First, learn from the ancients. Master Zhuangzi told a very famous story. Everyone knows that I am a mechanic. Do you know how good that cook is at killing cows? Just like an artist's creation, the place where the hand touches, the place where the shoulder leans, the place where the foot steps, the place where the knee tops rattles, the knife is inserted, and the melody is like the beat of the mulberry forest in May, which conforms to the rhythm of the music. When I see this place, I have a picture in my mind, which is the feeling of a chef dancing while killing cows.
Second, find a specialty. I'm not crazy about practicing calligraphy. I washed the pond in front of my house into a Mo Chi. In his later years, he dragged his sick body to the famous mountain in You Jiang, and read the calligraphy inscriptions of his predecessors everywhere. It is impossible to practice for decades. But then again, even if he only cultivated such a tree, Wang Xizhi in the history of calligraphy would never have such a position today.
Third, feel the truth with your heart. He said that when I met a difficult place, I would concentrate a little and then slow down. We remember what he said before. This is very important. You don't have to look with your eyes, you have to read with your heart.
Fourth, study hard and practice hard. The usual practice is to climb a ladder, that is, to practice at the tree level. You see, it takes many years for a skilled worker to understand cows, and then Wang Xizhi will learn from others. But let's climb and climb to the top of the mountain, shall we? No, the most important step in climbing the ladder to the top is to dismantle it. Why can Preface to Lanting Collection become the first running script in the world? It is because it is Wang Xizhi, a man who has achieved perfection in the calligraphy tree.
Fifth, follow your heart. He wrote it when he was drunk. We all know a story, that is, after Wang Xizhi woke up, no matter how he wrote it, he could not write the original post. It is precisely because he used his skills completely in a state of flow, but he was definitely not bound by skills.
Therefore, the really powerful masters are all trained by internal and external skills, and they are indispensable.