There was a calligrapher Li Guangwen in Dong'a who opened a painting store on the north side of the old Construction Bureau. Zhou Guanglong became good friends with him over and over again. Encouraged by Liu Guangwen, Guanglong went to his calligraphy and painting studio to write for a while when he had free time. As he grows older and expands his experience, his handwriting becomes better and better. Gradually he became famous in the calligraphy world. Encouraged by Chairman Zhang Jun of the County Federation of Literary and Art Circles and calligraphy enthusiasts, Zhou Guanglong participated in a calligraphy class with Dong'a calligraphers Liu Guangwen, Jiang Dongming and others. It was during that study that the education of Mr. Zhang Xigeng, a member of the Chinese Calligraphy Association, had a great impact on his re-understanding of calligraphy. Zhou Guanglong was still very excited when talking about studying in the calligraphy training class of the Chinese Calligraphers Association. Once, Teacher Zhang Xigeng explained to students how to copy Su Dongpo's "Han Shi Tie". Mr. Zhang told Zhou Guanglong that if his handwriting on the fourth day was better than that on the third day, he would personally copy one for Guanglong. Encouraged by his teacher, Guanglong combined with Mr. Zhang's teachings, studied the copybooks carefully, and pondered carefully, not daring to slack off at all. "Han Shi Tie" is Su Dongpo's representative work in running script. The calligraphy throughout the text is full of ups and downs, radiant, unrestrained and unhurried. It is called "the third running script in the world". After repeated comparisons, copying over and over again, and comprehending with his heart, Guanglong suddenly had a new understanding of calligraphy. On the fourth day, seeing the obvious improvement in Guanglong's calligraphy, Mr. Zhang happily sat down and personally wrote a "Cold Food Post" for him. Zhou Guanglong was extremely grateful for this kind of encouragement.
After returning from studying, he began to calm down and pay more attention to copying famous paintings. I especially like the calligraphies of Er Wang and Sun Guoting.
He said: He likes the cleanness and neatness of Sun Guoting's calligraphy, without being pretentious, and he pays great attention to the characteristic of using strokes in a controlled way. I also admire Er Wang's calligraphy very much. The brush strokes of Er Wang: each stroke is not straight, but has rich changes. There are rich changes in the first and last strokes. The strokes may be short or long, with a hidden edge or an exposed edge. They are all curved, not just in one go, and are full of subtle changes in between. What Weng Fanggang calls "failing", Bao Shichen calls "making good use of music". The main strokes used are center strokes, and the use of side strokes in some characters such as "山" (山) and "Bao" (Bao) is also very obvious. In the structure of characters: different sizes, long or short, straight or leaning, all are determined by the shape and temperament of the characters. The lines of characters are not required to be vertical and symmetrical, and the spacing between lines is not required to be dense and uniform. This determines the quality of the calligraphy. The whole face is full of ups and downs and unpredictable. On the rules and regulations: This situation is related to the social trend of people pursuing natural and unrestrained at that time. After the Tang Dynasty, the pursuit of refinement and standardization made it difficult for such characters to appear.