such as "long live the withered vine", "hundred-shot crossbows", "crashing waves and thundering" and "falling rocks at the peak" ... In a word, it is called pen power. Everyone knows the strength of writing ability, but how to make one's writing ability full is a problem that beginners are very concerned about, but they feel helpless. Pen power, originally from the human body, is formed in Feng Ying, but on paper. Therefore, in order to make one's writing power vigorous, one must have the correct knowledge of writing, writing posture, correct writing, and paper reflection on writing power. First of all, the ancients often said that writing a book "must be given with all one's strength", which is undoubtedly a fact. But it's easier said than done. To agglutinate the strength of the whole body to the front tip, it is by no means possible to achieve it by force alone. Generally speaking, people with weak writing skills have the following problems in this regard: there is no proper way to write a pen, which means to transport it. Imagine, how can strength be passed on through fingers if you can't hold your pen firmly? Even with the correct pen writing, if you carve a boat and seek a sword, your mind will only stay on "wagging the hook" and concentrate on your fingers, resulting in finger strength without wrist strength, let alone the whole body strength. Finger strength alone will weaken his book. This is a common problem. In addition, in Yuan Dynasty, Chen Yi once advocated the method of writing books with pillows and elbows hanging, which had a great influence because it could be lazy and tricky. As everyone knows, if you sink your elbow, the force above the elbow will be blocked; The force above the wrist is stagnant when the wrist is pillow, which is a writing posture that destroys the pen power. Generally speaking, only the fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders, waist and other joints are loose and unobstructed, and the whole body can make them at the distal end. Huang Shangu once commented on Su Dongpo: "Dongpo's book Pengcheng was still fake before, but after Huangzhou, the pen was extremely powerful, and it was possible to know the truth and falsehood." However, Dongpo himself said, "I think that knowing the book is not in the pen, but it is worthwhile for Haoran to listen to the pen without losing the statutes." Therefore, the exertion of writing lies in nature. Secondly, the method of calligraphy is the most detailed one described by Cai Yong in the Han Dynasty. He said: "There are two ways to write a book, one is illness, the other is astringent, and the other is illness and astringency. The book is wonderful." The so-called "astringency" is what we usually call "going against the trend", that is, pushing against the pen and exerting the elasticity of the brush hair, so that "ten thousand Qi Li" can "penetrate the back of the paper". The so-called "disease" refers to the momentum, rapid and unimpeded. As Wang Xizhi said, "it's refreshing like a god", and as Huang Gu commented on Mi Fei's book, "It's like a sharp sword, and a strong crossbow can shoot thousands of miles, so it should be penetrated." This is the most difficult part for beginners. Because of the inexperience in writing, beginners often stick to the pen, and they can't make haste, which leads to the potential back and the pen power is naturally destroyed. To solve this problem, it is necessary to strengthen the proficiency of writing books, and to "focus on writing first, and focus on words later." Of course, this is a matter of skill. Finally, I would like to talk about the reflection of pen power on paper. In reality, I don't know what the real "pen power" is. If you spread false information, you will fall into a maze and cannot extricate yourself. Generally speaking, there are the following wrong ways to express the pen power: First, exert oneself blindly. Press the pen tip to the root and drag it forcibly, resulting in no brush strokes, no ink rhyme, excessive ink use, thick and dull font, just like "ink pig" This kind of exertion is actually the opposite. Nanqi Wang Sengqian's "clumsy power" refers to this situation. Second, Cai Yong once said: "Hide the head and protect the tail, and the power lies in the words; Write hard and the skin is beautiful. " Indeed, the brushwork must be hidden in the interior of stippling, rather than showing its shape. Without seeing the ancients, there was a saying that "needles are hidden in cotton wool". Some people, who don't know this way, don't know how to show their bones and muscles just now. Zhang Huaiguan's Book Review on Medicinal Stones said: "If you show your bones and muscles, it is a disease, so you can't be strong! Books must also be rounded, and let nature take its course. If they are rounded, they will be sick, so how can they be powerful! " Third, some people are influenced by bad habits and write books intentionally, such as earthworms; Mechanical setbacks, such as row operators. Self-conscious, posturing. This kind of calligraphy, if it looks old, is actually moaning and groaning, which is the most disgusting. Learning books should definitely not involve this heresy. Third, some people think that writing must be "pen and pen center", but others think that writing does not have to be "pen and pen center", and it seems that not all ancient writings are "pen and pen center". How to understand this problem? Mr. Shen Yinmo once summarized the brushwork as "nothing more than pen and pen center". This statement is not made rashly, but the result of summing up the historical experience of nearly 2 years. As early as the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cai Yong, a famous calligrapher, once said, "Make the pen heart always move in a stippling way", which, together with his metaphor, is often regarded as a word through the ages, and everyone in later dynasties has to take this as a book criterion, so there are many people who say that the center is a generation. For example, Tang Li Shimin's theory that "when the wrist is vertical, the front is straight, and the front is regular in all directions", Yan Zhenqing's "leak mark" and Liu Gongquan's "pen is straight". Another example is Huang Valley's "Wang's calligraphy, which is like painting sand with a cone, such as Yin Yinni's, and Gai Yanfeng's hidden pen ..." Mi Fei's "Qun Yu Tang Fa Tie": "If you get a pen, it will be as thin as a mustache and round; You can't write, although it is as thick as a rafter and flat. " After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it is even more annoying to go into details, especially in Da Zhongguang's Book Raft: "Although a center who can transport is a failure, a center who can't be a center is both good and bad. The root of the pros and cons lies here. " It is precisely because the center carries the pen from generation to generation that it is no wonder that Zhao Mengzhao's saying that "it is not easy to use the pen through the ages" in the Yuan Dynasty can become a well-known saying. It should be said that the stroke of the center is affirmed. Even if the center is not emphasized, it is often not to deny the center, but just to think that "it is harmless to be biased occasionally". Therefore, the crux lies in whether it is feasible for the center to be mixed with the front. Those who think that "it's harmless to miss the center occasionally" generally come from two situations: one is that some writers, although they know the benefits of the center, are unable to do so and can only get drunk according to the drunkenness; On the other hand, their calligraphy is just like literati painting, and the focus is on interest, so the corresponding requirements for writing are not too strict. You have to borrow what Mr. Shen Yinmo once said. Shen Lao once divided people who study books into two categories-calligraphers and good booksellers. The works of calligraphers are strict and interesting, so they have always been appreciated and taken care of by people and can be used as a model for learning books. Some works are not. Although they can be pleasing to the eye and have certain appreciation value, they are not enough to be a teacher due to the lack of strict statutes. Shen Lao called the author of this kind of work "a good writer". Therefore, it is a matter of purpose and requirement to emphasize not the center. If someone writes a few words occasionally, the drunkard's sake is not wine. Just to cultivate affection, you might as well be casual and don't have to pay attention to the center; If you want to be a calligrapher and swim in the garden of calligraphy art, you must be strict with yourself and really master the difficult techniques of writing books. In fact, even a "good reader" doesn't need a center, but just doesn't emphasize the pen center. If you don't go through a certain practice of writing by the center, the result will definitely make you unable to touch the calligraphy door. Finally, I would like to talk about a question derived from this. Compared with those who occasionally deviate, is the pen center sure that the former is better than the latter? My answer is, in terms of local techniques, yes! On the whole, it is not necessarily! Because the center stroke is an inevitable requirement of calligraphy art, not all requirements. Mi Fei, a famous scholar in the Song Dynasty, once said that writing a book should be: "Bone, tendon, skin, meat, fat and spirit are all complete." Indeed, if there is no "flesh and bones", there must be no "fat and spirit", but the high realm of calligraphy art is by no means limited to simple brush strokes. The creation of calligraphy art requires the calligrapher to dissolve his knowledge, knowledge, thoughts, emotions, mind and so on into the technique to form a unique style, which is what the ancients often said: "Books are like people". Historically, all famous calligraphers have profound extra-literal skills. Only calligraphy skills and lack of extra-word skills, his works often lack charm and low style. That is to say, the art is not high. On the other hand, the author who has extra-word kung fu is often far better than the former, even if he is sometimes sick with his pen. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were two calligraphers, one was Zhou Yue, the enlightener of Huanggu, and the other was Wang Zhu, the master of Chunhua Pavilion Post. Neither of these two men's works can stand the test of history, precisely because of the lack of individuality, as Huang Gu said: "Wang Zhu, who is beautiful but sick of rhyme, and Zhou Yue, who is energetic and sick of rhyme, are the second sin, and they are not exhausted." This fact is enough to make us think deeply. Looking at history, there are many people who have been eliminated from the list of calligraphers because of lack of extra-curricular kung fu; However, there are few cases in which the brushwork is out of line and the calligrapher becomes a calligrapher only by using extra-literal kung fu. Of course, either because of his high personality or because of his extensive knowledge, although calligraphy is ordinary, people still cherish its traces, which is another matter. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… These two issues are commonly known as people posts and posts, and now I will talk about my experience in this respect respectively. The art of calligraphy in our country has developed from hieroglyphics with animal hoofs and birds' traces to various calligraphy styles such as today's real cursive seal script, which has formed a unique artistic law. In the treasure house of traditional Chinese calligraphy art, there are a lot of precious wealth left by predecessors, waiting for us to inherit. Because a person can't rely on direct experience in everything, in fact, most knowledge comes from indirect experience, so there is a difference between learning from it and not learning from it. Copying is a good method for reference. We can learn a lot of valuable traditional experiences from copying ancient books. The so-called copywriting is to select a model of predecessors' calligraphy that you think is satisfactory and write it face to face. Generally speaking, there are five stages in the posting; It's called reading, reading, memorizing, reading and using. The first is reading. "Reading" means reading posts, not only the words on the posts, but also observing, analyzing and understanding the truth of using pens. A post, everyone said that the handwriting of this post is good, what is good about it? If you don't understand it, don't understand it, and don't know its good or bad, isn't it a blind man riding a blind horse? The predecessors said: "Learning books is playing with ancient calligraphy, and it is rewarding to know the meaning of using a pen." He added, "Stick a post on the wall, observe it day and night, and think about the reason why you use a pen." All these words tell us to strengthen our understanding and understanding of posts. As the saying goes, "read a thousand times, and you will see what you mean." Reading should be well thought out, so should writing. We can't understand what we feel immediately, and only what we understand can we feel it more deeply. For example, these impressions are repeated in your mind, such as the pitch of strokes to the back, the size of strokes, the height of oblique strokes, and so on. After thinking or consulting teachers and friends, you will know that these stippling changes, in order to meet the needs of strokes, to adjust and balance the center of gravity of words, to echo the tape, to relax the platform, and to make calligraphy produce a flat and uneven artistic effect. By summing up the internal relations of these external images, we can not only master the external form, but also understand the potential of connotation. From shallow to deep, from the outside to the inside, the understanding will continue to deepen and the practice will gradually improve. They complement each other. The predecessors said: "Learning without thinking is useless, and thinking without learning is dangerous." How much you gain from learning a post can be said to depend on the depth of your understanding of this post. The second is temporary. "Pro" is a temporary post. Sun Guoting said: "Those who observe it are still refined, and those who plan it are expensive." Translated into modern language, it means "look carefully, and look like it." But this "inspection" is not just a thorough observation. "Inspection" is not only to observe carefully, but also to be good at analyzing and summarizing what is observed. Everyone knows the story of a skilled worker solving a cow. Because I saw the weak link of cattle, the so-called "no thick man has a room." This "space" is the breakthrough, that is, the joint eye of the cow, and the word is the place where the word is written. Mi Fei has a saying: "I regret that there is no original Suo Jing, look at the place where he wrote." At the place where you write, you can see the trace of hiding the front with a pen. Generally speaking, people who talk about calligraphy say that "horizontal painting should be straight", and straight stroke is a method of horizontal painting, but it is not the only method. It can be straight down, left oblique down, right oblique down, side down, up and down, upside down, straight into the paper and so on. There is also pen collection, in addition to recycling, you can also pick up, drag down, empty potential and so on, which are in line with the law of using pens. It can be seen that the law is to be talked about, but it can't be said too mechanically. As the saying goes, "there is no fixed law for the law". If you understand the traces of the next pen, you will master the key to gaining momentum. This is the place where the golden needle reaches people, which is very important. How to use the pen and how to take advantage of the situation is a place to understand the news, and it is also a prerequisite for the appearance of the word. Take the potential energy and gain the potential, and the structure is in it. Writing and putting pen to paper determine the font, which is related to the word, and the film affects one line or even one article. Don't be careless. It is precisely because the original can see the echo of writing and stippling, so learning books pays attention to ink. Dot painting has echo tape, and the word potential can be vivid and lively. Stone carvings are not easy to learn because these nuances are distorted. If you study stone carving, you should be able to supplement these tapestries and restore its true colors, so as not to be fascinated by mottled stone flowers and pointillism that are not related to the brushwork. The third step is to recite. You have to recite when you study, and you have to recite when you learn painting. Isn't it necessary to memorize domain painting, and so is learning Chinese characters. Memorizing is the best way to consolidate your memory. After reciting it several times, you will be deeply impressed. However, it should be added here that memorizing is not only a matter of memorizing, but it is best to understand the brushwork, brushwork and brushwork deeply and firmly, so that the things on the post can truly become your own things, and you can remember them vividly after meditation. Previous papers said, "Let his words come from my mouth and his thoughts come from my heart". That's much better than rote learning. The fourth is the nuclear. "Nuclear" is a check. As the saying goes, "failure is the mother of success." It is because we have learned lessons from failure that we can turn failure into victory. If you face up to your own shortcomings, attach importance to the experience of failure and take improvement measures to make your thoughts conform to the laws of the objective world, then such a failure is the only way to proceed step by step. I used to hang up a word after I finished or recited it, compare it with the original post repeatedly, and look at it for ten or twenty minutes, and I will find many problems. At present, some comrades are very enthusiastic about the post, and often enjoy themselves because they think they are a bit alike, or they just throw it away and shelve it without analyzing and summarizing it. Then the mistakes they made this time are bound to be repeated because they are not discovered in time, so it is very important to check with the original post, otherwise it will be difficult to improve. The fifth is to use. "Use" means use, "Reading is learning, and using is also learning, and it is more important to learn". If you really want to learn something, you can't count it as knowing how to do it. Only when you can apply it and use it freely can you really learn R-hands, which is an important aspect to test your learning level. Reading, reading, memorizing, reading and using are just one way to learn books. These methods are inseparable, but unified. To deal with the relationship between them, we should also pay attention to the relationship between contract and Expo. Beginners should choose a post of a certain family. From this post, people read, read, recite and use the words of this family, and they should be single-minded, break through from one point and push to the rest. If you have a lot of posts, I suggest you put them away for the time being and put them on the shelf. Why? Because traditional posts have their own advantages, it is not to prevent them from changing their minds. Especially when the grades are not high and you are bored, you are more prone to flooding and changing posts. As a result, you learn today.