, here is Yan Zhenqing's words, dare to ask the great god of long history to write with a pen, can you smell it? "
Zhang Xu didn't give him a direct explanation, but told a story.
He said that the brushwork of being a teacher came from my old uncle Lu Yanyuan. What needs to be explained here is that Lu Yanyuan is both Zhang Xu's uncle and Lu Jianzhi's son, while Lu Jianzhi is both Yu Shinan's student and his nephew. Besides, Chu Suiliang is also a student of Yu Shinan, which means that Lu Jianzhi and Chu Suiliang are disciples. In other words, Chu Suiliang is Lu Yanyuan's great-uncle, because he is younger than Lu Jianzhi.
Then Zhang Xu preached that my uncle once said that he had practiced calligraphy with his father Lu Jianzhi for many years and spent a lot of time. Although he studied hard and got the brushwork, he always felt that his handwriting was not "wonderful". The so-called "extraordinary" means extraordinary and beyond the ordinary; "Miao" is naturally wonderful. In other words, he believes that his calligraphy has never reached the unspeakable perfection. In fact, calligraphy is not about words, but there is a kind of meaning outside words, which can be called wonderful. The trouble of Lu Yanyuan is that he just writes beautifully. It is this problem that bothers him.
One day, Lu Yanyuan was thinking hard about why his handwriting was not wonderful. He inadvertently raised his head and happened to meet Chu Suiliang standing in front of him. Lu Yanyuan immediately seized the opportunity to ask Chu Suiliang for advice. Lu Yanyuan said that I have been practicing calligraphy for many years. Why can't I enter a wonderful place like you? Chu Suiliang gave a long chant behind his back with his hand and said a word-use a pen like Yin Yinni. He dropped these eight words and turned away. However, Lu Yanyuan did not understand his own problems, but added these eight inscrutable words, which made him even more confused. Yin Yinni is a famous term in the history of China's calligraphy. From the Tang Dynasty to the present, the debate about it has never stopped, and the understanding of it is fair and reasonable, and there is no conclusion. I think Liu Yanyuan was very confused at that time and was full of doubts about what Shi Shu said.
One day, Lu Yanyuan and some friends went to an island in the middle of the river to play. While others are climbing mountains, swimming and flapping butterflies, he is absorbed in what Yin Yinni is. Unconsciously walked to the water's edge and squatted down. At this moment, Lu Yanyuan suddenly realized. In the Twelve Meanings of Zhang Changshi's Writing Style, there is such a record: "When encountering sand, reading is pleasant." "Yi Yue" means joy in my heart; "Desire for books" refers to a strong desire to write in the sand. So, "I painted with sharp edges and wrote a book." Lu Yanyuan took an object as sharp as an awl and drew a picture in the sand. This painting opened the door to China's calligraphy. Then he wrote, "Its strength and danger are clear and attractive", and the lines drawn in the sand are clean and bright. In this way, Lu Yanyuan realized that "painting sand with strokes is like painting a cone". So he told the story to Zhang Xu, and then Zhang Xu relayed it to Yan Zhenqing. Zhang Xu said that this is the "magic pen". If you can master the "cone painting sand", you can naturally compete with the ancients.
Su Shi is a school of his own. In fact, he knows calligraphy best. His realm is beyond my imagination. This is also a kind of natural calligraphy.