What does it mean to lick the pen and cut the volume?

Licking the pen and cutting the volume is a writing method. What's the difference between them? Their definitions will be introduced in detail below. Curling refers to inadvertently dropping ink on the paper of calligraphy works, or making the paper dirty. This statement comes from the previous imperial examinations. The imperial examination papers are not allowed to be smeared, in order to prevent cheating in marking. The act of smearing an examination paper is called cutting. According to the provisions of the imperial examination, all papers will be considered invalid. Later this term was used in calligraphy. Licking the pen means that the writing brush will dry up after a long time without using it. It is impossible to write well with an ink pen, and no matter how hard the pen is, it can cut rice paper. Therefore, if you want to write a good hand quickly, you must take a bite with your lips and teeth before inking, so that the hair of the brush can quickly spread and wet. This is the so-called "licking the pen". "Lick the pen", don't use your mouth, just wrap the pen tip with waste paper and twist it open. In ancient times, there was a special small stationery called "licking pen", which could be used to tidy up the pen shape.