Emperor Ming of the Eastern Jin Dynasty once wanted to go to Fuzhou Mountain in the northern suburbs of Jiankang, Kyoto, to offer sacrifices to the Earth God. He asked Wang Xizhi to write the sacrificial inscriptions on a wooden celebration board and then have someone carve it. The carver removed layer after layer of wood, and found that Wang Xizhi's ink stains penetrated deep into the wood. It was not until three-thirds of the thickness was removed that the white background was visible! The engraver marveled at the power of his writing: "It penetrated the wood three-thirds of the time!"
Wang Xizhi's "Preface to the Lanting Collection" has been admired by calligraphers of all ages and is known as "the best running script in the world". Wang was also good at Li, Cao, Kai, Xing and other styles. He studied the styles carefully, imitated them with his heart and hands, picked up the strengths of others, prepared various styles, and cultivated them in one furnace. He got rid of the writing style of Han and Wei Dynasties and became his own style with far-reaching influence.
His calligraphy is gentle and natural, his writing style is euphemistic and subtle, and he is beautiful and vigorous. People often refer to Cao Zhi's "Luo Shen Fu": "As graceful as a startling giant, as graceful as a wandering dragon, with brilliant autumn chrysanthemums and magnificent spring pine trees." It seems as if the moon is covered by light clouds, and the snow flutters like the flowing wind." One sentence to praise the beauty of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy.
Wang Xizhi’s calligraphy has influenced generations of calligraphers. Ouyang Xun, Yu Shinan, Zhu Suiliang, Xue Ji, Heyan Zhenqing, and Liu Gongquan in the Tang Dynasty, Yang Ningshi in the Five Dynasties, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu, and Cai Xiang in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu in the Yuan Dynasty, and Dong Qichang in the Ming Dynasty. These famous calligraphers in the past dynasties were sincerely convinced by Wang Xizhi. , so he enjoys the reputation of "Sage of Calligraphy".
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Pente into the wood three points, pronunciation: rùmùsānfēn, Chinese idiom; meaning: describe the strong and powerful calligraphy pen, also metaphor for deep and thorough insights into articles or things.
Usage: More formal; used as predicate, attributive, adverbial, complement; with a complimentary meaning.
Couplet: What's the use of praising someone who is far away from you, but it's also good to scold someone who is deeply concerned. —Zheng Banqiao
Synonyms: power through the back of paper, iron painting with silver hook
Antonym: a glimpse
Afterword: A hammer hits a nail - three points into the wood; a woodpecker pecks a tree - three points into the wood
Baidu Encyclopedia-Three Points into the Wood
Baidu Encyclopedia-Wang Xizhi (calligrapher during the Eastern Jin Dynasty)