Chapter five hundred and nineteenth martial arts four
Zhang Dian's bump was not Dian after bump, until Huai Su's Dian was Dian.
The teacher doesn't talk about the Sutras and doesn't talk about Zen. His strength is only good at cursive writing.
——"Guanhuaisu Cursive Script Song" Guanxiu
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Yan Zhenqing led Bai Fu into another courtyard, which was filled with stones for carving monuments. There was a huge stone in the middle, which was covered with red cloth.
Yan Zhenqing uncovered the red cloth and discovered that the huge stone turned out to be Li Si's Yishan carved stone!
Yan Zhenqing said: "When the people of Puzhou were cleaning the Yongji Canal, they dug out several iron oxen and this huge stone with inscriptions from the mud at the bottom of the water.
After my inspection, the inscriptions on this huge stone are written by Li Si, and they should be the Yishan stone carvings. The Yishan stone carvings were originally located at Yishan Shumen, Zouxian County, Shandong Province. It is said that they were destroyed during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, so I don’t know why they appeared here."
Bai Fu thought: "It's thousands of miles from Yishan to Puzhou. Will there be other imitations of the stele?"
Yan Zhenqing seemed to understand Bai Fu's mind and said: "It is said that in order to praise the First Emperor's great achievements, the stone carvings in Yishan were not only written by Li Si, but also carved by Li Si himself.
Pen marks can be seen through knife marks!
Bai Shaoxia, you can point to the pen and follow the direction of the indentation of the font, imagining that you are writing the pen, so as to feel the sharpness of Li Si's pen."
Bai Fu followed the method taught by Yan Zhenqing, closed his eyes, followed the strokes, and slowly felt the edge of the handwriting.
What Yan Zhenqing said is true.
The lines on the carved stone are round and smooth, fine and rounded, without any fluctuations or distortions. The writing is smooth, thick like iron, clumsy on the outside and clever on the inside, strong in quality. It is both a word and a pattern, like pines and cypresses standing proudly, like wild geese.
fly.
Iron painting and silver hook are like carving and polishing.
The fingertips slide through the depressions of the text, and you can easily grasp when to strike out and when to turn around.
This feeling is very strange, as if Li Si is holding Bai Fu's hand while writing. Bai Fu can clearly feel the power of Li Si writing, the flow of inner breath, and the changes in emotions...
Bai Fu quickly established a connection with this carved stone. He seemed to see a capable prime minister of the Qin Dynasty, swiping ink, eyes like a torch, confident and determined, and breathing evenly and long.
"Yes! It should be the original stone carved from Mount Yi."
Bai Fu opened his eyes suddenly, nodded frequently, and said: "This kind of momentum that flattened the six countries and unified the world cannot be carved by a royal mason."
Yan Zhenqing stroked his beard and nodded, saying: After you have a considerable understanding of the calligrapher's handwriting, in addition to using your eyes to observe the writing style of the inscription, you can also use this method to help determine whether the inscription is authentic or a copy.
Excellent inscriptions can preserve as much of the author's message as possible.
There are generally several ways to carve stele: one is for the writer to write directly on the stone, such as Ouyang Xun's "Jiucheng Palace Stele". Historical data records that Ouyang Xun first dipped a brush in cinnabar and wrote directly on the stone. Then,
The stonemason chiseled directly according to the cinnabar characters.
The other method is that the calligrapher inscribes the words on paper or silk, and then asks the engraver to use another piece of paper to trace the words on it using the "double hook outline filling" method, and then carve it.
These two methods of engraving monuments are more or less distorted and are somewhat inconsistent with the author's original intention.
Only the Wei stele has almost no distortion problem. Because there is no draft at all before carving, the calligrapher carves directly on the stone with a carving knife.
This Yishan stone carving is said to have been carved by Li Si himself, so the feeling is very obvious."
Bai Fu said with emotion: "Thank you for your guidance. I have been copying in the Forest of Steles in Chang'an for several years. Only today did I learn that there is such a magical method. It seems that I have communicated with the author across time and space."
Yan Zhenqing nodded and said: "Engraving on stone is another kind of time and space transformation of words.
The four directions above and below are called the universe, and the past and present are called the universe. The east, west, north, and south are together with the heaven and the earth.
Calligraphy is to transform the elusive Tao of the universe into a visible character, while seal cutting is to transform the characters on a flat surface into touchable characters in the world of heaven and earth. Even a blind person can feel calligraphy through touch.
Charm.
Contrary to seal cutting, Danqing transforms the mountains and rivers of the world into a two-dimensional ink painting.
This power that can transform the Tao contained in the prehistoric universe and the Eight Wastelands and Liuhe allows people to eventually become the spirit of all things.
Tigers and leopards are fierce, eagles shoot into the sky, and fish dive into the deep sea, all of which are far superior to humans.
People can subdue dragons and subdue tigers, shoot eagles and hunt whales, all because they can understand the mysteries of heaven and earth, transform Tao into tangible things, repel cold and heat, and provide food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Tao can be Tao, but it is not Tao. Tao cannot be expressed clearly, but it can be transformed.
Writing, language, calligraphy, painting, music, numeracy, and martial arts all contain the transformation of Tao."
Having said this, Yan Zhenqing paused and asked, "Young Master Bai, your martial arts skills are unparalleled in the world, do you know where the end of martial arts is?"
Bai Fu was stunned for a moment, then tentatively answered, "You can rule the world and be invincible?"
Yan Zhenqing smiled and said: "Invincible by ten thousand people, one can only be considered a strong martial artist, but he is still far from the end of martial arts.
In the first stage of my calligraphy practice, I focused on each stroke and stroke of each word, and strived to write each word well. In the second stage, I paid attention to the lines between the lines, and planned the layout of the text, so that each word is like a painting.
In the third stage, I can integrate my experiences and emotions into calligraphy and let the emotions flow naturally. The fonts and layout are not deliberate and are made by inaction.
In the fourth stage, I am still exploring.
I speculate on martial arts based on the method of calligraphy, so I can only make false claims.
I believe that martial arts should have four realms:
In the first level, one can learn martial arts moves from birds and animals and defeat the opponent in a fight.
In the second level, you can develop inner strength from martial arts secrets, making you stronger, faster, and able to jump higher.
The third state is from martial arts to martial arts, cultivating internal strength, becoming the master of one's own body, and changing the internal organs.
The function of the fu organs is to eliminate diseases, regenerate the body, and prolong life. Or, it can eliminate diseases for others and prolong life.
In the fourth level, when you enter Taoism from martial arts and enter the realm of void, let the small universe of your body connect with the large universe of heaven and earth, and then forget all the stagnation of action, break the void, and become a flying immortal."
Bai Fu nodded and said: "This is the same as my Qingcheng inner alchemy technique - 'refining essence to transform qi, refining qi to transform into spirit, refining spirit to return emptiness, refining emptiness to combine with dao'."
Yan Zhenqing said: "Young Master Bai, your martial arts has entered the state of transformation. In the next stage of practice, you can try to work on the transformation of Tao. This stage emphasizes intention and nature, not form.
Therefore, even though your martial arts skills are diverse and complicated, it will not affect the next stage of cultivation. The key lies in how to extract the essence from each school and get rid of the "you-wei" laws, which are intentional but invisible, and dependent on thoughts but no trace.
, be spontaneous and do nothing, walk in the wind, be carefree and at ease.
At that time, swords, guns, swords, halberds, plants, trees, bamboos, and rocks were all weapons, and there were thousands of moves and tricks, flying flowers and picking leaves, all available at your fingertips for you to use."
Bai Fu's tiger body trembled, just like hearing the thunder of a sting, and the confusion for many days was swept away.