Ant bodies are covered with oil and prickly hairs. To prevent slippage and make it easy to apply the ink, he had to rub them repeatedly with alcohol. Then he would brush on the characters and use a steel needle to clean up the calligraphy. He ended up shattering countless ants 'heads before finally succeeding.
寫字難不倒他，但難就難在螞蟻身上有油脂和細刺，為了避免「滑刀」和易於著墨，必須用酒精反覆擦拭，之後先用毛筆描字，再以鋼針用「挑」的技法修飾線條，終於在刻破、捏碎無數顆螞蟻頭後才大功告成。