Ning said in the Book of Continuation: "Don't point to the pen, but use the wrist to make peace.". This is in hand, and the hand is not the camel. It is transported in the wrist, and the wrist is not the main one. " Because finger strength is limited, writing mainly depends on wrist strength.
When writing, the wrist must move up and down, back and forth, left and right with the pen lifting, turning, light and weak. Generally speaking, when writing big characters, the action range will be large; If you write in small print, the range of action will be small.
Predecessors proposed three methods of wrist movement:
First, the pillow wrist method: when writing, the wrist is slightly placed on the table, or the left palm is placed under the right wrist.
This method moves on the sink, with a small range of motion and limited wrist force, and can only be used to write small characters.
Second, the wrist lifting method: the elbow of the right arm touches the desktop and lifts the wrist. In this way, the movement axis moves to the elbow, and the movement is restrained, which is only suitable for writing Chinese characters.
Third, hanging wrist method: also known as hanging elbow method. That is, when writing, the wrist is raised horizontally and the elbow is suspended, and the arm is completely separated from the desktop. This method, because the axis of motion moves to the shoulder, naturally moves more, and the wrist force is not restricted by any means, so it can move freely and adapt to writing big characters and cursive characters. Wrist-hanging writing is the basic skill of learning calligraphy, and beginners should learn the wrist-hanging method. I just learned to hang my wrist. I'm not used to it. My whole arm is tense and easily tired. Muscle should be relaxed as much as possible to eliminate various physiological and psychological factors that cause muscle tension.
A writer told a story about his previous experience of learning to play the violin, which can give us such enlightenment: "The teacher said that we should accumulate all our strength on our shoulders and transfer it to our big arms, from our big arms to our small arms, from our small arms to our wrists, and then from our arms to the fingers holding the bow. Finally, the power fell on the strings. In order to let the power reach its destination smoothly, we must relax. A little tension in any part will counteract this force and hinder it from reaching its destination. This feeling of relaxation is hard to find, hard to say and hard to see. You can only ponder, understand and comprehend by yourself. " And learning to play the violin is similar to learning calligraphy. The book also requires: "When rowing a corner, you must do your best. Only by shoulders and arms, arms and wrists, wrists and fingers, fingers and pens can you reach the finish line, send it to the paper and penetrate the back of the paper. The function of hanging the wrist is obviously to remove the obstacles that prevent this force from reaching its destination. Therefore, we must practice this basic skill hard and master the wrist hanging method. You must also pay attention to the use of the left wrist in wrist movement. Weng Fanggang, a calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty, said: "People today know that writing a book requires wrist strength, but they don't know that the right wrist must come from the left wrist. "When writing, open your arms, write with your right hand, and press the paper angle with your left hand to make the balance even. In this way, our right wrist and mang wrist are more flexible.