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