Preface to Lanting is Wang Xizhi's masterpiece. This is a running script work, and the words in the work are patchwork, which is an excellent work in terms of composition, brushwork and structure.
His creative background is an academic exchange meeting held in Lanting, which Wang Xizhi used to describe the scene and inner thoughts at that time. Although this work is excellent, it was brought to Zhaoling by Li Shimin and then copied.
2. Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Three Monks of Datang?
There are seven Buddha statues carved on the head of the monument, also known as "Preface to seven buddha". In the third year of Xianheng (672), it was built in Hongfu Temple in Chang 'an, the capital. The Preface to the Sanzang Sermon was written by Emperor Taizong in recognition of Master Xuanzang's trip to the Western Regions to learn from the scriptures and his translation of important Sanzang classics after his return to China. Prince Li Zhi () also wrote the postscript, Zhuge Shen and Zhu. The stone tablet is 9.4 feet high and 4.2 feet wide. There are 30 lines, each with more than 80 words. Now the forest of steles in Xi, Shaanxi.
3. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy work "Mourning"
In calligraphy and painting, Fang Bi and the round pen are associated with many stroke factors. The round pen can involve reverse advance, center, hidden front, pen lifting, pen turning and so on. Fang Bi can touch the cut, flank, expose the front, stop the pen, fold the pen, etc. Fiona Fang's pen also directly reflects Fiona Fang's structure and posture. Therefore, people think that squares and circles are writing procedures.
4. "menstruation Post"
Judging from the name, this post is addressed to his aunt. The work consists of six lines, adding up to 42 words. Wang Xizhi has a close relationship with his aunt and has deep feelings.
But one day, Wang Xizhi suddenly learned the bad news of his aunt, and he was very sad, so he wrote this work. Now, the "menstruation Post" circulated in the world is an imitation of Wu Zetian, and the original post was returned to Wang in the Tang Dynasty, but it was finally dropped.
5. Sunshine Station in the Snow
This work was originally the content of a letter, with a total of 28 words. His original post is still there, and it is collected in the Palace Museum, which is also a particularly precious item.
It was a sunny day after graduating from college, and it was also a letter that Wang Xizhi wrote to Zhang Hou when he began to live in seclusion. But Wang Xizhi is a great calligrapher. Even writing a letter casually is enough to become a famous calligraphy work, which has been passed down to this day.