Translation of Ou Yangxun's Eight Formulas

The original "eight tactics":

Three points are like stones falling from the top of the mountain.

L [vertical hook] is like the first month in the sky.

The span of 1000 miles is like a cloud.

What a long vine.

[Oblique hook] Jinsong hangs upside down and bends off the cliff.

【 Crosshook 】 Similar to a crossbow.

The sharp sword cut off the rhinoceros's horns.

\ [Si] A quilt is often written three times.

Be calm, be honest with each other, think about life and be happy. Virtual fist straight wrist, fingers in the palm, intention in front of the pen, thinking in the direction of words. Divide the room into white cloth and don't go to the side. Light ink will hurt the color of the gods, while thick ink will stagnate. Fat is outspoken, thin is explicit, does not hurt the soft underbelly, and is not angry. Four sides stop flat, there are eight sides, the length is appropriate, and the thickness is compromised. The mind is accurate and the density is accurate. The spirit of bones and muscles depends on its size. Don't be light-headed and heavy-tailed, short on the left and long on the right. Just like a person. It is called download, reflecting the east and bringing the west, and the spirit is harmonious. You can't do it without this little talk.

Eight tactical translations:

A dot is like a stone falling from the top of a mountain.

The hook is like a crescent moon in the sky.

It's like a stratus cloud stretching thousands of miles.

It is like a vine that has withered for thousands of years.

The hook hangs upside down on the cliff like a vigorous pine tree.

Cross hooks are like strong crossbows, ready to go.

If rhinoceros horns and horns are cut off by a sword.

Within one stroke, the pen tip moves three times.

With a clear mind and steady thinking, learners should keep a correct posture, keep a solemn expression, pick up a pen, their thoughts will sprout and they will be interested in inkstone.

When writing, the heart should be empty, the wrist should be straight, the five fingers should work hard together, and the palm should have enough space.

Before ideas are written on paper, words are shaped with ideas. Don't distort strokes and spaces unevenly.

Too light ink will damage the look and feel of words, and too thick ink will inevitably lag the pen. The word fat will appear dull, and too thin will show bones and muscles.

Don't let words hurt your weakness, and you don't have to be angry.

The words should be properly arranged up, down, left and right, and should be rich in eight aspects.

The word length is natural and reasonable, and the pen is moderate in weight. There are certain rules in my mind, and the density and skew of each word should be adjusted.

Think of Chinese characters as a living whole with the spirit of bones and muscles, so the font size should be natural, not light in the head and heavy in the tail, not short in the left and long in the right.

The dynamics of Chinese characters are like people, either oblique or positive. We should not only take care of the support on the lower side, but also move the pen eastward to echo the west. In this way, the tolerance of words will be harmonious and harmonious, and the spirit will be chic and detached.

What is unattainable in calligraphy art to understand this profound and implicit speech?