The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 502
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Three watch lights and five watch chickens are when the boy is studying.

The black hair doesn't know how to study early, and the white head regrets being late in studying.

——"Encouraging Learning" Yan Zhenqing
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Yan Zhenqing said: "In the second year of Tianbao, I once asked Zhang Changshi for advice, but Zhang Changshi declined, saying: 'The brushwork is mysterious and subtle, it is difficult to teach it indiscriminately, if you are not a man of lofty ideals, you can talk about it."

I didn't give up, I copied Chu Suiliang's and Zhang Xu's calligraphy as posts, groped day and night, and practiced penmanship hard.

Five years after I arrived in Tianbao, at Pei Jing's residence, when Zhang Changshi asked me about twelve brushstrokes, I answered them fluently based on what I learned from my own study.Zhang Changshi nodded frequently, deeply convinced, and finally passed on my brushwork. "

Speaking of this, Yan Zhenqing took Bai Fu's book "Lanting Preface", looked at the first sentence of the article "Nine Years of Yonghe" and said:

"According to legend, Mr. Wang Xizhi believed that the character 'Yong' has the eight methods of regular script. If the character 'Yong' is written well, all characters can be written well. After that, Sun Zhiyong, the seventh generation of Mr. Xizhi, passed on the 'Eight Methods of Yong' to Yu Shinan.

"Li Yangbing, Li Taibai's family uncle, said: 'For 15 years, Wang Yishao worked on calligraphy, and he focused on the eight methods of the word 'Yong'. With the power of the eight methods, he can understand everything.'

Today we will take the word "Yong" as an example. Through this character's eight strokes of "dot, horizontal, vertical, hook, lift, long write, short write, and press", pass you "side, strangle, crossbow, sway, stroke, sweep" , peck, and puff' eight rules of using the brush. "

After finishing speaking, Yan Zhenqing dipped his pen in the ink and explained stroke by stroke:
"The dot is the side. The side means that the inclination is not correct. The dot should take the inclined trend, such as a huge stone standing sideways, dangerous and powerful. If the dot is lying on the back or standing upright, it will lose its power. The collection is to echo the horizontal painting below.

Horizontal is Le.Take the upward slanting trend horizontally, like a rider tightening the reins, the force is inward and straight through the vertical.If you drag the pen horizontally or downward, you will be tired and weak.Fall paper against the front, go slowly and return quickly, keep entering against the front and exiting flat, there is a tendency to close, it is not suitable to slide along the front, so as not to be light and dull.

Vertical crossbow.The vertical drawing should not be too straight, it must match the overall situation of the font, and if you see the straightness in the curve, you will have the tendency to advance.It is as straight as a dead tree standing on the ground, although it is straight but stiff and weak.The curve must be seen in the straight, and the stroke is like drawing a bow and shooting an arrow. Although the shape is curved, the quality contains infinite power.

The hook is the hook.First stand at the front to gather momentum, concentrate the force on the tip of the pen, then quickly lift the pen, then twist the front and twist, take advantage of the trend, and gather the force on the tip.

Standing up to the horizontal is the policy.The pick painting is mostly used on the left side of the characters, and its tendency is to slant upward to the right, corresponding to the stippling on the right, forming a situation of facing each other.The design of Yong character is slightly flat, mainly in response to the horizontal stroke on the right.Although the two brush strokes are scattered and out of proportion, their hearts and qi are connected and corresponding.The momentum is slightly raised, the force is used to send the pen, and the force is used to close the front.

Long skimming is skimming.Start the pen with straight strokes, the front is a little fatter, and the force must be delivered.Writing and drawing should be like brushing the surface of an object with your hand. Although the stroke speed is gradually accelerated, the stroke is light and sharp. Take its chic and neat posture, but the force must be sent to the end, otherwise it will be floating and weak.

Short for peck.Writing horizontal strokes should be fast and sharp.When the pen is written to the left, it is sharp and oblique, and the victory is won by lightness, quickness and strength.

The pen is pressed down.Na painting in regular script is derived from Fen Shu and Bo Zong in Li script.In regular script, the pen is pressed down, although the force is cohesive, the shape is outward, so that the font develops comfortably and openly.When writing, you should fall against the front lightly, and after the front breaks to the right, the spread will gradually become heavier, until the end is slightly upturned and the front is closed. "

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After Yan Zhenqing finished speaking, seeing Bai Fu's expression was in a trance, he smiled and said, "Young Xia Bai, but why didn't I explain it in detail enough?"

Bai Fu smiled apologetically, and said, "My lord, please forgive me. I was stuck just now, and it has nothing to do with my lord. It's just my own entanglement, and I'm stuck in a fog that I can't extricate myself from.

You are talking about brushwork, but what I see in my eyes is all swordsmanship. "

"Oh?" Yan Zhenqing became interested when he heard this, and said, "Can Young Hero Bai demonstrate a thing or two?"

Bai Fu nodded, walked out of the study, came to the open space in the courtyard, drew his sword out of its sheath, and demonstrated the eight moves of the character 'Yong' one by one with the sword.

The point is the side.

Bai Fu tapped the tip of his sword lightly, the edge of the sword fell sharply, spreading out the sword.When closing the front with full momentum, he turned around and swooped like a falcon, and turned over sideways.

Horizontal is Le.

Bai Fuli pierced the blade of the sword, and the blade cut horizontally, slashing upwards.Seeing that he was about to slide along the front, Bai Fu tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword like a rein on a horse.The sword's power is not exhausted, go slowly and return quickly, and back and forth must be received.If the opponent blocks with a weapon, he will definitely lose.

Vertical crossbow.

Bai Fu stood with his feet back and forth, his body like a bow, holding a sword in both hands, and slashed from top to bottom.A sword is cut out, like a crossbow machine, a bow is shot vigorously, and the sword is like a long rainbow, drawing a perfect arc, smashing Huashan with all its strength, thunderous.

The hook is the hook.

Bai Fu bent his knees slightly, first squatted to accumulate energy, and concentrated the energy on his knees.Its power was not in the feet at the beginning, but it was suddenly aroused, and the full force was poured into the toes, and suddenly jumped up, the human sword merged into one, and the power of the whole body poured out from the arms and wrists. New moon in the sky.

Standing up to the horizontal is the policy.

As soon as Bai Fu raised his long sword, he swung the sword like a whip, with force on the hilt and the tip of the sword, the force was concentrated at one point, and the tip of the sword made a sound of sonic boom.The sword is sent out from the back and retracted upwards, like using a whip to ride a horse, and the horse rises immediately after being caught.

Long skimming is skimming.

Bai Fu holds the sword, as if holding a comb in his hand, like the hair of a comb, it goes down from the upper right to the lower left.With the force of the fall, the long sword gradually accelerated, and when the speed of the sword reached its peak, the shadow of the sword flashed like a swallow flying under the eaves.

This sword moves like a rabbit, it moves erratically, and it gallops like a lightning bolt.Although Yan Zhenqing was three zhang away, she broke out in a cold sweat, and immediately cheered loudly.

Short for peck.

Bai Fu soared into the air, kicking his legs in a row, leaping into the air and changing steps, stabbing down with his long sword, like a crossbow arrow firing, stabbing dozens of swords in an instant, the sharp edge of the sword, coming out with every inch of strength, like a bird pecking thing.It was Li Xuexuan's first sword technique when discussing swords in Shu Mountain - Emei Seven Out.

The pen is pressed down.

Bai Fuyun's sword is like a knife, and his pen is like a knife chopping. Where the sword is located, it is vigorous and vigorous.The rockery in front of him, as tall as a person, was instantly dismembered by the sword energy and shattered to pieces.It was Dugu Sword Demon's Hurricane Extinguishing Soul.

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Bai Fu's peerless swordsmanship made Yan Zhenqing amazed.

Yan Zhenqing had a long beard in his hands, and said with a smile: "Teaching helps me a lot, and I am an eye-opener today. Shaoxia Bai's swordsmanship is unrivaled in the world, like the sword master Pei Min possessed."

Bai Fu hastily bowed, bowed humbly and thanked him, and said: "The first few moves of swordsmanship are indeed evolved from the swordsmanship passed on to me by Mr. Pei. It's a pity that I'm dull, I only learned seven moves, and I couldn't learn all of Pei. My lord's nine-style swordsmanship."

Yan Zhenqing had a long beard in his hands, and said with a smile: "Young Master Bai doesn't have to be modest. General Pei is familiar with me. He taught at most one or two styles of swordsmanship in his life, even if the prince is studying swordsmanship, it is nothing more than that.

The exiled immortal Li Bai has superb swordsmanship and high comprehension, and Pei Min only taught him the five-style swordsmanship.The seven moves are the limit of his swordsmanship.In this world, I am afraid that you are the only one who can learn everything.

It's not that he's being stingy for only passing on the seven styles.The eighth and ninth styles of swordsmanship were created by Pei Min based on his own cultivation and understanding. They cannot be passed on to others, so he can only perform them himself.

When a swordsman has practiced General Pei's first seven moves to perfection, by chance, he will naturally come across them and create his own eighth and ninth moves.

This point is exactly the same as Zhang Changshi's words that "the brushwork is mysterious and subtle, it is difficult to teach it indiscriminately, and if you are not a man of lofty ideals, you can use the words to be clever." "

Pausing for a moment, Yan Zhenqing smiled and said: "If you can combine General Pei's swordsmanship and breath mobilization with calligraphy, transfer the power of Dantian to the tip of the brush, and experience the application of fingering and brushwork. According to this method, calligraphy can be multiplied with half the effort."

(End of this chapter)