存十箱，弃十箱。其中用时最多者乃审录读书札记，及随笔残笺。
七日始检点旧画。书多画少，约需两周可毕。
自叹昔日精力茂盛，每则于劳务纷纭之暇，随感随作。盖人于世事忙碌之中往往有物填胸，便欲直吐霜毫为快耳！倘终日闲懒，必言之无物，难发笔兴，为作而作尔。
2025年7月9日记
July 9, 2025
By July 6th, I had finished sorting through over twenty years’ worth of accumulated calligraphy and ink manuscripts.
Ten boxes kept, ten boxes discarded. The most time-consuming task was reviewing reading notes and fragmented jottings.
On the 7th, I began organizing old paintings—fewer in number than writings—a task that should take about two weeks to complete.
I sigh at the vigor of my younger self, who, amid countless duties, could still seize passing inspirations and set them down in ink.
Indeed, when the world keeps one busy, thoughts crowd the heart and demand release through the brush!
But in idleness, words lose substance; forced creation becomes mere motion without soul.
