Calligraphers of the older generation constantly repudiate the past. Situations in which one was allowed to create one's own style were few and far between. Rather, whenever anyone brought up the subject of calligraphy, they would always ask one question: "Whose characters are you imitating?"
過去一代代書法家不斷推翻過去，自創新格的情形難得再現，反而提起書法，人們總要問一句：「你臨的是那一家的字體？」