His writing flowers from the brush; his essays draw readers in.
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Famous in the chengyu 涉笔成趣 (shèbǐ chéng qù — 'as soon as the brush touches paper, charm appears'), praising spontaneous artistic mastery. Originally describing painters and calligraphers; now used metaphorically for any inspired writer.
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涉 literally 'to wade across' (water) → here 'to engage with / put hand to'. So 涉笔 is 'to wade into the brush', a literary way of saying 'to begin to write'.
