Chen Shengshen said, "When someone asked me how many hours I worked every day, I couldn't say that I was thinking all the time." From the age of 20 to the age of 93, when he entered the mathematics school, until he died, his brain, hands and feet were closely coordinated. He could not stop thinking and practicing. Griffith, Bote and Moze have been invited by Chen Xingshen for many times. During the whole process of tasting delicious food, they kept talking about mathematics. A person has his or her favorite major in life, which can be integrated into life, so it becomes professional lifestyle.

If you ask a calligraphy lover how much time he spends every day copying ancient steles, you can still answer it. There will always be a time, three or four hours, or one night. If you ask how much time you spend learning calligraphy in one day, it's hard to say. In addition to copying by hand, fans are concerned about everything related to calligraphy, such as closed meditation, peer handover, visiting monuments, guiding students, etc. All day long, what fans see, hear, think and think are connected with calligraphy. When I went out to see an old plum tree, its branches were as stubborn as black iron. I didn't want it to be cold and independent, but I also thought of stippling like a young dragon. Seeing the clear and bright autumn sky, I will also think about writing in order to control the complexity and eliminate the clutter. Some people think that cursive writing is everywhere in the world, because he has linked all scenes in life, dynamic and static sizes, ups and downs, and oddities with calligraphy. The scene in the eye is no longer the real scene, but the elements of calligraphy, such as brushwork, brushwork, and brushwork. So is the so-called "soul yearning". The day passes away and then the night follows. In the dream, the god was given a calligraphy formula, and in the morning, the fast calligraphy really came true. It is endless.

In this respect, the ancients showed a more life oriented tendency than modern people. Calligraphy does not have to be separated from life, and calligraphers do not have to flaunt it from literati. Many elements are fused together, so it is more free and relaxed. Watching the life of the ancients, a scholar has a job to prepare for settling down in life. He goes to Malantai to turn around. The rest of the time will be spent on ancient steles, poems, and letters to relatives and friends. More time will be spent reading books of sages and sages. Never leave books and pens, the original home life is like this, even in troubled times, even if there is a chance, it is still like this. It would be more comfortable if there were literati gathering together. They would play with ink and ink on the paper, and try their best to be happy again. Is the Orchid Pavilion Gathering of Jin people just a folk custom activity that inherits the old system to pray for blessings and avoid disasters by the water? The content of calligraphy and literature has infiltrated into it. Yang Ning's "Leek Flower Calligraphy" is also a scene of life. When receiving a gift, thanking the other party and writing a reply, it is a ritual of daily life, but calligraphy is unconsciously melted into it. Later generations extracted it from the life scene and copied it as a rare masterpiece. They thought that the life scene was very tasteful and natural, like sleeping when sleepy and eating when hungry, without any pretense, it was natural. Therefore, if we really want to ask the ancients how much time they spent on literature and art a day, the answer should also be: no way to say, hehe.

This kind of life of the ancients tends to be diluted in later generations. The change of writing tools and posture, first of all, is the change of people's thinking. With computers and mobile phones, the pen and ink will be put aside or become an impractical device. Without the interest and time of calligraphy practice, I would not miss it. Those who can write and write are rare, because there are still four treasures of study at home, and a little ancient style remains. The famous among them are called calligraphers, which distinguishes them from non calligraphers. Such an identity makes people consciously set aside time and write seriously. They always have to constantly strengthen this identity, actively participate in calligraphy activities and competitions, and even ask for a fake creation if they want to create something. It seems that calligraphers must do so. Some people have calligraphy in their life, and calligraphy has life in it, which looks like the ancients. The difference is that the calligraphy of the ancients was more natural and appropriate for life. Anyone who expressed himself in words must appear in the form of brush writing. It is not necessary to do it intentionally, purposefully, or deliberately. There are too many opportunities to use brush consciously, unconsciously, consciously, or unconsciously every day, and no one can distinguish life from calligraphy in a continuous way.

Daily life is earthly, and maintaining one's life course is not so elegant and meaningful. If calligraphy is integrated into it rather than separated from oil and water, then as a hobby of life, it is at least interesting. Because of personal love, there are more feelings in life. If you don't write for three or five days, you will be missing, and you will be worried about it. Even when you are on a business trip, you need to take some calligraphy books with you. When you are free, you can turn them over to understand your desire for paper books. Therefore, there are many people who live to the end of their lives. It's better to feel uneasy and can't help it. Because of this love, the secular life has some changes, which makes one's speech tendency, observation angle, imagination space and association area different from others, and makes one's life in reality and heaviness, and has some transcendence. For example, when a person who runs a snack bar to earn a living writes a recipe with a brush, he will also want to write words as elegant as Chu Ti.

(The author is a professor of Fujian Normal University)

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