Formula: thumb and forefinger pinch, middle finger hook the sky inward, ring finger outward, and little finger help you not to rest. Fingers are empty, wrists are flat.
Five-finger writing is a calligraphy term and one of the ways to hold a pen. It was handed down by Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi and summarized by Lu Xisheng in the Tang Dynasty (from China Dictionary of Ancient Cultural Knowledge). The Song Dynasty's "Xuan He Shu Pu Ru Su Tie" contains: "There are few brushwork in ancient rare books, but Tang Luxi got it in a holy way. The five characters are: Yi, Gambling, Hook, Ge and Di. It is said that there are two kings, Si and Li. "
Fingering essentials
The five-character writing method is to summarize the functions of the five fingers with the words "one", "pledge", "hook", "case" and "ground". It emphasizes that the five fingers perform their duties, cooperate with each other, write smoothly, and make the pen move flexibly up and down, left and right.
The essentials of five-finger writing are: real finger, palm deficiency, palm vertical, wrist flat and straight tube.
Refers to the reality, that is, the fingers should have the power to hold the pen tube, the outer four fingers should be close together, and the joints should be outward, dense but not loose. Special attention should be paid to make the middle joint of the medial thumb protrude outward, make the tiger's mouth round like a stirrup, and make the five fingers work together, which is not only solid and powerful, but also helpful for writing. Keep the pen elastic and moderate. Too tight, not working properly; It's too loose to work. Only by pointing to reality can we achieve "no weakness, no ink overflow, concentrated attention and stable writing."
Palm deficiency means that when writing, the palm should be empty, the fingers should not be bent, and the ring finger and little finger should not be attached to the palm, as if holding an egg in your hand. The gap between thumb and forefinger should be wider. In this way, the pen can be steady and flexible. The purpose of palm deficiency is to relax the muscles and bones of the palm, otherwise the fingers and wrists will be stiff and tense, which is not conducive to writing.
The palm is upright, that is, the palm should be as upright as possible when writing. Only when the palm is upright can it be straight, and only when it is straight can it be straight. The front line is regular, full of potential and running freely. Otherwise, the pen tube will be skewed, the strokes will be skewed, and the strokes will easily become skewed.
Wrist level means that the wrist should be parallel to the desktop. Kang Youwei said: "If you want to do your best, you must stand flat on your wrist." Because when writing, the power is transmitted to the pen tip through the wrist. In order to facilitate wrist movement, the wrist should be flat. Wrist and palm are interrelated. Straight tube leads to forward straightness, which is closely related to wrist movement and palm verticality. Palm upright, wrist flat, straight tube straight forward, combined with hanging elbow pen, both flexible and powerful. Because the key to writing is wrist strength.
Keep the pen straight and try to keep the pen tube vertical when writing, so that the strokes are easy to stay in the center. However, in the specific process of carrying pens, the pen tube sometimes has to be tilted. What is important is that it is inclined, it can be straight and its center of gravity is stable.