少年时学刻印,一位虽名不出乡里却真懂篆刻的老师私下告诉我:不必相信有些篆刻教课书说的学篆刻必须先摹刻多少方古印才能言及篆刻创作。有些老师教学生说,欲学篆刻,先摹刻一千方汉印再来见我,这其实都是些陈词滥调,是对“印宗秦汉”的机械理解,甚至是故弄玄虚。其实他自己学印时也没有 When a young boy learns to imprint, a teacher who does not know the name of the village but does not understand the name of the carpentry teacher told me in private: Do not believe that some carvings taught in the teaching of carving must first inscribe how many square ancient seals can speak of seal cutting. Some teachers teach students that they would like to learn how to learn carving and then first engrave a thousand Chinese and Indian lunches to see me again. This is actually a cliché, a mechanical understanding of “Qin and Qin Dynasties,” or even a mystery. In fact, he did not learn from India