When teenagers learn Chinese characters for the first time, they must first observe the font and know the manner. If you are embarrassed, your figure will not stretch. Or shrug your shoulders and bend over to explore your chest, or your movements are uncoordinated and inflexible, all of which are caused by insufficient blood and stagnation of your body. One of the reasons is heredity. As the saying goes, like father, like son, the body shape and expression of father and son will have a high degree of coincidence, and this problem of children will certainly be reflected in adults. Second, it is caused by acquired habits, including diet and the behavior influence of people around. As the saying goes, it's different. At this time, stippling training is the second, and the first thing is to adjust the teenager's figure to make it conform to the norms of stretching. What is the correct extension? Formally, in short, the hands are flat, the feet are parallel, the lips and teeth are connected, the abdomen is closed, the hips are bent, and the top of the head is freely extended. If you do this, teenagers will have a look. Then, you can operate flexibly by exercising your joints. When this kind of vigor comes up, you will feel natural and graceful. People will be fine, and then they will be trained in stippling. Calligraphy is a gentleman's practice.
When a teenager holds a pen for the first time, he must hold it hard and don't know how to relax. A person who speaks the truth means that his fingers should be hard, his palms should be empty and his speech should be concise. However, the so-called hard-working person does not use all his strength, but can only hold it, which is extremely light. Only in this way can people be in a relaxed state. As soon as people relax, qi and blood will live. At this point, learning Chinese characters has a wonderful effect on nourishing the soul. Therefore, the so-called palm deficiency should be based on looseness, deficiency, and reality. The essence of this writing is not unknown.
When learning Chinese characters, teenagers must sit or stand firmly, keep their necks straight, lean forward slightly through the rotation of their waists, and never adjust the distance between people and paper by bending down and probing. If the probe bends down, it will cause the body to dissipate qi stagnation, so learning Chinese characters becomes a laborious move, but it is not beautiful. At this time, the teacher should wake up the invigilator over and over again, and tell him to relax and correct when he sees his nervousness. I tell you calmly that the ups and downs of the painting are important and the structure is staggered. Over time, the written words will be generous and stretch, and the words are like people. At this point, we will not mislead other people's children, but build a pillar. It is said that mentoring relay is the lifeblood of culture, and it is the cultivation of adults to link the past with the future.
Excerpted from Introduction to Internal Work Writing
Introduction to internal calligraphy practice