The Preface to the Lanting Pavilion, with 28 lines and 324 words, is charming and elegant, with exquisite words and dancing, which seems to help the gods and men. It has been regarded as a masterpiece in the calligraphy circles of past dynasties. Mi Fei, a great calligrapher in Song Dynasty, called it "the first post of China's running script". Anyone who studies running script in the future will fall in love with Lanting.
The graceful and dancing brushwork of Preface to Lanting really makes our younger generation sigh and admire Wang Xizhi's superb calligraphy skills and fluent literary talent.
The Artistic Features of Preface to Lanting;
1, the whole article is flowing, chic and elegant, with delicate bones, beautiful stippling, alternating density and white cloth, which contains extremely rich artistic beauty within the scale.
2, regardless of horizontal, vertical, point, skimming, hooking, folding and pressing, it can be said that the pen is extremely wonderful. Every word in Preface to Lanting has a different posture, turning itself into a circle.
3. The whole article has a strong sense of integrity and coherence, which highlights Wang Xizhi's free and easy temperament. The words in the article are meticulous, and each word has its own different personality.