Ou Yangxun is clever and diligent. He has read several lines at the same time. When he was a teenager, he was proficient in Historical Records, Hanshu, Dongguan Han Ji, especially calligraphy, almost to the point of obsession.
It is said that Ou Yangxun once rode out and happened to see a stone tablet written by Suo Jing, a famous calligrapher in Jin Dynasty. He rode on a horse and observed it carefully for a while before leaving.
But just after a few steps, I couldn't help but get off the horse and watch. I didn't want to leave, so I just laid a blanket and sat down and tried to figure it out again and again. Finally, I sat next to the monument for three days before I left.
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Ou Yangxun is not only a great calligrapher, but also a calligraphy theorist. He summed up eight methods of practicing and learning Chinese characters in his long-term calligraphy practice.
Ou Yangxun's Tactics of Teaching Calligraphy, Theory of Using Calligraphy, Eight Methods and Thirty-six Methods are all summaries of his own experience in learning calligraphy, which specifically summarize the formal skills and aesthetic requirements of calligraphy, such as using calligraphy, structure and composition, and are a precious legacy of calligraphy theory, China.