Study on Du Fu's calligraphic art and theory

Du Fu got well-known for his poems in the art history of the Tang Dynasty. Some of his poems involving the art of calligraphy can help us understand the art history of the Tang Dynasty. His view that calligraphy should attach great importance to thin and stiff strokes, which is a worthwhile style, is based on the calligraphy of Chu Suiliang and Xue Ji. This view is actually a generalization of the history of calligraphy before the Kai Yuan reign in the Tang Dynasty. Zhang Xu's cursive script and Li Cao's Bafen style mentioned in Du Fu's poems, and the fancy for thick and plump strokes which the strongly objected, reflect the calligraphic situation during the Kai Yuan reign. Thus Du Fu's place in the history of calligraphic theory was established. Du Fu's calligraphic creation shows that he is good at various styles of writing including regular script, official script, running hand and cursive script. Ideas run throughout all of his works. He appreciated classical and magnificent style, and paid attention to the pace, rhythm, vitality, and writing method, etc. Du Fu was a callligrapher with profundity in the Tang Dynasty, and his poems suggest that his theory on calligraphic creation is doubtlessly mature.