Calligraphers spoke highly of Chairman Mao's calligraphy, saying that his calligraphy was magnificent and in line with his leadership style. In other words, a person's font is related to his personality. For example, tenacious and brave people are more energetic and powerful, and gentle people are more beautiful. This is the so-called "words are like people". This statement has its reasonable side, and it is right to evaluate Chairman Mao's calligraphy with this view. But on closer examination, this view is also unreasonable. For example, Cai Jing, Qin Gui and Yan Song are all very good writers, but their comments are not good. Besides, a person's good or bad is not static, and no one is perfect. How can we use his words to correspond to his people? If only one person's handwriting is skewed, it will be judged that this person is not decent, won't it cause many unjust, false and wrong cases?

We don't need to blindly agree with the saying that "one word is like one person". I think it's better to be more accurate about the meaning of "words are like people", that is, first, words can reflect a person's mentality when writing, which has been discussed in the section of freehand brushwork calligraphy. Second, everyone has his own writing habits, which is also recognized by everyone. Wang Xianzhi studied calligraphy when he was young, and once wrote a word "big" with great care. He was so satisfied with it that he showed it to his father. Wang Xizhi didn't say anything after reading it, but added a little under the word "big" with a pen and turned it into the word "too". Wang Xianzhi showed it to his mother, and her mother boasted, "My son studies well and looks like my father." Wang Xianzhi said that this point was added by his father. His mother looked at it carefully and said, "Only if you feel that your words are unbalanced, you have to add some points to stand firm." This little joke just shows that the characteristics of a person's calligraphy are very obvious, indicating that everyone has different mastery of calligraphy skills and different habits of writing with a pen.

In fact, everyone's font is different, just like everyone's fingerprints, voices and looks are different. Even if you can't see the appearance, you can accurately judge a person by looking at a familiar walking posture from behind. A similar example is calligraphy. Now important documents must be signed by themselves, just because the signature can't be fake. Even if the imitation is realistic, handwriting experts can distinguish between true and false. Whether a person's signature style represents his personality is another matter. Some people insist on linking someone's signature with personality, and the result is bound to be far-fetched. Judging people by their looks, judging people by their looks, is also a deceptive trick, which is not the same as what we call the personalized characteristics of calligraphy.

In short, calligraphy is not only a very vivid art, but also a very personalized art, so is it possible to use it at will to show your personality? This problem will be discussed in the next section.