Monk Huai Su, a great calligrapher in Tang Dynasty, wrote well in cursive script. He has been practicing calligraphy under extremely difficult conditions since he was a child, and he has never been discouraged (něi). Huai Su was born in a poor family when he was a teenager, and was sent to a temple by his family to become a monk. But Huai Su, who is studious by nature, besides reciting, loves calligraphy very much. Seeing that Huai Su loves calligraphy so much, my brother gave him a writing brush.
Huai Su used banana leaves as paper and the ash and water under the iron pot as ink to learn calligraphy. Later, in order to practice calligraphy with plantain leaves, Huai Su planted a large number of plantains outside the garden. In winter, Huai Su also found a thick board to make a lacquer dish and wrote on it. After a long time, he even brushed the paint dishes.
2. Liu Gongquan
Liu Gongquan was often criticized by his teacher and father for his poor handwriting when he was a child. He listened to their teachings with an open mind. After a year of hard work, his calligraphy has made great progress and was praised by the teacher. The number of praises has increased, and Liu Gongquan also feels great. One day, Liu Gongquan and several friends held a big print writing competition.
He quickly wrote an article, thinking that he would definitely win the championship, and his face showed a smug look. An old man selling tofu saw that Liu Gongquan was so immodest and wanted to throw some cold water on him. He went up to him and said, "There is a man who writes with his feet in Huayuan City, and he writes better than you." Liu Gongquan was a little unconvinced and arrived at Huayuan City early the next morning.
He saw with his own eyes that the old man with a broken arm was pressing the paper lying on the ground with his left foot, and his right foot was holding a writing brush. He was writing couplets while flying, and the words he wrote were many times better than those he didn't know. He calmed down and thought his little achievements were nothing. He sincerely said to the armless old man, "Liu Gongquan is willing to worship you as a teacher and ask the teacher to tell the students the secret of writing."
The armless old man pondered for a moment and wrote him four sentences: "Write eight jars of water, and the inkstone will blacken the waterlogged pool, and the dragon and phoenix will win over a hundred parents before flying." The old man explained, "This is the secret of my writing. I have practiced writing with my feet for more than 50 years. I used eight cylinders of water mill ink to practice calligraphy. After writing every day, I wash the inkstone in a pond of half an acre, and the water in the pond is dyed black.
However, there are unexpected events in the sky, and there are thousands of waters in Qian Shan. My handwriting is still far from perfect! "Liu Gongquan firmly remember the old man's words. Since then, he has practiced calligraphy more diligently. He collected many ancient calligraphers' words, pondered them repeatedly and absorbed the strengths of various schools. He often visited the famous calligraphers at that time and asked for advice modestly.
He also often looks for classmates, relatives and strangers to point out his shortcomings in calligraphy. Liu Gongquan studied tirelessly in the field of calligraphy and finally became a famous calligrapher at that time.
3. Mimi?
When he was a child, Mifei didn't make progress in practicing calligraphy, and his husband scolded him. "You can only go home and herd cattle!" From then on, Mifei was angry and learned calligraphy. One day, Mi Fei went to consult a famous scholar. The scholar turned Mi Fei's words over and threw them aside, saying, "If you want me to teach you to write, you must buy me a piece of paper with five taels of silver to write."
Miffy was dumbfounded. Where can I afford such expensive paper? But he was eager to learn Chinese characters and gritted his teeth and agreed. Miffy's family is not rich, but his mother can't stand his pleading, so she has to give him all the jewelry she has. Mi Fei received five taels of silver, thinking that he could buy a piece of paper for the scholar. The scholar took the money, gave Mi Fei a piece of paper and said, "Write well." .
Miffy read the examination paper over and over again, but didn't dare to write on such expensive paper easily, so she studied the copybook carefully and thought about the shelf and pen of every word. At noon, the scholar saw that Mi Fei was still sitting there immersed in the copybook, but he didn't write a word on the paper, so he asked, "Why don't you write?" ?
Miffy was startled and woke up like a dream. He murmured, "Paper is too expensive ..." The scholar asked, "Do you dare to write a word for me?" ? Miffy took the pen and meditated for a long time. He wrote the word "forever", which is both like the words on the post and not exactly like it. The scholar nodded with satisfaction.
He said to Miffy: "Writing is not just writing, but also being tempted. You should not only observe its shape, but also understand its spirit. This is the key to writing. " Hearing this, Miffy understood everything and nodded repeatedly. When he left, the scholar gave him a small cloth bag and told him to open it when he got home.
Miffy came home and opened the bag, ah! It turned out to be five taels of silver for paper, and he was moved to tears. Later, Mi Fei left these five taels of silver to commemorate the scholar's painstaking teaching. ?
4. Ou Yangxun
Ou Yangxun, a great calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, was born in Linxiang, Chenzhou (now Changsha, Hunan). He practiced calligraphy very hard, learned from others, mastered eight kinds of calligraphy, and became his own family, known as "European style". On one occasion, when he returned from a mission, he rode through a field and found a stone tablet written by Suo Jing, a calligrapher of the Western Jin Dynasty, in the messy grass. He stopped to watch for a long time, unwilling to leave.
After a few miles, I came back, dismounted and sat in front of the tablet to watch carefully, and realized the beauty of Suo Jing's cursive script. That night, he returned to his residence and stayed up all night thinking about the stone tablet he saw during the day.
The next day, at dawn, he rode to the stone tablet again, pondered it over and spread out the paper. In this way, he kept by the stone tablet for three days and three nights, and he was glad to leave until Suo Jing's cursive script was comprehensive and clear.
5. Wang Xizhi
Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, is known as the "sage of books". When Wang Xizhi was about five or six years old, Mrs. Bai Wei studied calligraphy for her teacher. His calligraphy has made rapid progress. At the age of seven, he was famous in the local area for his writing, which was very popular and praised by his predecessors. When Wang Xizhi was 1 1, he read The Story of the Pen, which only adults could understand.
He got up every morning and practiced writing in the dark according to the method described in Pen Shuo. He was fascinated. After a while, I looked at my handwriting, and there were some changes compared with what I wrote before. One day, his teacher, Mrs. Wei, was taken aback and said to people:
"The child must have seen the secret of calligraphy. I found that his calligraphy has recently reached the level of an adult. If this continues, this child's future achievements in calligraphy will definitely drown my reputation. " Wang Xizhi was not complacent because of the teacher's praise. He worked harder and harder, even forgetting to eat and sleep.
Once at lunch, bookish, he brought his favorite garlic paste and steamed bread and urged him to eat it quickly several times. He still didn't even look up, as if he didn't hear, absorbed in reading posts and writing. The meal was cold, so Jibang had to ask Wang Xizhi's mother to persuade him to eat. Mother came to the study, only to find Xihe holding a steamed bread stained with ink and sending it to her mouth, making her mouth black.
It turned out that when Xi Zhi was eating steamed stuffed buns, he was still looking at the words and thinking about how to write them in his mind. As a result, he mistook the ink for garlic. Mother couldn't help laughing when she saw this scene. Wang Xizhi still doesn't know what's going on
Hearing his mother's laughter, he also said, "garlic smells good today!" " Wang Xizhi persisted for decades, studied hard, kept posting, and practiced very solid kung fu, which laid the foundation and paved the way for his future development.