Ding Jian CEO of Chinese Calligrapher Website

　　From an artist's artistic development process and his corresponding life, we can always find constant tracks and examples from predecessors. Look at contemporary artists in such a perspective can be regarded as a kind of method. People living in the times seemingly can not separate the influence of the times. For example, clothing, food, shelter and travel all are related to and are closely linked with secular lives. However, the pursuit of ideal, art and life must go beyond the present, and the transcendence not only includes moving forward, but also contains recalling history to exchange with former worthies, especially for Chinese traditional art.

　　I see this state of mind from Zhang Zhizhong, who has always maintained a very clean approach for the study of calligraphy. In his eyes, there are only former worthies. It is actually a conduct and attitude; if from the perspective of life, it is a kind of "stress".

　　In the complex contemporary, it seems like that the art concept is diverse and tolerant, in fact, the vast majority is confusion, and following blindly is an eternal fashion. For example, a kind of calligrapher pursues the childlike "na?ve", and another kind of calligrapher pursues the old-age sense of history, but he himself is neither young nor old. Zhang Zhizhong certainly does not do that, because he never think about it, this is the place of his stress. In fact, average man is easily infested with secular culture, easily pursuing fashion. Nowadays, innovation is talked everywhere, and it has become a popular. In the secular culture, surprise, excitement, fun, strange and special are put in the art attitude, which is realm back fall by the name of "try", "exploration" or "challenge". Zhang Zhizhong is very clear on this point! Although he does not reject cola, he would never pour cola into ink in order to try and experience something new.

　　From the write of Zhang Zhizhong, the breath overflowing from the lines always gives people comfortable sense and safe sense. I suppose that calligraphy is a comfortable and safe thing for Zhang Zhizhong. The so-called comfortable is probably at least not painful, and the so-called safe sense is probably that no suffering is normal. It is actually a very difficult thing; of course, it is also regarded as a realm. After seeing Zhang Zhizhong's writing, painter Li Wenliang also expresses the similar views, saying: how comfortable it is to look at the writing being hanged up! His implication is that hanging up the character does not "shock people", not catch the eyes by displaying, but it is gentle like a jade and body temperature, coming forth an enduring power in the usual matters. In addition to personal germination, the power may also come from the blessing of former worthies. When an artist can really get rid of pop and contact the tradition, the secret self-confidence of his inner heart must be showed the conscious distinguish ability and immunization for the problems of time. Wait and watch the movement and quietness in the complicated time tide. The true thing that can affect the excitement and comfort hidden long inside his heart is only the tradition needing be stressed.