| Therefore, I hope that my technique would get better by the age of 86, I would understand the secrets of art at the age of 90 and would reach the world of gods at the age of 100. (Then,) A point which I would draw over the age of 100 would be alive as if it had gained life.' |
故に八十六才にしては益々進み 九十才にして猶其（その）奥意を極め 一百歳にして正に神妙ならんか 百有十歳にしては一点一格にして生るがごとくならん |