In fact, there are two realms of calligraphy: one is to write well; the other is to become a calligrapher. I can write well, Liu style is better, but it’s not easy to master the method of using the pen, I can’t learn it well, I have a whole body of problems! I have taught many students, and some of them had learned calligraphy from others before learning calligraphy from me. The more I read it, the more I discovered a lot of flaws. Let me just talk about one thing, that is, how to learn Liu Gongquan’s strength. There is a jargon in the calligraphy world: the god of Yan Jin, Liu Gu and Xi. It is said: The appearance of the body is excellent for its rich muscles, the willow body is excellent for the strengthening of the bones, and Wang Xizhi's appearance is the best in the world from ancient times to the present! So what's wrong with people who learn Liu Ti? The biggest problem is: it is either dry, or it is cattle bones, or it is firewood; in short, it is too many strokes, and every stroke is stroked at the beginning and end. You can imagine what the characters will be like. Many teachers who teach calligraphy in normal schools learn from Yan Liu, but they don’t learn enough. The children they teach also have many pauses in pen writing, with protruding shoulders, and they have to pause the pen to start and stop every horizontal stroke. It's like the twists and turns of a pen. Calligraphy pays attention to "counter-in and level-out", but it's not like this. I really want to teach calligraphy classes in normal schools, so that those who are going to be teachers will not mislead their children. If you are a calligrapher, whether you write in Liu style or not is another matter. It’s not that Liu Ti is not good, it’s just that many people learn it incorrectly. Let’s talk about Liu Gongquan. Liu Gongquan, courtesy name Chengxuan, was originally from Jingzhaohua (Shaanxi). His younger brother Liu Gongchuo's poems were collected in "Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty". Liu Gongquan studied Confucian classics throughout his life, and was especially proficient in "Poems", "Books", "Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals", "Guoyu", and "Zhuangzi", and he also knew music. In the early years of Yuanhe, he was promoted to Jinshi. Because his calligraphy was very good, Emperor Mu Zong of the Tang Dynasty said when he saw him: "I saw your calligraphy in the Buddhist hall, and I have wanted to see you for a long time." Shame on the gentry. This official passed through the three generations of Mu, Jing and Wenzong. One day, Mu Zong met with Liu Gongquan and asked him about the method of using the pen. Liu Gongquan said a very famous saying: "If the heart is upright, the pen will be upright, and it can be followed." This remark is a widely circulated "pen admonishment" in the history of Chinese calligraphy, which shows that it is A man of integrity. During the reign of Emperor Wenzong, he was a scholar of Zhongshu Sheren and served as a bachelor of Hanlin imperial edicts, but he still served as a scholar in the palace. Wenzong was very good with him and often talked until late at night; he also praised his literary excellence: "Cao Zijian can write a poem in seven steps, Liu Gong can do it in three steps!" The two once joined forces with Wenzong, "Everyone is suffering from the heat, but I love the long summer"; Liu Gong received "The fuming wind comes from the south, leaving a lingering coolness in the palaces and pavilions." After trying to write five-inch characters on the wall of the palace, Wenzong thought that even if King Zhong was resurrected, it would not be an exaggeration. Liu Gongshi was the emperor of the Five Dynasties. Wuzong was already very old; Yizong died in the early years of Xiantong, and became the crown prince and Taibao at the age of eighty-eight. The most taboo thing about calligraphy: the shape is like an operator. It's the size of an abacus bead. This was the case with the Taige style during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. But that's talking about calligraphy. If you're talking about writing, it's very beautiful. After all, neatness is also a standard. Kang Youwei said in "Guangyi Zhou Shuangji": "Respect the stele and belittle the Tang Dynasty". The stele refers to the Han stele, the Northern Dynasties epitaph (North stele), and the Sui stele; needless to say, the Beitang stele. Of course, this only refers to calligraphy, not good calligraphy. In general, learning calligraphy is the opposite of writing good calligraphy! in this way.