3500 words: in the book, the chinese are sober and romantic
On spring 2026, i stood in the exhibition hall of ebozai, staring at mr. Qing's poems for half an hour. When the eyes were on "scrutinizing a thousand men's pens, a canoe's good words" it was suddenly struck by a wonderful force — not a cold ink mark, but a “life statement” written by a centenarian with a lifetime of clarity: “the number of his family's treasures, the loss of his life,” and the gentle romance of “iphodi, the star of the river, the cold”, which is more of a obscurantism in the second book of self-knowledge. Today, let us follow these moving writings and read the wisdom and spiritual code of life in the calligraphy。
From the words “crowds of the royal family” to “citizen thai doo” : a half-century of life and practice hidden in the words of the enlightenment
Many people know that it's called "citizens" but they don't know how hard his life is to start. As the king's 9th grandson, he was born a long time ago, a teenager who lived on the sale of paintings, a middle-aged academic dispute and the loss of affection in his later years. But those sufferings eventually became the backbone of his pen。
The calligraphy of lecturing has never been "dazzling" but "writing." in his early years, he studied the european body and the willow body, and in his middle year, the warmness of zhao meng yi and tung chang became the “starter” of “skin and hard, soft and soft”. Look at his words, you'll find a unique sense of “sweetness”: a painting that looks light, but hard on paper; a structure that looks simple, but weathery. For example, the word “self” in the second title of “know-your-self”, with his undisguised embrace, hides a clear understanding of his self; the word “know-your-face” goes out like an arrow in pursuit of truth。
On the shivering, the topic #courage # has already exceeded 1 billion. After 0000, he wrote an inspirational language for advanced examinations, which were used by retired seniors to practice hard writing, and even by entrepreneurs to create a cultural wall for companies. This is not just the charm of calligraphy, but mr. Zai wei wei wei wei wei wei wei wei wei wei wei wei wei wei wei wei wei wei wei。
Ii. “sensitizing romance” for the job: why does his calligraphy cure the spiritual consumption of the present generation
If zhao meng yi's book is a “sweet antidote”, then the call to action is a “sane salvation”. We live in an era of anxiety: young people's rolls, middle-aged jobs, old people's rolls, and everyone loses himself in “comparisons”. And the words of action, like a mirror, reflect our most needed life stance。
(i) confusion in self-righteous second head da
Mr. Zaiqi wrote a poem called "knower": "knower is the only one who can't blame god." the word “self” in this poem, which he wrote, was stale and unsaid at all; the word “know” received a slight amount of it, as it whispered. That is precisely the most scarce quality of the present generation: a clear understanding of one's identity, not blindness, not comparison。
I knew a designer at a major internet factory who worked half a year in a row to “prove herself”, until she suddenly realized when she was in the book law class, “the second head of self-awareness”: real excellence, not beyond others, but acceptance of herself. She began to reduce the number of ineffective overtimes, devotes her time to the practice of calligraphy and to accompanying her family and instead finds a more acceptable rhythm in her work。
(ii) about life: the tender romance in iphodi
There's a lot of life details hidden in mr. Qiang's book law. For example, in the line “ipodi, the stars are full of the river”, the swirling of the word “boat” is like the oars, and the “boat” of the word “ship” is like a small boat, and the whole picture is full of poetry. He did not write words, but the moon's night in the water of gangnam, and the safety of the journeyers。
In a residential building in hangzhou, the owner made the line into a chandelier. Each resident lies in his bed, and he can see the light of the "ipodi of the ark". One of the girls who just broke up with her said, "looking at the word, suddenly it's not sad — like a ship will land and a man will find his own peace."
(iii) about the world: "his treasure, lost and lost"
"life is just a passing journey." when he wrote “the number of his family's treasures and the loss of an wu”, the pen of the word “numbers” was softly painted with his fingers, and the word “polls” was so low as to hide his reputation. This attitude of “resistence” is precisely what the present generation needs most。
A psychologist in shanghai told me that she was going to put a “do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do- a young man who has just failed to start a business has suddenly learned, by copying “the number of his family's treasures, the loss of an wu”, that real wealth is not the number of bankers, but the scenery and the people who stayed behind. He began to put aside his obsession and opened a small bookshop with savings, but instead found greater happiness。
Iii. Contemporary revelations of the enlightenment: the old ancestors had written the answer
Many people think that calligraphy is "sun and snow" and it's a long way from our lives, but as long as you read the words of enlightenment, you find it to be the best guide to life。
(i) professionalism in the “scrutinization of the army”
The word “cross” in this line is written by mr. Zaiqi, as a sword that sweeps thousands of troops across the border; the word “sweep” is waved like an arm, with overwhelming force. In the workplace, this is the best interpretation of “professionalism”: real power, not by human connections and by blowjobs, but by hard power。
I know the creative director of an advertising company who hangs this word in his office. Every time he encounters a hard client, he stares at the line and says, "if my ideas are good enough, i can "sweep the army." the bottom line, he's got his feet in the industry。
(ii) firework warms up in the family revelation: "red peak-fly house"
When mr. Qiang wrote “red zhong flying house”, the threads of the word “red” were entangled with red silk, and the wood section of the word “bed” was connected as a roof, and the whole picture was filled with warmth of the family. And it tells us that the best family relationships are not so much romanticism, but the company of thin waters。
In a calligraphy community in suzhou, a 90-year-old mother shared her story: she had been devastated by her daughter-in-law's contradictions until she suddenly realized that “home” was like a “building” in the line, and that it required everyone to “close” and “connect”. She started cooking for her mother-in-law and walking with her and finally broke the ice。
(iii) life's revelation: "being drunk is the life of the present."
When mr. Zaiqi wrote “when he was drunk, he was not drunk”, the word “drunk” was like a glass of wine, and the word “deep” was like a mouthful of his love for life. It tells us that the most precious thing in life is not the regret of the past and the anxiety of the future, but every moment of the present。
A retired teacher in beijing is allowed to speak of this every day. He said, "i used to think, "wait till i retire and enjoy life," and now i understand that life is now." he began to learn photography, to learn the ancients, to live like a poem every day。
Iv. Dialogue through half a century: why do we still need to work
In 2025, the miyagi museum held a special exhibition on the 110th anniversary of the birth of the child. I saw at the scene a detail of my tears: an old man with a white hair, wearing an old mirror, with a magnifying glass, to the trueness of poetry, with the words: "there are bones, there are temperatures." and the boy next to him, after 0000, was video-taping the post on his cell phone, lamenting, "the original calligraphy can also heal!"
This “inter-generational resonance” is precisely an indication that the call to action remains alive in contemporary times. In his words, there is no obscure reason, no deep theory, only the simplest wisdom of life and the most sincere attitude to life. It's like he's a twat when he's writing "know" and he's soft when he's writing "boat" and he's writing "drinking" in a language we all know。
In this age of information explosions, we have more and more contact every day than any other human life, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to find something that really moves people. And calligraphy, like a key, opens the door to our hearts. It makes us understand that culture is not a specimen in museums, but one that can be integrated into everyday lifestyles, and that the legacy is not a retrospect, but rather the light of the present life of old wisdom。
At the end of the day, there's a message in everyone's heart
On my holiday, i took my daughter to rongbao sai. At the moment when she was standing on the stage of the calligraphy, she suddenly pointed at "a piece of a thousand swords" and said, "mom, this word is like dancing!" i suddenly understood the true meaning of cultural heritage: it is not based on research papers by expert scholars, nor on a warm exhibition in the museum, but rather on the exhilaration of a child when he sees a post, on a moment of peace in the presence of an adult, and on the “saneness and romance” that each of us practises in our lives。
Mr. Kai-won said, "write is write yourself." it's the same thing in life: each of us is a calligrapher in our own lives, writing our own words in their pens. It is only with the expertise of the “scrambling army” and the tender romance of the “awail ipau,” as mr. Kai kung, that he can write his own great chapter, with the soberness of the “know-your-self” and the life of the “drink-to-being”。
When you are tired of working late at night, write “two words of self-awareness” to find peace in your heart; when you are anxious for your life, copy “iphodi of the ark” to feel the peace of poetry; and when you are confused about the future, repeat “one piece of a thousand armies” to regain courage. The words of mr. Zaiqi were never a relic of worship, but a friend who was with us。
May we all be like the chinese words of the quotuan letter, which are both thin and warm, with the strength of the army and with the tenderness of the ship. At this time of the year of the horse, let us take up the pen and write down our own “biblical law of life” — because the best cultural legacy is to give old wisdom a new flower in the life of the present generation。
