Learning calligraphy requires time and talent. In one sentence: time determines the lower limit, and talent determines the upper limit.

Only we, Chinese characters, can turn words into an art form. In the long history of calligraphy, many famous calligraphers have emerged. From them, we can actually know that learning calligraphy requires time and talent.

Most of those well-known calligraphers are very diligent in calligraphy. For example, Wang Xizhi's story tells that when he was practicing calligraphy, he left behind an "ink-washing pond" because of his diligence. In addition, his son Wang Xianzhi is also very diligent in practicing calligraphy and practices every day, but even if he spends a lot of effort, he is only "a little bit" like his father.

There are really countless stories like this. When the monk Zhiyong was in Yongxin Temple in Wuxing, in order to practice his calligraphy, he broke ten urns of brush tips, each of which weighed several stones. He eventually became a famous teacher with an endless stream of people seeking calligraphy.

Liu Gongquan could write well when he was a child. He once held a "book party" with his friends to show off his skills. It happened that a tofu seller saw it and said that his handwriting was not good, and that there were people who could write better than him with their feet. Xiao Gongquan was shocked and decided to see for himself what the handwriting of this man who wrote with his feet was like. When he saw the handwriting of the man who wrote with his feet, he knelt down on the ground and wanted to worship him as his teacher, but the man only gave him a few words: "Write all the eight tanks of water, and the inkstone stains the flooded pond." Black; win over hundreds of parents, and then you can win."

These stories all tell us that if we want to write well, we must work hard. People who work hard can at least write beautiful "Guange style". This is the lower limit that can be achieved by spending time.

However, just spending time is not enough. How far a person can go depends on his talent.

Those powerful calligraphers and those who have made breakthroughs not only put in a lot of effort, but also have talents that others do not have.