The Eight Principles of Yong (Chinese: ????; pinyin: Y?ngzì B? F?; Japanese: ????/???????, eiji happ?; Korean: ????/????, Yeongjapalbeop; Vietnamese: v?nh t? bát pháp ????) explain how to write eight common strokes in regular script which are found all in the one character, ? (pinyin: y?ng, "forever", "permanence"). It was traditionally believed that the frequent practice of these principles as a beginning calligrapher could ensure beauty in one's writing.
The Eight Principles are influenced by the earlier Seven Powers (??) by Lady Wei Shuo (??) of Eastern Jin. Publications on the Principles include:
- The Praise to the Eight Principles of "Yong" (?????) by Liu Zongyuan (???) of the Tang Dynasty.
- Explanations to the Eight Principles of "Yong" (?????) by Li Puguang (???) of the Yuan Dynasty. L? provided two-character metaphorical names.
Video Eight Principles of Yong
Table of naming usages
Note: - Xié ? is sometimes added to the ?'s strokes. It is a concave Shù falling right, always ended by a G?u, visible on this image.
CJK strokes
In addition to these eight common strokes in ?, there are at least two dozen strokes of combinations which enter in the composition of CJK strokes and by inclusion the CJK characters themselves.
Maps Eight Principles of Yong
See also
- CJK characters
- CJK strokes
References
- Explanations to the Eight Principles of "Yong" (?????) by Li Puguang (???)
- Unicode page for all CJK strokes, thus including the 8 strokes of Yong
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