1. The vertical and horizontal characters are like the beams of a house. They should be straight and not tilted.
2. The pen must be flying in the air, which is solid. However, scholars misunderstood Sri Lankan language and slipped all the way into the sky. It must be said that only when the Qi is empty and the pen is solid can there be no harm.
3. Zhang Huai, a calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty.
4. The shape is similar, and the calligrapher is the best. However, there is very little information in this, so don’t let it die at the end of the sentence.
5. The stipples have muscles and bones, and the fonts are natural and majestic.
6. The reverse stroke is the most powerful. Chu Henan's books are all reversed, and they are also official.
7. The nature of writing and the emotion of ink are all based on the human temperament. This is the first task of writing with rationality and emotion.
8. Hands and luck, art comes from experience. His ambition is set in the book, his crown cannot be moved, his poverty and humbleness cannot be surrendered, his awe-inspiring contentment lasts his whole life.
9. Clouds and cranes travel in the sky, and a group of honghongs play in the sea.
10. The characters must be composed of bones, the flesh must be wrapped with tendons, the tendons must hide the meat, and the posts must be beautiful and moist.
11. The physical appearance is extraordinary, different from the past and present. Falling pearls and jade, fluttering tassels. The heir of Cangjie. The ancestor of Xiaozhuan. With name book, stone drum remains.
12. Those who are good at calligraphy and painting are all good at both character and learning. When they are in the official position, they pay more attention to their political achievements and reputation, so they will be valued in future generations.
13. There are paintings in books, and there are books in paintings.
14. In calligraphy and painting, the most important thing is character. Since his integrity is excellent, not only does everyone value his writing, but he also admires his person.
15. There is no fixed law in writing. Could it be that nature calls it law? The official law is based on the Han Dynasty, and the regular script is based on the Jin Dynasty. It is natural. People in the Tang Dynasty regarded the law as too strict, so the official script was not as good as that of the Han Dynasty, and the regular script was not as good as that of the Jin Dynasty.
16. The book must be clear and thick, and clearness and thickness must be based on the heart. Otherwise, although the book is spared from being thin and muddy, it is just a reflection of others.
17. Practice makes perfect, as is the case in everything. The book is not yet familiar and he specializes in bizarre and demonic ways. It is better to be clumsy than to be clumsy.
18. If you work hard, the structure will be stable; if you have a good posture, you will be outstanding as soon as you put down the pen.
19. Walking in a simple and leisurely way has a profound and infinite flavor.
20. Angry hooves trample on the Cangshan Mountain, making it look bloated and awkward.
21. Scholars have two views: observing things and observing me. Observe things to resemble emotions, observe me to understand virtue.
22. Silent voice, invisible appearance.
23. Words are the voice of the heart; books are the paintings of the heart. The sounds and shapes are what a gentleman and a villain can see. Sound and painting are the reasons why gentlemen and villains are emotional.
24. Words are afraid of practicing, horses are afraid of riding.
25. I always see dragons and snakes walking away.
26. The words must be delivered pen-by-pen. When the pen edge is collected, the pen is still straight before it can be delivered.
27. A loss of place is like a beauty’s missing eye; a loss of place is like a strong man’s broken arm.
28. Calligraphy is just a skill, but the first step is to establish your writing. Those with high quality will have a clear, elegant and upright spirit in each stroke; those with low quality will be impressive even though they are passionate and frustrated, but their vertical and horizontal rigidity will inevitably show up.
29. Learning books can lead to long-term knowledge.
30. Those who are strong and have strong tendons are holy, but those who are weak and have no tendons are sick.
31. Those who write old books are also students of mind; those who write are also writers of aspirations.
32. The meaning comes first, and the form follows the law.
33. When Qi is strong, the length of the words and the pitch of the voice are appropriate. The same goes for books.
34. It is important to be familiar with ancient stele and look at it, but it is not important to experience it in life. Only by borrowing a pen to express it can you achieve spiritual resemblance.
35. The physical appearance is extraordinary, different from the past. Falling pearls and jade, fluttering tassels.
36. The book is like Ye, like his learning, like his talent, like his ambition, in short, just like his person.
37. If you work hard with your pen, you will be like a swan soaring high.
38. Mortals have different qi, blood, muscles and bones. The heart is dense and dense, and the hand is clumsy. The beauty and ugliness of writing lie in the heart and hand.
39. High rhyme, deep emotion, solid quality and majesty, neither one of them can make a book.
40. Learning books should be a family of its own.
41. In the books of Qin and Han Dynasties, the cleverness is within reach, but the clumsiness is beyond reach.
42. When you want to know, you start writing later, and your intention is to stop the previous writing. If you understand this, then the writing will echo, the words will be connected, the front, back, left, and right, and they will be able to create each other in one breath.
43. One point becomes one word, and one word is the final word.
44. The movement is like a spring earthworm lingering, and every word is like an autumn snake.
45. The origin of the word is that the water of the Three Gorges flows backward, and the pen formation alone wipes out an army of thousands of people.
46. The voice of the heart is also expressed in words, and the painting is also the heart of writing.
47. The dragon leaps over the Tianmen, and the tiger lies in the Phoenix Pavilion.
48. When writing regular script, you must clearly understand the official rules, and when writing official script, avoid regular script. To be an official, you must have the atmosphere of thousands of valleys and rocks rushing to your feet.
49. A pure heart and few desires, words generate spirit, which is a proof of Yicheng's form and appearance.
50. Books are more valuable if you are familiar with them, and if you are familiar with them, you will be happy. It is taboo to be familiar with books, and familiarity will lead to vulgarity. Failure to draw straight and straight lines and seeking magic suddenly is like deviating from the rules in order to seek cleverness, which is not something I dare to know.
51. Horses with more muscles and less flesh are considered to be the upper ones, and those with more muscles and less muscles are considered to be the lower ones. The same is true for books. They all want to be proportionate in the bones and have a harmonious appearance.
52. If you are careless and careless, you will never achieve anything. Although the book is a small road, it must be calm and composed.
53. Like the breeze blowing out of your sleeves and the bright moon entering your arms.
54. My book is impossible.
55. It is appropriate to learn regular script from the Tang Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty, but the official script must be from the Han Dynasty.
56. Use the pen with your heart in mind, and if your heart is right, your pen will be right, and your pen will be right.
57. If it is straight and similar, shaped like an operator, the top and bottom are straight, and the front and back are even, it is not calligraphy, but it can be done with dots.
58. When you first learn to write calligraphy, you should first look for similarity in form. If you don’t have a good frame, let alone a good writing style.
59. A dead finger means a living hand, and calligraphers have no choice but to wait. If the finger is dead, it will be straight, if the wrist is alive, the word will be smart.
60. The brushwork should be round, but if it is too round, it will be weak and boneless. The genre should be square, but if it is too square, it will be rigid and unrhymed.
61. A straight heart leads to a straight pen.
62. When the dross goes away, the clear light will come. If the mind is complicated, even if the writing is excellent, it will be useless. Therefore Yangzi said: Words are pictures of the heart.
63. The dragon is powerful and the tiger is vibrating, and the sword is at war.
64. The heart of seeing the world, the emotion of admiring the saints, the doubts and arguments, and the reasoning of the vulgar and the Confucian.
65. Calligraphy is also based on Buddhism. It begins with precepts, is mastered in concentration and wisdom, is realized in the source of the heart, is wonderful in understanding, and to the extreme, it cannot be transmitted by words or hands.
66. The way to hold a pen is to use the empty palm and the real finger. If the fingers gather, the palm will be strong; if the fingers are strong, the palm will naturally be empty.
67. There is a couplet in the past that says: What can I do? It is not natural. The most truthful sayings. You should also know this when writing books.
68. The Han official pen is reversed and the pen is accumulated. The starting point is reverse, the ending point is accumulation.
69. Floating like clouds, as powerful as a frightening dragon.
70. Correct calligraphy rectifies people’s hearts and leads to the leisurely holy way.
71. In ancient times, those who were good at writing would live longer because their minds were calm. If a person can set his mind, there is nothing he cannot do.
72. There are good and bad looks in people, but the attitude of a gentleman and a villain cannot be concealed. There are arrogance in words, but the attitude of a gentleman and a villain cannot be deceived. Books are clumsy in workmanship, but the heart of a gentleman and a villain should not be messed up.
73. Look at the pens used by the ancients and avoid distracting thoughts. This is also a way to keep your mind at ease.
74. The strong wind blows the strong grass, and the fierce fire refines the true gold; without suffering from the frost, the peaceful fragrance hits people. The sharp edge is sharpened by oneself, and the jade is carved; if one does not practice hard, how can one achieve profound skills?
75. Copying the ancient method is like a ghost enjoying a sacrifice, but it absorbs its breath and does not eat its substance.