Xu Beihong’s Four Character Couplet in Running Script

[Xu Beihong’s Four Characters Couplet in Running Script]

The Four Characters Couplet in Running Script, modern and contemporary, Xu Beihong’s script, paper version, running script, vertical 128.8 cm, horizontal 31.2 cm
The interpretation in the first couplet: “It is a shame to have a religious war. Mr. Huadu Huizheng.”
The interpretation in the second couplet: “We have prospered through difficulties. At the age of 32, we began to mourn and visit Guiyang.”
With the seal of “Xu Beihong”
The 32nd year refers to the 32nd year of the Republic of China (1943), when Xu Beihong was 48 years old
In calligraphy, Xu Beihong copied the calligraphy of Ni Yuanlu, Wang Duo, Fu Shan, and others on the basis of copying the Northern Stele, gradually forming his own personal style of opening up, coherent strokes, handsome strokes, and simple and naive
This couplet is a representative work of Xu’s calligraphy in its mature period. Its brushwork is between the lines of cursive writing, with a center stroke. It is rounded and shows squareness. It fully demonstrates the characteristics of the calligraphy of the Wei stele, which is outward and square. At the same time, it does not lose the stubborn style and rhyme of Wang Duo and others in the Ming Dynasty, and it has a natural charm in its elegance and beauty. The content of the book expresses the author’s enthusiasm for the war of resistance.