The calligrapher Ni Houzhan of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, whose book "The Secret Decision of Calligraphy", felt that it was quite enlightening for the learners, and now he copied a paragraph to make beginners firmly confident and let those who were confused in learning suddenly open up.
"Whoever wants to learn books shall divide the kung fu into three sections. The first stage should be single-minded, the second stage should be extensive, the third stage should be detached, and each section should be three or five years long. ”
"In the so-called first paragraph, we must take one of the ancient masters as the suzerain, the door must be certain, the heels are firmly locked, and the day and night are immersed in it, so that the pen is like a portrait, so that people can know that it is this kind of Dharma, and even if they advise me to slander me, I will not be moved." This section of kung fu is the most difficult, often there is a stroke and a drawing, dozens of days can not be combined. Here is like touching the wall, there is no way in, others come here, every time they step back and lose their hearts, I come here, the stronger the heart, the fiercer the ambition, the more diligent the work, the endless, go straight ahead, and for a long time, the hand is corresponding to the heart. ”
This passage makes it clear that the pro-post should be single-minded, persistent, and the pro-post should seek form in order to achieve the corresponding of the heart.
"The difficulty of the initial period is so, after that Fang Xu does the middle section of kung fu, takes the Jin, Wei, Tang, Song, Yuan, And Ming dozens of kinds of people, copying them house by house for dozens of days, when they copy, then the families form a model or lead me away, at this time to turn back step by step, always Gu Zu, the length of the families will be returned to the source, Shu Ji is not tempted, but at this time can not make their own claims. At this point, kung fu is suddenly five or seven years old, and at this time, the second period of kung fu is pointed. ”
The author mentions that it takes three or five years to get started, and then use five or seven years to bypass the families, and summarize and summarize in preparation for forming their own style.
"In the final paragraph of the cover, there is no other, just to keep the family, and from time to time to go in and out of each family, there is no ancient and no present, no one has no self, write endlessly, write to the extreme, suddenly enlighten the door, penetrate layer by layer, insight into the subtle mysteries of the ancients, the bottom of my pen burst out of the heavenly opportunity, change and sprinkle, look back at the original suzerain, do not tie the realm of no escape, can become a family of their own, to this time is five or seven years or more than ten years, the final period of work."
The author proposes that the last period of kung fu should also take five or seven years or more, and write that the door of enlightenment is opened to the extreme familiarity, and it can become a family of its own.
Ni Houzhan is a closed disciple of Dong Qichang, and his book theory is also similar to Dong's, and I think this syllogism is very well written, especially when entering or writing about the bottleneck, the confusion, reading this theory can make the body and mind ethereal, calm and concentrated.
After these three stages, it can be transported freely, swallowed freely, in a very mature place, passing on the unspeakable magic, swinging freely, and the bottom of the pen is a piece of the machine.
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