The four-character idiom in regular script is as follows:

1. Aim high

“If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.” Those who want to accomplish great things must first sharpen their tools. Aim high. Aiming high means pursuing lofty ideals, career ambitions, and pursuing excellence. There is also the artistic conception of "hanging clouds and sails directly across the sea". For example, the fastest warship in the Beiyang Navy was named "Zhiyuan", which specifically means riding the wind and waves, being unstoppable, and running towards the distance.

2. Tranquility leads to distance

Since ancient times, many literati with lofty ideals have believed in the famous saying "Tranquility leads to distance, and indifference leads to clear ambition", which shows a Confucian style. This sentence can lay down a person's basic view of everything in the world throughout his life. It is also the highest state of self-cultivation in traditional Chinese culture. Only by being indifferent and tranquil can one have insight into the world. Only by being pure and restrained can one be far-sighted.

3. The dragon and the phoenix are dancing

Originally it describes the winding and majestic mountains, and later it also describes the powerful and flexible calligraphy strokes. Sweeping thousands of armies describes poetry, calligraphy, etc. as being grand and powerful.

4. The pen moves like a dragon or a snake

Describes calligraphy as vivid and powerful.

5. As powerful as a frightening dragon

It is often used to describe the vigorous calligraphy strokes or graceful dancing postures.

6. Penetrating the back of the paper

Describes calligraphy as strong and powerful, with the tip of the pen almost penetrating the back of the paper.

7. Penetrating into the wood

The calligraphy is described as very powerful, and the metaphorical analysis of the problems is very profound.

8. Iron painting and silver hook

Describes calligraphy as strong and soft.

9. Silkworm head and swallow tail

Describes calligraphy that starts with a solemn stroke and finishes with a light stroke.

Characteristics of regular script

1. Strict and standardized strokes: Regular script is written one stroke at a time, from short dots to long strokes such as strokes, from the large frame of the characters to the inner strokes. You must take every small structure seriously, write every stroke carefully, and don't make a careless stroke. The connection between strokes should be clear. If the strokes seem to be connected but not connected, or broken but not broken, it will appear messy and will directly affect the effect of the calligraphy.

2. Lines are straight and natural: The strokes of regular script are generally straight lines. Although the directions of various strokes are very different, the strokes are rigorous linear movements and should not be overly exaggerated. The movements of starting and closing the pen may deliberately reflect the arc and curvature of the strokes, resulting in cumbersome and unnatural strokes.

3. The structure is well-proportioned and square: the structure of regular script is basically square, or square, or rectangular, or flat square. This requires that no matter how many or few strokes a character has, they must be combined in roughly the same size. Within each square, therefore, the structure of characters with few strokes should be sparse, and the structure of characters with many strokes should be dense. Characters with few strokes should not be written very densely and very small, and characters with many strokes should be written very sparsely. Very big.