"Words cannot be written in a hundred days", which means that when it comes to writing, you can see results as long as you persist in practicing for a hundred days.
This sentence comes from the "Preface to the Twelve Chapters of the Theory of Brushstrokes" written by Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty: "A scholar with an intention can see his merits in two months; a person without spirituality can know his roots in a hundred days." "That is to say, you need to stick to it for at least two or three months to get started with writing skills before you can gain anything.
But there is another explanation. Writing cannot be practiced in just a hundred days, and there is no quick fix for writing.
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When Liu Gongquan was a child, he was very smart, loved calligraphy, and could write well. He often showed off in front of others, always thinking that his writing was already very good. One day, Liu Gongquan held a "Book Party" with a few friends. An old man selling tofu saw it and felt that the child was too proud, so he frowned and said, "The writing is not good, it looks like my tofu." Just like that, you are so weak and have no muscles or bones. Is it worth boasting in front of others?" When the young man heard this, he said unhappily: "If you have the ability, write a few words for me to see."
The old man smiled and said: "I don't dare, I don't dare, I am a rough man and can't write well. But there are people who can write much better with their feet than you! If you don't believe it, go to the city Come and have a look inside."
The next day, Xiao Gongquan woke up at midnight and went to the city alone. As soon as he entered the city, he saw many people gathered under a big locust tree. He squeezed into the crowd and saw a thin, black old man who had lost his arms, sitting on the ground with his bare feet, his left foot pressing the paper, and his right foot holding a pen. He was writing couplets freely, and the handwriting looked like a group of galloping horses and flying dragons and phoenixes. , winning bursts of applause from the onlookers.
Xiao Gongquan knelt down in front of the old man with a plop and said, "I would like to become your teacher. Please tell me the secret of writing..." The old man hurriedly picked up Xiao Gongquan with his feet and said: "I am a lonely person. I was born without hands and had to rely on my feet to make a living. How can I serve as a role model for others?" The young man begged, and the old man spread a piece of paper on the ground and wrote a few words with his right foot. : "Write eight tanks of water, and the inkstone will stain the waterlogged pond black; win over hundreds of parents, and only dragons and phoenixes will fly."
Liu Gongquan kept the old man's words in mind and worked hard to practice calligraphy from then on. Thick calluses formed on my hands, and my clothes and elbows were patched up layer after layer. After hard training, Liu Gongquan finally became a famous calligrapher in my country.