余浅薄不文,学无成就,书法一道,何敢妄谈。唯自孩提时,即喜弄笔。积其岁年,或有所得。缀其经过,贡采览焉。余八岁时,开始学艺,未有师承;十六岁从范培开先生学书。先生授以唐碑,并授安吴执笔悬腕之法,心好习之。弱冠后,复从含山张栗庵先生学诗古文辞,先生学贯古今,藏书甚富,与当代马通伯、姚仲实、陈澹然诸先生游,书学晋、唐,于褚遂良、米海岳尤精至。尝谓余曰:“学者三十开外,诗文书艺,皆宜明其途径,若驰鹜浮名,害人不浅,一再延稽,不可救药,口传 Yu shallow superficial, learn without success, calligraphy together, how dare to talk. Only from childhood, that is, hi pen. Accumulate their years, or have income. After its decoration, tribute Yan Yan. When I was eight years old, I started to learn arts and did not have a teacher. At the age of sixteen, I learned from Mr. Fan Peikai. Mr. Tang granted by the monument, and granted Ann Wu hanging wrist method, the heart of the Xi Xi. Weak crown, the complex from the mountain Mr. Zhang Lian learn ancient poetry words, Mr. ancient and modern learning, the collection is very rich, and contemporary Ma Tongbo, Yao Zhongshi, Mr. Chen Ran various tour, book learning Jin, Tang, in Chu Sui Liang, Mi Hai Yue You Fine to. Taste of the said Yu said: ”Scholars more than thirty, poetry and calligraphy, all clear the way, if Chi Chi fame, the victim is not superficial, time and again, hopeless, oral