The reason why you become more sophisticated as you get older is your attentive and serious attitude.
Wen Zhengming copied the "Thousand-Character Classic" (an old enlightenment reading book) and wrote ten books every day as a standard, and his calligraphy quickly improved. I never take care of my writing. Sometimes when I reply to a letter to someone and I am a little dissatisfied, I will change it again and again without getting bored. Therefore, his calligraphy became more and more exquisite as he got older.
Wen Zhengming copied "The Thousand-Character Essay", starting with ten copies a day, and the book made great progress. Throughout my life, I have never been sloppy in writing, or answered people's simple notes, rarely paying attention, but I will never tire of changing them over and over again, so the older I get, the more sophisticated they become.
Wen Zhengming’s practice of calligraphy was published in Ma Zonghuo’s "Shu Lin Ji Shi" in the Qing Dynasty, which narrates the story of Wen Zhengming, one of the "Four Talents in Wuzhong", who studied hard, persevered and meticulously practiced calligraphy. The story warns us that if we give up halfway, we will achieve nothing in the end. Only by being down-to-earth and persevering can we succeed.
The author Wen Zhengming lived from 1470 to 1559. His original name was Bi and his courtesy name was Zhengming. At the age of forty-two, he began to use the character Xing and changed the character Zhengzhong. Because he was born in Hengshan, he was named Hengshan Jushi, and was known as "Wen Hengshan" in the world. He was a painter, calligrapher, poet and writer in the Ming Dynasty. Han nationality, from Changzhou (now Suzhou, Jiangsu).
Wen Zhengming posted "Wen Wen" and wrote ten books every day as a standard, and his calligraphy improved rapidly. He has never been careless about writing in his life. Sometimes when someone replies to a letter and is a little dissatisfied, he must rewrite it over and over again without fear of trouble. Therefore, his calligraphy became more exquisite and beautiful as he got older.