"Essays on Painting Zen Rooms" is divided into fifteen branches: on the use of pens, on calligraphy, on ancient calligraphy, on painting strategies, on painting sources, on paintings, on old paintings, on poems, on articles, chronicles, travel notes, miscellaneous notes, Chuci, and Zen. The purpose of painting and calligraphy is subtle, and its essence can be summarized as "using pen" and "using ink". Among the theories, long-term practical experience is integrated. Legalists have wonderful traces in statutes, and legalists circulate outside the traces. Among them, "On the Use of Pen" and "On the Comment on Calligraphy" are the core parts of the author's calligraphy view. For example, in "On Calligraphy", the author puts forward the important relationship and function of calligraphy, and thinks: "The genius of Chinese characters lies in the use of pens, especially ink, but rarely see the original works of the ancients, which is not enough for words." "When you start writing, you must set a purpose. Calligraphy will not become an image if it is generally smeared. It is not too difficult to make people know that it is a book with a pen and say that it is fixed. " "The strokes must be straight and not easy to be soft." "When you write a pen, you must lift it. Don't let it be complacent, but it will never pass on words. The difficulty of using a pen lies in the strength of the Tao, not that the angry pen is strong, but that strong people can afford it. This is only in Henan, where Yu Yongxing has a book. I have to be enlightened before I can believe it. " ..... comprehensively summarizes the role and changes of brushwork in the whole process of writing a book. Regarding "the meaning of pen", the author thinks: "The most important thing is to eliminate ridge marks, so as not to make pens and pencils carve words on paper. Dongpo's poetry theory calligraphy cloud:' Innocence is my teacher' is also the marrow of Dan. " The average orientation of the most taboo people is that there is a connection between what is received and what is released. The book of Wang Daling has never been around. The right army, like a phoenix, seems strange. Anyway, that is to say, the layout is improper, general, complicated in length and required in density. "The abstract concept of brushwork is analyzed in detail, and its changing law is obtained. Regarding the "ink method", the author thinks: "When using ink, you should ask, don't get bored, especially avoid fat, which is a great evil. On "writing a book", he expressed his experience: "If you study for thirty years, you will realize calligraphy, but you can't prove it, you will find it in your ears. After that, that is, the father and son of the right army are helpless. " "Calligraphy is vivid, while awkwardness is straightforward and unpretentious." It commented on the ancient book cloud: "Mihai Yueshu does not hang down, does not shrink, and does not accept it. "This eight-character mantra does not have this mantra. However, there must be good words. Haiyue claims to be a collection of ancient sayings, and he attaches great importance to it. Compared with his old age, he has a new ear. Wu Ju is the only one who learns rice books. Huang Hua Liao Liao, one and a half knots, not like a tiger. " They are all based on feelings, avoiding the common problems of mystery such as spirit, reason, charm and character in books written by ordinary people. It covers a wide range and can be developed in the context of the development of book history, with many outstanding opinions.
"Sikuquanshu" describes: "He is good at doing things and accumulates his life's strength." Although there are still some limitations in his works on calligraphy, such as conservative criticism, lack of systematicness and inconsistency, it is still a rare work in the study of calligraphy in the Ming Dynasty, and it is also of great reference value to the study of calligraphy theory in later generations.