Zhiyong, the grandson of the Seven Books Sage, inherited his family's studies, and Wang Ti was the new moon. The book saint's original collection, if you want to enter the door of the king, wisdom and courage are the right way.
First, it's empty. In calligraphy, it is extremely important to start and close the pen. It is a major feature of Wang Ti to raise a pen and close it, and Zhiyong's calligraphy is even more typical. As far as brushwork is concerned, real books are also cut into paper with bare hands, which is different from Tang Kai. Wang Shu's elegance is related to this.
Second, press. Most calligraphers in ancient and modern times are interested in writing, such as "sliding", "painting sand with a cone", "leaking marks" and "moth-eaten leaves", all of which discuss writing with the emphasis on horizontal writing. But the horizontal direction of the brush is inseparable from the vertical direction of the pen. There is the concept of vertical lifting, but it is not discussed much. When I was practicing calligraphy today, I suddenly realized that lifting and pressing are not separate, and the second is a high degree of unity. The deformation of the pen tip has a great relationship with lifting, and it often dies when pressed, and is empty when lifted. This requires a writing tool that keeps the elasticity of fingers and wrists within a controlled height range by lifting and pressing, and forms a whole with the elasticity of the brush. This gives me a deeper understanding of the elasticity of the brush. No matter how elastic the brush is, it may have absolute resilience. Controlling the brush is to exert its elasticity as much as possible. The elasticity of brush is the material basis of its vitality. It's kind of like playing the piano. Keystroke won't kill you, but you will get what you want. Only in this way can the sound quality and continuity be controlled. I believe that to a certain extent, hands and wrists are the "dragon-dropping trees" that really activate the brush.
In fact, hard pen calligraphy is good, and the strokes are both rigid and soft. How did "softness" come out? Definitely not from a hard pen, but from a finger (maybe a little wrist). The difference between a hard pen and a writing brush is that the hard pen can be pressed safely, and the writing brush must have a "degree" press. Brush strokes are tightrope walking on the elasticity of the pen.