Cai Yong's "pen theory" the original:
The books are scattered. If you want a book, you have to put it down, put it down, and then write. If forced, Zhongshan Rabbit is luxurious, but it is not good. Husband's book, first sit quietly and meditate, feel at ease, say nothing, get angry and lose interest, and be mysterious and colorful. If it's for the supreme, it's all wrong.
For the text of a book, it must conform to its shape. If you sit and walk, if you fly, if you come, if you lie down, if you are sad and happy, if the insect eats leaves of wood, if the sword is long, if the bow is strong and the arrow is hard, if it is fire and water, if it is fog, if it is sun and moon. Only those with images can be called books.
Cai Yong s Translation of Bi Tan;
Writing a book is an idle thing. To make a book, first relax and indulge your feelings, and then make a book. If it is forced by business, even a pen as good as Zhongshan Rabbit can't write well. Generally speaking, when writing a book, you should first sit still and think, be comfortable, don't talk to people, be calm and concentrate, just like facing the emperor, so there is no problem in writing it.
The principle of writing a book is to have the image of a book in your mind. Such as sitting, flying, moving, coming, lying down, worrying, eating leaves, long swords, strong bows, hard arrows, fire and water, clouds, the sun and the moon. Only when there is something to symbolize vertically and horizontally can it be called calligraphy.
Cai Yong's Notes on Writing? :?
1, three: express delivery. Here refers to the expression of the book's thoughts and feelings, that is, the so-called "temperament, generosity, style, but see the person." ?
2, scattered arms: meaning not disturbed by secular distractions.
3. Arbitrariness: Let the imagination gallop in the field of life. ?
4. Zhongshan Exemption: The pen made by Zhongshan Rabbit. Generally refers to the best pen. ?
5. Supreme: the supreme emperor. ?
6. Vertical and horizontal: refers to the whole word potential. ?
7.Image: image, as a verb in this sentence.