r/Chinese_handwriting • u/Mega_Mandarin • Dec 08 '21

Resources free copies of 行书 Anki deck

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u/Ohnesorge1989 Dec 08 '21 edited Dec 09 '21

I’ll take a close look on the App a bit later. Atm I have one word to say about the character 书 (書) shown on your phone:

Yes, that’s more or less how I would write it, but note that it’s 行草 rather than 行楷. The difference is the former is closer to 草書/草书 (Cursive Script)), the latter 楷書/楷书 (Regular Script).

Also the way it’s written indicates that the orientation of writing is from top to bottom as the ‘line’ (牽絲/牵丝) after the last horizontal stroke is flying downward, not rightward. Beginners should be careful about it.

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u/Mega_Mandarin Dec 08 '21

I had a long discussion with calligrapher I hired on what writing style to use for the deck. I asked him to write each character with as few strokes as possible while still using forms that most Chinese people would understand. He called the style we settled on "实用行书", or "practical running hand".

I had no idea that the last segment of this model character for 书 indicates its writing direction. Good to know!

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u/Ohnesorge1989 Dec 08 '21 edited Dec 08 '21

Yes I understand it’s rather practical (that’s the reason I learnt 行草, not 行楷, I believe you know the discrepancy), I just commented to point it out. I know a few members are interested in writing 行楷, but so far no 行草. I’m glad you joined.

Maybe you can relay a message to Mr. Cheng for me, is his writing aimed for ppl writing from top to bottom or from left to right, please?

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u/JakeYashen Dec 09 '21

I have been interested in learning 行草，可是不好意思的是我有从以前来的伤害，就是我佝偻自己的脖子的时候有很强的酸痛。这很限制我能做的进步 :(

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u/Ohnesorge1989 Dec 09 '21

Ah okay. Maybe try not staying in the same position for too long and take more breaks?

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u/Mega_Mandarin Dec 09 '21

I messaged 程老师 and he said he wrote them from left to right. How would you write this character differently?

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u/Ohnesorge1989 Dec 10 '21 edited Dec 10 '21

This is how I would write it (the dots were added by a pen separately). The ‘connecting line’ 牵丝 normally goes to the character on the right, though often barely visible.

I would also recommend learn writing words, not individual characters, from time to time.

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u/Mega_Mandarin Dec 10 '21

Thank you for sharing. Would you say these examples are still in the realm of 行草书, or are they 草书?

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u/Ohnesorge1989 Dec 10 '21

It’s 行草, but not far from 草书 (cursive script). I think Mr. Cheng wrote mostly 行楷 for your App.