How can the calligraphy written by the ancients be perfectly presented in stone carvings? For example, even the typos crossed out in Preface to Lanting Collection are exactly the same.

I did learn the art of carving tablets for a few days. Before listening to my grandfather, craftsmen used to sprinkle lime on the polished stone surface, cover it with paper to be copied, and draw words with a pencil, so that the outline of the words was on the lime on the stone; Nowadays, masons mostly stick carbon paper on the stone and redraw the text. Conditionally, please ask the calligrapher to write directly on the stone. As for the effect of carving, there are many kinds, including yin and yang. You can ask again if you are interested.