There is a story: During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there were two calligraphers. One of them imitated the ancients very seriously, and paid attention to each stroke as so-and-so. For example, a horizontal line should be from Dongpo, Su Like, and a horizontal line should be like Li Taibai. The other is just the opposite, not only practicing hard, but also demanding that each stroke be different from the ancients and pay attention to nature. One day, the first calligrapher laughed at the second calligrapher and said, "Excuse me, my dear friend, which of your words belongs to the ancients?" The latter one didn't get angry, but smiled and asked, "By the way, my dear friend, which of your words did you say yourself?" The first one is tongue-tied.
Mr. Qi Baishi said, "Those who learn from me live like I die." If you can't get out of the framework of your predecessors, naturally you won't have your own world.