What angle does the spirit of flesh and blood refer to in calligraphy?

Jing Jie, a famous painter of the Five Dynasties, said in Bi Tan: "Every stroke has four potentials, namely, muscle, flesh, bone and qi. The pen is the only constant, called the tendon; The ups and downs become a reality, which is called meat; Life and death are just called bones; The trace painting is unbeaten, which is called qi. "

Specifically understood as:

Gentleness means meaning. The heart comes, born in front of the pen, walking at the end of the pen. When the pen is broken, the meaning is connected, while the pen is coherent. It can be said that before writing, words have become a thing in the chest. When writing, heart and mind, mind and pen, pen and trace are the same, which can be described as arbitrary. Therefore, if you want to train your muscles, you must understand the changes and structural layout of calligraphy in order to create perfect works.

Meat, shape also. The so-called ups and downs come true, that is, the form of each word, and the works formed by the structure of each word must be ups and downs, colorful and vivid. To achieve high and low cadence, opening and closing moderately, sharp but not sharp, sparse but not weak, slow but not engraved, disease but not empty, with content and life. Therefore, if there is meat, it is required that the skills of writing must be delicate, must conform to the heart, be shaped, be smooth and natural, and need long-term practice.

Bone, degree also. To "do what should be done and stop what should be stopped." There are limits to the line, stop, illness, slow, light and heavy strokes. Too strong is weak. You can't hesitate about the direction of every word. The coherence of the whole article cannot be retreated. If it is done in one go and measured properly, it will be perfect. Bone practitioners need to strengthen their comprehensive grasp of each word and the whole article.

Angry people have souls. It can also be said that it is the author's style. Practicing calligraphy must have its own characteristics, so as to show its spirit, otherwise it will be vulgar to fall behind others. People who practice Qi can't succeed without innovation. Don't be limited to their predecessors, but surpass them. But you should lay a solid foundation for practicing qi. Only when you are familiar with the works of predecessors and masters, and when you have a powerful and fleshy brush, can you think creatively and create a new reality, and calligraphy is not difficult to achieve.

Learning books is like this, but being a man is not necessarily like this. Over the years, although I haven't practiced this word, I have learned a little about being a man. You can't be a man without muscles, you must live a principled and ambitious life; Being a man without meat, living with content and applause; You can't be boneless, you have to live a well-founded and temperate life; Can't be dead, live high, live a style.