Is word like a man considered an old saying?

Words are like people is an old saying.

The saying, "Calligraphy is the painting of the mind," actually originated from a famous line spoken by Yang Xiong, a writer in the Western Han Dynasty.

The meaning of this sentence is that calligraphy is a psychological depiction of the person, is to express and express the author's emotional state of mind with lines. "The word is like a person", meaning that the person and the word, the word and the person, two and one, one and two, such as fish and water, see the word as see the person.

The Qing dynasty Zhou Xinglian's "Linchi Guanmei" on the "word as a person" expressed very specifically. He said: "I say that between the ink and brush, this is enough to detect the human weather, calligraphy is the same. What is expressed is the meaning of "word as his person".

Words are like people, from the word to see a person's character

From the tilt of the font to see the character

The so-called tilt of the font, refers to the angle of the font's skew. Usually there are three kinds of fonts: upright, tilted left and tilted right.

One, the font is correct

1, said the penman is upright, have a sense of justice.

2, the person's heart is bright, the behavior of the righteous, but afraid of losing the constraints.

3. He is active, responsible and disciplined.

4. He has a strong sense of self-esteem and the ability to exercise self-restraint.

5. Heavy honor, can sacrifice everything for the sake of honor.

Two, tilted left of the font

1, said the pen has enterprising, willing to struggle upward.

2. There are anti-Hangzhou personality, including anti-traditional ideas.

3. If it leans too far to the left, it indicates that the person is a fraud and a trickster.

Three, leaning right of the font

1, that the penman is curious.

2, outgoing, enthusiastic, service-minded.

3. The person is more rational than emotional.

4. If he or she leans too far to the right, it means that he or she is jealous and ruthless.

Reference:Baidu Encyclopedia - Words like their own