The "five-finger pen-holding method" is to hold the pen firmly with all five fingers of the right hand by means of "pressing, pressing, hooking, pushing and extending", so that the fingers can perform their respective duties. The specific method of holding the pen is: the inside of the first book of the thumb presses the side of the pen holder, and the thumb is in a slightly horizontal lateral state. Press the pen from the outside to the inside at the first or second joint of the index finger. The middle finger is next to the index finger and hooks the pen. The ring finger is close to the middle finger, and the root of the first nail is close to the pen to resist the pressing force of the index finger and the middle finger. Press the little finger under the inside of the ring finger to help. In this way, the strength of the five fingers evenly surrounds the three sides of the pen, making the pen fixed and the palm empty. The same is the five-finger pen-holding method, which forms many forms because of the opening and closing of the hand lattice, whether the pen is held at the fingertip or at the second joint of the finger. The ancients called it "phoenix eye", "tiger's mouth" and "goose's head" and so on.
Second, pillow wrist, wrist hanging, elbow hanging
Pillow wrist pillow wrist is a writing method in which the wrist of a pen is placed on a table or on the back of the left hand. There is also a kind of bamboo called "handrail", which is used to let go and is usually used in summer. Because it is easy to sweat in summer, the sweat on your hands is easy to wet the paper. Pillow-wrist brush calligraphy is suitable for writing small characters or one-inch square middle characters because the wrist is leaning on the table, but it is difficult to move because the wrist is dead. To write bigger words, you have to write in a hanging bowl.
Hanging the wrist hanging the wrist is a writing method in which the wrist holding the pen is suspended, leaving the desktop and the elbow (the movable part protruding from the joint between the upper arm and the forearm) still leaning against the desk. In this way, the range of motion of the wrist is larger than that of the pillow wrist method, and the arm and elbow joint are still leaning on the table, which is relatively stable, and you can write in block letters of two or three inches. Write couplets or broken Chinese characters by hanging your elbow.
Hanging elbows and hanging elbows is a method of writing brush characters with all arms suspended. This method is the best way to write, no matter whether it is big or small, it can be used freely without any obstacles. It is also a common method used by calligraphers. Miti, a great calligrapher in the Song Dynasty, even used the elbow hanging method to write fine print, which shows his deep skill. Of course, novices don't have to do this.