"Eight-character method": What is "pen breaks and then rises"

The predecessors attached great importance to this point. Zhu, another calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty, said: "To write a book, you have to start again with a broken pen, and the pen has a beginning and an end. But it is easy to get up when the running script is broken, and it is difficult to understand when the cursive script is broken. It is well known that you can write a stroke after each stroke, which is easy to understand, but should you write cursive continuously? No, cursive scripts also need pens, so he said) learn to use pens from cursive scripts and find a pearl. " Finding pearls is the key and the key to calligraphy.

"Pen breaks and then rises" is a universal law of calligraphy, which is also applicable to cursive script. I'll explain it in detail when I talk about cursive script in the future. Now, if you are interested, you can read Sun's book Fractions first, which is why.

In short:

Beginners of calligraphy, the most common mistakes are:

If you don't use force when writing, you can't penetrate the back of the paper. This is "gone with the wind".

Writing without receiving a pen is continuous. This is "sliding".

"Gone with the wind" and "slippery" are both serious calligraphy diseases.

People nowadays are impatient and want to write as fast as lightning. It is wrong to write that breathing stops and blood pressure rises. The correct way is to take its place first. Pen, pen, explain clearly. Take your time.