Let me tell you this, the relationship between hard pen and soft pen can be understood as a subordinate relationship. You may even doubt whether a person with a good hard pen can write calligraphy (soft pen); but a good soft pen Basically, you won't be disappointed. I have come into contact with many calligraphy (brush) people and enthusiasts - including myself - and the common phenomenon is that their hard-pen calligraphy is beautiful, but few people have actually learned hard-pen calligraphy.
If you have a solid foundation in calligraphy, you will have a charm in it without having to practice hard writing. Even if you don’t know how to write with a hard pen, you have already mastered the structure of the font itself, the response between words, and the ups and downs of the entire paragraph. This is the so-called charm of calligraphy. With Shen Yun, you can completely ignore the hard-pen calligraphy techniques, or even come up with your own unique approach. Just like cursive writing, what is calligraphy? There is no brushwork, Shen Yun is the brushwork. At that time, the elephant will be invisible and the great sound will be heard.
I say all this because I hope that when you practice calligraphy, if time allows, start with a soft pen first, so that you can have both form and spirit. No matter how good your hard pen is, if you have never explored the charm of soft pen calligraphy, it can only be regarded as tangible but not spiritual.