Xihe began to learn calligraphy at the age of seven, studied under Mrs. Wei and her uncle Wang _, and came from a calligraphy family. Later, he visited Seiko in Qin and Han Dynasties, studied the style, imitated the hand, learned from others' strengths, and merged them into one furnace, creating a running script that is "natural, enriching the people and enriching the people", and was praised as a "book saint" by later generations.
Professor Peking University and pioneer Li Zhimin commented: "Wang Xizhi's calligraphy not only shows simplicity and abstinence based on Laozi and Zhuangzi's philosophy, but also shows harmony based on Confucian golden mean." Calligraphy reached its peak in his later years, and Preface to Lanting was his masterpiece in his later years.
The Preface to the Lanting Pavilion in Wang Xizhi's calligraphy works is recognized as the unparalleled "best running script in the world" by calligraphers of all ages. Wang Xizhi (A.D. 303 ~ 36 1), the most outstanding calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was born in Linyi, a rogue and a general of the right army, and was called "Wang Youjun".
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Wang Xizhi's best calligraphy in his life is Preface to Lanting Collection. That was his work in middle age.
There is a custom in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Every year on the third day of the third lunar month, people go to the river to play, so as to eliminate the ominous. This is called "repair _". On March 3rd, the 9th year of Yonghe, Wang Xizhi and some scholars, totally 4 1 person, went to the Lanting River to repair _. Everyone is writing poems while drinking.
After the poems were written, everyone collected them and synthesized a Preface to Lanting Collection, which was recommended by Wang Xizhi. At this time, Wang Xizhi was drunk. He took advantage of the wine, picked up a moustache pen and waved it on the cocoon paper. This preface is "Preface to Lanting Collection", which is a famous article throughout the ages. This post is a draft with 28 lines and 324 words. Described the scene of the collection of literati at that time.
Because the author was in high spirits and was very proud of his writing. It is said that I couldn't write anymore. Among them, there are more than twenty "zhi" characters, which are written in different ways. Mi Fei in Song Dynasty called it "the best running script in the world".
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Baidu encyclopedia-Wang Xizhi's calligraphy