"Those who learn from me live, and those who resemble me die" is a saying of Qi Baishi.

While studying with Qi Baishi, Xu Linlu, who was intelligent by nature, gradually got the teacher’s true teachings. The reputation of "Dongcheng Qi Baishi" made Xu Linlu very proud and somewhat elated. At this time, the old man Baishi said: Wake up

He said: "Those who learn from me will live, and those who resemble me will perish."

Host: What did he tell you?

Xu Linlu: You can’t always be like me. You have to learn my heart, not my hands.

Moderator: Under what circumstances did the teacher say this to you?

Xu Linlu: I mentioned this when I was painting at the teacher’s house.

Host: When you were studying painting, when you heard the teacher say this, could you understand the meaning behind his words?

Xu Linlu: You can’t be like the teacher, you have to open a new door, you have to learn the teacher’s basics, but you have to make changes yourself.

[Commentary:] Xu Linlu kept in mind the teachings of his teacher, "Those who learn from me will live, those who resemble me will perish." Qi Baishi's painting was like writing in regular script, which was simple and solemn. Xu Linlu did the opposite and used wild cursive brushwork in painting, forming today's unique freehand brushwork style.

Xu Linlu: So the current painting method is different from that of Teacher Qi. It was his foundation that gave me the foundation. I also borrowed the painting methods of these good painters from the Ming and Qing Dynasties and made them my own, forming my own personal style.

Those who learn from me will live, those who resemble me will die

Qi Baishi’s close disciple Xu Linlu imitated Qi Baishi’s shrimp paintings to such an extent that outsiders generally cannot tell the difference between true and false. There are also many people. I wanted to imitate Mr. Qi's painting of shrimps, but couldn't get it right. Xu Linlu was very proud of this and felt a little elated. Mr. Qi saw it and said this.

Mr. Xu also said, You have to learn my heart, but you cannot learn my hands. There is no point in learning my hands. In other words, you must have spiritual energy. With spiritual energy, you can gain access to everything. If you don’t have spiritual energy, you will never be able to gain access. < /p>

Xu Linlu was considered a novice in the art of painting before he started. After he officially started, he was influenced by Mr. Qi for 14 years, coupled with his own aura and Mr. Qi’s guidance. He emerged from the cocoon of being a teacher. , and opened up a new world in his artistic path. He has formed a unique freehand style recognized in today's painting circles.

There is another example that confirms Mr. Qi's words.

A Japanese genius calligrapher participated in a Japanese youth calligraphy exhibition at the age of 9 and aroused strong reactions from all walks of life. All four of his works are in private collections, with a total value of 14 million yen. Twenty years later, some unknown people came to the fore, but he disappeared.

It turned out that this little prodigy was addicted to copying Wang Xizhi's calligraphy and stickers. Over the past twenty years, he had lost all his calligraphy personality. Now compared with Wang Xizhi's calligraphy, it is almost as if the fake ones are real. In the eyes of the artist, his works can only be regarded as imitations and have no appreciation value.

Look for the door to enter and break through the door to get out. In the same way, we cannot blindly imitate others in life and work. We must have our own personality characteristics and principles on the basis of learning from others. In this way, we can get a sky of our own.