A different life with a system reborn

Chapter 13 Asking for advice on hard-pen calligraphy
Zhao Dongsheng knew about his uncle learning calligraphy from Fourth Grandpa.

At that time, Zhao Dongsheng was only eight or nine years old. When he saw his uncle writing calligraphy, he asked him curiously.

It is for this reason that when Zhao Dongsheng thought of learning calligraphy after seeing his handwriting, the first thing that came to his mind was the fourth grandfather of the Xiang family in front of him.

"Oh, okay, but mine is a bit ugly. Grandpa Fourth, please don't laugh at me." Zhao Dongsheng followed him to the room on the right.

The room is very simple. There is a traditional wooden bed against the wall. It is not a very complicated kind of thousand-work bed, but a very simple handmade bed with a little carved pattern, and there are four poles at the four corners to support a mosquito net. The bed was covered with a fine bamboo mat, a pillow and a thin folded quilt.

There is a desk near the window. Through the window, you can see the tuberose at the door. There are several books and a white paperweight on the table.

Apart from the bed, desk and the stool in front of the desk, there was only a wardrobe that was as tall as one person. The whole room was clean and tidy, with no unnecessary things.

"Come, sit down, you can copy a section of the book first." Fourth Grandpa led Zhao Dongsheng to sit down at the desk.

He took out a copy of "The Art of War" from the desk drawer and opened it to a random page.

Then he took out a dozen pieces of letter paper and a pen and pushed them in front of Zhao Dongsheng.

"Fourth Grandpa, I think it would be better for you to bring out a piece of draft paper for me to copy. I'm afraid of wasting your paper." Zhao Dongsheng looked at the pen and letter paper in front of him and was a little unresponsive.

"It's okay, you can just write. Now we contact each other by phone. There is less room for these stationery papers. Just feel free to use them."

Fourth Grandpa didn't care. After saying that, he stood behind Zhao Dongsheng and stopped talking, watching quietly.

"Okay." Zhao Dongsheng saw that Fourth Grandpa was resolute, so he said no more.Take a good pose and start copying.

"In the past, those who were good at fighting were invincible first, waiting for the enemy to be victorious. The invincibility lies in oneself, but the victory lies in the enemy. Therefore, those who are good at fighting can be invincible and cannot make the enemy victorious. Therefore, it is said: Victory can be known. But it can’t be done.”

Although Zhao Dongsheng has already shown his best, writing every stroke with great care.

But the final product is indeed like the handwriting of a primary school student, and the handwriting has no aesthetic feeling.

Looking at his own words, Zhao Dongsheng blushed.

"Well, first of all, it is worthy of praise that your posture for holding the pen is good, at least it is correct." Fourth Grandfather's attitude is still the same easy-going, even if Zhao Dongsheng's writing makes people unable to look directly at it, he still points out the advantages and praises it first .

"It can be seen that you have basically never practiced calligraphy or anything like that. You write quite casually." Grandpa Fourth put one hand behind his back and fanned the cattail leaf with the other. He stood sideways and spoke gently to Zhao Dongsheng.

"Let me talk about your most basic problem first. The first thing you need to correct now is your sitting posture. When you write, hunching over will not only affect your writing habits, but also make you habitually hunch over. "Grandpa Fourth said without forgetting to pat Zhao Dongsheng's back gently with his cattail leaf fan.

"If you hunched over when writing, this will cause back pain if you sit for a long time, so always remember to hold your chest up and your abdomen in check."

"You hold the pen correctly. This way you won't feel sore fingers, so you don't need to practice more."

"You are now equivalent to a primary school student with zero foundation. What you need now is a lot of practice."

“The first step is to start practicing with the simplest strokes. You must be careful every horizontal and vertical stroke, and every stroke must have a pause. You need to practice this every day, every day, for about three or four weeks.

The second step is to practice the radicals after practicing the strokes. The radicals should also be written stroke by stroke. For example, next to the handle, the vertical stroke cannot be written in the middle of the short line, but should be written in the middle right position. This is also the case. You have to practice every day, and it will take about two months.

The third step is to start writing some simple words with fewer strokes.Before writing, you need to carefully observe the shape of the characters, where each stroke is written, and think about the layout of each character before writing. This is very important, and it also lays a foundation for the future. This requires four or five months of practice.

In the fourth step, you can practice some complex words, and then you can write some articles. All you need to do in this process is to start improving your writing speed.After a few years of writing like this, your handwriting will basically be very beautiful, and you will gradually develop your own writing style. "

After reading Zhao Dongsheng's handwriting, Fourth Grandpa gave a series of practice methods based on Zhao Dongsheng's actual situation.

The Fourth Grandpa spoke slowly, and Zhao Dongsheng was already writing quickly when the Fourth Grandpa said the first step. He wrote down every word of what the Fourth Grandpa just said, and planned to go back and copy it carefully.

"Fourth Grandpa, how has your calligraphy been doing after these few years? Has your calligraphy become a master?" Zhao Dongsheng asked curiously.

"Haha, kid, what are you thinking? After a few years of this, you will be considered a beginner in calligraphy. These are just the most basic exercises. Basically, as long as you have hands, it just depends on the length of practice for each person. It’s just a problem”

After listening to Zhao Dongsheng's words, Fourth Grandpa patted his head with a cattail leaf fan angrily.

"Ah, it took me several years of practice to get started." Zhao Dongsheng sighed.

"Well, the most important thing is to lay a solid foundation in calligraphy practice. After you get started, you start to learn the techniques. Learn more about writing skills in other fonts. After that, it depends on your understanding and your creative ability." Grandpa Fourth looked at Zhao Dongsheng with some humor. .

"Your fourth grandfather and I have been practicing for decades and can only write beautifully. But I only regard writing as a hobby, so I don't pursue any great achievements. It's everyone's fault."

"Oh." Zhao Dongsheng thought for a while after listening and said nothing more. His original intention of practicing calligraphy was just because his handwriting was too ugly. In his previous life, he didn't dare to write with a pen. Now he has the opportunity and energy to practice, so he wants to be able to practice calligraphy in the future. Write beautiful handwriting.

If you really want to be a calligrapher, you have to start practicing calligraphy.

Hard pen calligraphy still pays attention to practicality and beauty.

"Here, you can take these copybooks back and practice directly on them." Grandpa Fourth flipped through the desk and pulled out two copybooks from under a large pile of books.

Only then did Zhao Dongsheng discover that there was a desk on the floor next to the desk, with two rows of books stacked on it. Judging from the degree of damage of those books, they were often read by people.

Zhao Dongsheng took it with both hands and looked at it. There were two books, one was "Basic Copybook of Hard Pen Calligraphy". Looking through it, there were examples of strokes in the front, followed by several grids and dotted lines.At the back of the copybook are some radical exercises, which are also a combination of examples and dotted lines.

(End of this chapter)