Introduction on One Calligraphic Criteria Based on Early Theory Books - Vertical and Horizontal Strokes with Imagery

摘要

Vertical and horizontal strokes with imagery, the first calligraphic criterion since the end of the Han Dynasty, refers to the associative imagery from the combinational relations among calligraphic strokes. Its establishment benefited from the perfection of the cursive script and was then applied to all calligraphy fonts. The imagery, which is from a very wide range of sources, can describe all aspects of calligraphy. Meanwhile, it is also some kind of psychological needs.