calligraphy art look more rich and lasting!
When you look at Peng Yunshan's works, you can see a kind of ancient heavy and thick. He is good at regular script and official script. All of his works present a kind of harmonious and mellow beauty. They are solid, delicate and rigorous. There is no deliberate or careless brushwork in their brushwork. The starting and ending are elegant and leisurely. The ancient and simple brushwork permeated from the simplified brushwork, and the natural and flowing ancient style is mellow. The brushwork of so many days and few people shows plain and honest, and the pursuit of nature Chinese aesthetic thought. In a word, it's impossible to express the charm of Peng Yunshan's works in words. If you savor them carefully, it's enough to make people forget to go back! If you say that the brush and ink should follow the times, Peng Yunshan's works can be called a stream of clear water sent in the art of today's impetuous world, like a dream, but it can completely come true. In Peng Yunshan's opinion, this is an era of miracles. We should cherish time, travel with good teachers and friends, absorb the charm of the natural scenery of the heaven and earth, feel the power of the sun, the moon, the wind, the thunder and the lightning, and observe our exquisite and clear heart. We can't understand the time without writing. Waves of sand, time flies, praise and disparagement of fame and wealth is really like clouds. He believed that the water drips and the stone wears. He believed that the God would be satisfied if he made good progress!
Peng Yunshan is now the director of the Chinese Calligrapher Association and the executive director of the Hong Kong Chinese Artists Association. Since 2011, his works have been selected into a series of books, such as "Chinese artists", "top ten contemporary calligraphers and painters", "Chinese calligraphy". In fact, Peng Yunshan has always been a person indifferent to fame and wealth. For calligraphy, it's just a hobby he loves deeply. He just hopes to communicate with more people and share his learning experience. So, today's pengyunshan, although his ink art is superb, only part of his works have won some gold and silver awards nationwide, and have been recognized by some experts, but this is not important for him. He said: "I have experienced a long period of bottleneck period, at that time, I could only go to consult people constantly, and then study by myself, and found that the internal source power is insufficient, and I need to improve the soul. I have been working hard, and now I feel like just getting started!"
It has always been Peng Yunshan's personality to focus on modesty rather than seeking. It is also the realm that the author felt from his calligraphy art. I believe that with his virtue and attainments, pengyunshan will gain more outstanding artistic achievements!
