(1) Copying is done directly or covered with a piece of translucent paper, and the strokes are traced on the copybook;
(2) Drawing in red is done directly in the printed red (some are hollow) Drawing strokes on the copybook; tracing red is actually a kind of imitation;
(3) Imitation is to face the copybook and write in other places according to the strokes of the copybook.
Copying is also used as a model. Refers to describing according to a pattern; generally refers to describing. The quote comes from the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Biography of Cai Yong": "When the stele was first erected, those who observed and copied it would spend more than a thousand days in cars, filling the streets." Generally speaking, learning calligraphy involves copying first and then writing.
Extended information:
Copy the quotation and explain it
(1) Draw according to the example. Song Dynasty Zhao Delin's poem "Shang Diao Butterfly Loves Flowers": "Although I have painted its shape, I don't know if it can be done like this?"? Zhou Libo's "Literacy Zhiyi": "The second daughter-in-law of the He family read it while using a pencil to write in the small box. Write it down in a serious way in the book."
(2) Description; depiction. The poem "Happy Liu Jingwen Arrival" by Su Shi of the Song Dynasty: "I copied the new poems after farewell skillfully, and I knew Qiantang Lake was in my sleeves." The poem "Visiting Huanghua Mountain" by Jin Yuanhaowen: "I took an occasional trip yesterday, and I find it difficult to copy." ?
Qing Dynasty Zhao Yi's "Oubei Poetry Talk·Zha Chubai's Poems": "Copying the scenery and speaking it clearly is the other skill." Xu Nianci's "Yu Zhi's Novel View": "And In order to copy the status of today's family and the phenomenon of society, which we are familiar with, why bother to elaborate on it?"
(3) Plan accordingly. "Ode to the Western Expedition" by Pan Yue of the Jin Dynasty: "At this time, it was to imitate the old prosperity and create a new city. Therefore, the company was relocated, and the elm was moved. The streets were all the same, and the courtyards followed each other."
(4) Rubbing. Feng Yan of the Tang Dynasty wrote "Feng's Hearings and Seeings·Yishan": "The people of the city were tired of paying for their lives, so they gathered their firewood under it. It was burned by wild fire, so it was incomplete and could not be copied."
Reference materials: Baidu Encyclopedia - Copy