Learn from the past or the present? Mr. Qi Gong's point of view is very clear: if you study books, you must copy ancient posts and not learn from modern people. He said: "When writing a book, don't learn from others, especially those who have learned. Just cover your heart and look at it, so you can only be a scavenger of this famous family all your life. What is gleaning? People who take their own gains are often those who are not satisfied and want to give up. Or ask people when they decide what to do. Answer: the survival of the human ear. When he exists, it is easy to see his writing. "
Mr. Qi Gong thinks that people's calligraphy today is not suitable for learning, let alone looking at people's calligraphy today. Otherwise, he will "have a good mind and a unique vision" and be influenced by it to become someone's "scavenger". Why can't we start studying today? The reason is that the words of modern people are "those who are dissatisfied and want to give up." If we study their words as treasures and templates, we will certainly understand their shortcomings and problems. Mr. Qi believes that the words of modern celebrities are the product of the combination of the beauty of the ancients and their own diseases, and requires learners not to learn from modern people, but to learn from the inscriptions of the ancients. He said: "It is appropriate to read against ancient inscriptions, but not when reading, so the inscriptions are far away from me." Ancient paper and pen, and their application methods are different. What you can't learn is that you have your own way of doing things, and here you become a different face. Famous books are the product of the combination of the beautiful early days of the ancients and their own diseases. "
In the contemporary book world, there are many scholars, some studying ancient books, and some studying the so-called celebrities today, the latter is still quite a lot. Some of our calligraphy teachers, when compiling teaching materials, take their own calligraphy as an example instead of the model essays of ancient excellent inscriptions, which is very unacceptable. It is really a mistake not to let students learn the excellent classical works of ancient times, but to let them learn their own mistakes.
No matter what knowledge you learn, you must understand a very simple truth, that is, "take the law." Although we are trying to learn from the ancients, our understanding of them can only be superficial, let alone learn from them. Today's people learn from the ancients, and each has his own gains. It can be said that it is the product of the combination of the beauty of the ancients and their own diseases. Distinctive personality and outstanding style. We can use what we have learned to understand and analyze, make choices, gain and lose.
Mr. Qi Gong is a master of contemporary calligraphy. Since 1980s, many people have studied Mr. Qi Gong's calligraphy, and some people are quite similar to him. Mr. Qi joked that they all wrote better than him. But in fact, Mr. Qi is opposed to others learning from him. In a letter to Xu Liming, a young calligrapher, Mr. Qi Gong repeatedly expounded his views on this issue: "It is easy to write modern Chinese characters, because it is ink, and the tools he uses are not far from those I use. If you see his actual operation again, it will be easier. But I tell you: this method has advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that it can be completed quickly, get started quickly and get results quickly.
But the disadvantage is that you can't get rid of his habits (good habits or bad habits) all your life. So, I hope everyone will visit the ancient post station more ... "After seeing the handwritten words, Mr. Qi said in the letter:" It's very similar, but don't go again. Take the law, only get it; By the way, you are next. "I don't know who this is, because he is right and must listen to him. This is not my modesty, because it will be better if we learn from some ancient masters. It's easiest to look like a person now, but once you look like one, you can't get rid of it all your life, and it's too late to regret it later. "