Painting is different from calligraphy. It not only emphasizes the sharpness of the brush, but also emphasizes the use of ink through brush strokes.
In the past few days, I have been copying Wu Daozi's paintings. When I use lines to outline the concave and convex, moving and still, yin and yang, etc. of people and objects, I rely solely on the skills of my fingers. The brushstrokes are obscure and often make mistakes. It is difficult to achieve the harmony of form and spirit in the sketched characters.
It's a state of one, let alone clothes and belts flying and the wind blowing all over the walls.
Only when the breathing reaches a certain rhythm, the movement of the brush will produce a rhythm, without any hesitation, like flowing clouds and flowing water, flowing freely, as if the tones and melody heard in the ears are solidified on the scroll with pen and ink.
And just when the breathing reaches this rhythm, the two channels of Xunkan's true energy overflow from Baifu's Dantian, passing through the wrists and fingertips, flowing freely on the edges of Langhao's brush strokes, and the lines outlined are extremely simple, but they can change the shape of the characters.
, action, rhythm and character are profoundly depicted.
This experience is very wonderful. Bai Fu seems to be in the scroll. When sketching the faces of the eighty-seven gods, Bai Fu seems to be one of them, stepping on the auspicious clouds, flying in the wind, rushing to the peach festival.
Bai Fu seemed to be able to hear the melodious celestial music, the flags flying in the wind, the ring jingling, the clouds blowing on his face, and the wind rolling his sleeves and robes.
The true energy of the white compound pen tip flows freely and can be retracted and released freely.
The "weapon" used by masters of calligraphy and painting such as Wang Xizhi, Zhang Xu, and Wu Daozi to conquer the world is a small wolf-brush pen. The tip of the pen is soft and round, but it can seal emotions, converge heaven and earth, solidify time and space, and imprint Taoism!
The most soft in the world rides on the most strong in the world! This is an invisible and formless flow of profound energy. It is generous and has no corners. It is easy to make a great weapon. It has a loud sound and a sound, but an elephant is invisible.
The Kan tripod is water, and the Xun tripod is wind. When water drops penetrate the stone, the soft and weak overcome the strong; when the wind blows and thins the bamboo, it disappears invisible into the void.
This kind of mysterious strength coincides with Bai Fu's Xunkan true energy. Bai Fu gradually realized that besides speed and strength, there is another kind of energy - softness.
When Bai Fu uses "soft", the two channels of Qi of Xunkan are just like the ink painting on the nib of Langhao brush. It changes arbitrarily with the thickness of the brush tip, and the shades are suitable.
As this kung fu unfolded, Bai Fu was pleasantly surprised to find that he had a better understanding of the Xunkan Qi in his body and could more freely mobilize these two channels of Qi:
Your Dantian is like an inkstone, and Xunkan Qi is like the two inks of "pine smoke ink" and "oil smoke ink".
Unlike real inkstones, which become thinner as the inkstone gets thinner, your own 'inkstone' and 'ink' are inexhaustible and become richer and mellower the more you grind them.
Whether you are meditating or fighting, it is like grinding ink on an inkstone. The mind is straight and the ink is straight, the speed is slow, the strength is even, and the intensity is moderate.
If the force is too light or too heavy, too fast or too slow, the zhen qi will be thick and uneven. If the force is too light and the speed is too slow, the zhen qi will float; if the force is too heavy and the speed is too fast, the zhen qi will be thick and lumpy.
Wang Xizhi, Zhang Xu, Wu Daozi and other masters used brushes. Even if they were light brushes in calligraphy and painting, they also used thick ink to write. The difference was in the amount of ink dipped in, not the thickness of the ink.
This point made Bai Fu suddenly realize that the shade of the brushstrokes is like offense and defense and virtual reality. Even if it is defense, even if it is a feint, it should be a full blow of Xunkan's pure Qi. The difference is the amount of Qi mobilized in an instant, not
The rain washes away the wind, and the peaches and plums are clean, and the sound of the pine trees scares the birds away in spring.
The boat is full of bright moons. From now on, I am a lonely person in the rivers and lakes.
——Huang Tingjian's "Two Quatrains on Returning to the Official Office"
…
Bai Fu shook his head and said: "The sword is too rigid and cannot simulate the characteristics of the brush. Wu Daozi's orchid leaf drawing makes full use of the center and side edges of the brush, and flexibly switches between the two, so the same line
The thickness changes, and it rolls up at will, just like the wind blowing the leaves of an orchid."
Thinking of this, Bai Fu shook the purple bell on the table and asked the tea waiter to get a whisk. Bai Fu held the whisk in his hand and breathed out his true energy, and the whisk turned into a large wolf-hair brush.
After several days of painstaking copying, Bai Fu mastered Wu Daozi's "Wu Dai Dangfeng" brushstrokes. When using thick lines, the strokes should be heavy, the speed should be slow, and the strength should be heavy; on the contrary, when using the pen tip to sweep, the speed should be fast and the strength should be strong.
Be light...
Bai Fu pondered for a moment, then rolled up his arms and waved the fly whisk away. Bai Fu's sleeves of clothes fluttered, the fairy wind blew slowly, and his movements were vigorous and free.
When he moves to dodge, the fly whisk is rolled up, and the sky silk flies like the wind. A single whisk silk net can lock five or six weapons at the same time.
Sweeping out in one stroke, it flew like a beard, unstoppable. The whisk silk swept across the bronze incense burner hanging in the house, and it swept out the slightest cracks in the copper pillar as thick as an arm. With a flick of the whisk, it hit the upturned table, and the red sandalwood wood was actually removed.
The desk he made was smashed into powder.
Although the whisk silk is soft, the strength injected into it makes it as domineering and powerful as a copper mace and an iron whip. Especially the tail end of the whisk, when swept out, can make a sonic boom sound, which is extremely terrifying.
Bai Fu recalled that when Gao Lishi captured him, an ivory whisk could restrain his long sword, which was really powerful.
The key is the use of power!
According to Master Wang Zhongsi, Gao Lishi's innate Qi was so domineering that he could punch through the large copper vat used to store water and put out fires in the palace, and the water in the vat flowed out from the hole.
Sword Demon Dugusu and Queen Wu Zhao once said that the Eight Cauldrons True Qi was the power of Pangu to create the sky, and it was the mysterious force that created the world.
Bai Fu thought to himself that if what these two venerables said was true, his Xunkan true energy should be several times higher than Gao Lishi's innate Qi. But he was obviously wasting resources. In terms of the application of power, he only used Xunkan's true energy.
The mysterious power of true energy is released by 20% to 30%. The use of this mysterious power still needs to be explored continuously.
Bai Fu has been copying the calligraphy of Ouyang Xun, Wang Xizhi, Zhang Xu and others for many years, and even transformed it into sword moves. The sword skills unfold, misty and carefree, and unpredictable.
But Bai Fu's understanding of calligraphy was only at the level of sword moves. Bai Fu never thought that he could turn his brush strokes into this. Bai Fu suddenly realized that the shades of brush strokes are like offense and defense and virtual and real, even if it is defense, even if it is a feint.
, it should also be a full blow of Xunkan Jingchun's pure Qi. The difference is that the amount of Qi is mobilized instantly, rather than allowing pure and mixed Qi to spurt out from the Dantian.
After realizing this, Bai Fu writes sharply and "the pen and ink are consistent". The moves and the energy reflect each other, are harmonious and consistent, lively and beautiful, change the virtual and the real, and are ever-changing.
…
In the eyes of Princess Qingluan, the white fly whisk is enchanting, sometimes like a giant rafter holding up the sky, sometimes like a strand of iron wire, ever-changing and unpredictable.
…
Princess Qingluan didn't expect Bai Fu to have such kung fu, and was greatly surprised, saying: "No wonder they all say that you are a genius. You can realize the peerless martial arts from the paintings and improve the martial arts. This is the first time I have heard of it."
.”
Bai Fu picked up the tea cup, drank it all in one gulp, and sighed: "When I was young, I studied in Qingcheng. In addition to teaching me martial arts, my master also taught me many things that have nothing to do with martial arts. I spent a lot of time on piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and songs.
I have a lot of time and energy.
There is a martial arts test every six months in Qingcheng. Every time I competed in sword competition, I would lose to several fellow apprentices of a similar age.
I often complained to Master that I only wanted to learn martial arts and not learn anything else. I just wanted to defeat my opponent and win the game. Every time at this time, Master would comfort me with earnest words.
Later, when I got older, I realized the painstaking efforts of my master. Many of the schools in the world are children's kung fu. Without a good foundation in childhood and martial arts training reaching a certain stage, it will be difficult to learn from others and draw parallels.
The way of heaven.
It’s a pity that when I understood this truth, my master had already passed away. When he was still alive, my master often said that there would be no shop like this after passing through this village. Now I think about it, if I could start my life over again, how wonderful it would be..."