Author or source: Huang Tingjian The original text of the ancient text "Huang Tingjian on Calligraphy": Young An's brother likes to make grass, and he carries his brushes from east to west. Dragons and snakes fill the wall at every turn, and the voice of the grass saint wants to fill Jiangxi, and he comes to seek advice from me. This old man’s book is impossible to read. Seeing that there are no thousands of fates in the world, like mosquitoes and gnats gathering and scattering, there is nothing that crosses my mind. Therefore, I don’t choose pen and ink. When I encounter paper, I write, and when the paper is exhausted, it is gone. It is no more clumsy in workmanship and ridiculing in character, such as a wooden figure dancing. When the rhythm is up, people admire their work, but when the dance ends, they become desolate again. Are you safe? The full modern translation of "Huang Tingjian on Calligraphy": My younger brother Youan likes to write cursive script. He takes a pen to scribble on the walls of other people's homes, and almost all of their walls are covered with graffiti, so everyone calls him "Cursive Calligraphy". "Holy", his reputation spread almost throughout Jiangxi. He came to ask me for tips on writing calligraphy, but I don’t have any tips on writing. However, although everything in the world is complicated and complicated, like mosquitoes gathering and flying away, I never let them linger in my heart and disturb my true energy. Therefore, I don’t care about pen and ink when writing. I can write on any paper I encounter. , just finish writing and enjoy it, and it doesn’t matter whether it is good or bad, or other people’s criticism and ridicule. Just like the wooden figures dancing to the beat, people marveled at his superb skills. After the performance, both the performers and the audience were as good as before. Youan, do you think what I said makes sense? Notes [1] You'an: The brother-in-law of Huang Tingjian, a famous scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty, who is now from Jiangxi. [2] Grass: cursive script. [3] The reputation of the Grass Saint wants to spread throughout Jiangxi: I want the reputation of the Grass Saint to fill Jiangxi. Cao Sheng is the honorific title given to masters of cursive calligraphy by the ancients. [4]Old Man: The author Huang Tingjian calls himself. [5] Wuwanyuan: It means there is no certain fate. [6] Rui: A blood-sucking insect. [7] Pinzao ridicule: good or bad comments. [8] Wooden man: Puppet man.