2. Hard-pen calligraphy has a certain inheritance and pays attention to architecture; Soft pen calligraphy is more flexible and pays attention to the flesh and blood of the whole word.
3. The training sequence of soft pen calligraphy is: brushwork (strokes)-knot-composition; Hard pen calligraphy does not need to be trained in this order at all.
4. The strokes of hard pen calligraphy are generally weak, even if there are small flaws, it will not be so obvious; Soft-pen calligraphy has thick strokes, and the fault will be infinitely magnified.
5. The overall length of hard-pen calligraphy works is small; The overall length of soft pen calligraphy works is large.