少字数作品 Calligraphy of Few Characters
少字数作品， 多书写名言， 如座右铭之类。 因为字数少， 要杜绝错字、 乖僻字， 词语不陈腐， 使大多数人能懂为宜。
少字数作品, also known as “Calligraphy of Few Characters”. This type of calligraphy style comes with fewer words, with the majority being mottos. These words are commonly used and easily understood.
Below are some examples calligraphed by Su Demao.
Do take note that in Chinese Calligraphy, words are read from right to left.
抱月清心
Embrace the Moon to Cleanse the Heart
抱月、清心，这是两个无关联的事。这里抱月和清心拼在一起，构成一件作品。 怀抱着皎洁的明月，映照自己清澈的心， 表现书家清白的胸怀和追求光明的理想。
"Embracing the Moon" and "Cleanse the Heart" are two unrelated things. Here they are combined to create a work of art. Embracing the bright moon reflects one's clear heart, expressing the calligrapher's pure mind and pursuit of the ideal of seeking enlightenment.
腾蛟起凤
Soaring Dragon, Rising Phoenix
翰墨志云：正书则端雅庄重， 结密得体， 若大王冠剑严立廊庙； 草书则腾蛟起凤， 振迅笔力， 颖脱毫举， 终不失真。 这句话出处如此，喻为草书之动态美， 如蛟龙飞腾，凤凰起舞一般展现草书的形态。 张旭，怀素之狂草当如是观。
这里以北碑张猛龙笔意书写， 书赠学员周美君者。
Hanmo Zhiyun says: "Regular script is dignified, solemn, and well-structured, like a king wearing a crown and holding a sword standing in a temple. Cursive script is dynamic and beautiful, with powerful brushstrokes that are bold and unconstrained, like the soaring of dragons and phoenixes, and never losing its true essence." This statement is a metaphor for the dynamic beauty of cursive script, which is like the soaring of dragons and phoenixes, as exemplified by the wild cursive calligraphy of Zhang Xu and Huaisu.
Here, the calligraphic work is written using a style of "北碑" by Zhang Menglong and was dedicated to the student Zhou Meijun.
命由我造
I Create My Own Destiny
“命由我造”， 语出“了凡四训”。 意为人要不断加强自身修养，改造自己，创造个人的新生命。
The phrase "命由我造" comes from "了凡四训", which means that individuals must continuously enhance their own cultivation, transform themselves, and create a new life for themselves.
