If he is interested in learning from others, he should follow the rules and then follow them. Famous sayings of rules Jiang He, a scholar and calligrapher in Qing Dynasty, is not square. If the rules are not correct, they cannot be round.
The master of Huai Nan Zi by Liu An, the royal family of the Western Han Dynasty, displayed his creative talents in strict rules.
There is an old rule in playing cards, that is, the losers are allowed to talk nonsense. Irish poet Tom Moore