This sentence comes from: Liu Gongquan, a folk story in China, practiced calligraphy.
Introduction to the story:
There is a white cloth cover hanging under a big locust tree in North Street, which reads "painting and calligraphy soup" in three Chinese characters. The font is vigorous and powerful, and the brushwork is vigorous and natural. There were many people under the tree, so he squeezed into the crowd to have a look. He was dumbfounded. I saw a black and thin old man, without arms, sitting barefoot on the ground, his left foot pressing the paper on the ground, his right foot picking up a handful of money and writing couplets leisurely.
Xiao Gongquan begged again and again, and the calligraphy and painting soup spread a piece of paper on the ground. He raised a pen on his right foot and wrote, "Write eight jars of water, and the inkstone is stained with black water. When you win hundreds of parents, you will get a phoenix in Yi Long. "
Calligraphy and painting soup said to Xiao Gongquan, "This is the secret of my writing. I have been writing with my feet since I was a child, and I have been practicing for more than fifty years. My family has a big vat that can hold eight barrels of water. Eight cylinders of water were used when grinding ink and practicing calligraphy. There is a waterlogging pool half an acre outside my wall. I wash the inkstone in the pool every day after I finish writing. The water in the pool is black.
Extended data:
Liu Gongquan is a summarizer and innovator of regular script. On the basis of learning and inheriting the regular script styles of Zhong You, Wang Xizhi and others, he read modern calligraphy, learned from Yan Zhenqing, absorbed his new ideas, and created his own unique "six-style" regular script, which was imitated by later generations and became one of the outstanding representatives of "Tang Shu Shang Fa".
His handwriting is even, thin and hard, and he pursues Wei Bei firmly. His stippling is crisp and beautiful, with thick bones and tight body. "Books are expensive, thin and hard, and the spirit is clear." Compared with his face, his regular script is slightly flat and thin, so it is called "Yan Gu".
Since the end of Tang Chaoyuan, Liu Gongquan's reputation has become higher and higher. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty especially cherished Mo Bao of Liu Gongquan. Liu Gongquan was called to the front of the temple, and the military commander ordered Simon Xuan Ji to hold the inkstone, and the Tang Dynasty envoy Cui Juyuan wrote it. Liu Gongquan wrote the cross of "Mrs. Wei's brushwork" on a piece of paper with a real book. On a piece of paper, he wrote eleven words, "A thousand words are true grass, the family law of Yongchun Temple".