What does it mean to sit in the second direction?

"Zuo Yi Xin Xiang" is an ancient calligraphy term, which originated from the annotation of Shuo Wen Jie Zi. According to a certain rule, the letter "B" is tiled up and down according to the Oracle Bone Inscriptions pattern to form a "sitting and lying" state, and then the strokes of "X", dot, horizontal and vertical are tiled at the upper and lower ends of the letter "B" in turn. When the whole composition is completed as required, readers will find that the word "letter" is naturally smooth and beautiful. Therefore, people call this way of composition "sitting backwards".

"Sitting backwards" is not only a way of calligraphy composition, but also a spiritual connotation. This method requires calligraphers to integrate their feelings in composition and personal will and feelings into strokes, so as to achieve the realm of expressing the mind through calligraphy. At the same time, this composition method is also helpful to improve the calligrapher's brushwork and aesthetic level, and make calligraphy works more beautiful and moving.

"Sitting in the right direction" is still widely used in modern calligraphy. Especially in the works of some traditional calligraphy masters, we can find many works that use this composition method. In addition, "sitting opposite to show sympathy" is also considered as the expression of "the way of neutralization" in calligraphy. It fully expresses the spiritual connotation of "harmony but difference" in China traditional culture through the pursuit of harmonious aesthetic feeling of pen and ink.