Zhiyong, a monk between Chen and Sui, is famous for his surname Wang. He is good at taking notes and writing, especially cursive. He is the seventh grandson of Wang Xizhi and the fifth empress of Wang Xizhi. The monks in Yinshan Yongxin Temple (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province) are called "Yong Zen Master". I often live in Yongxing Temple Pavilion, and I am accustomed to Linchi. Closed-door research for 30 years. At first, he studied calligraphy with Xiao Ziyun. Later, he took his ancestor Wang Xizhi as his ancestor and devoted himself to studying in Yongxin Temple Pavilion for 30 years. Discarded pens are filled with five bamboo poles and buried in a grave, which is called "returning pens". Zhiyong became a famous calligrapher. When so many people came to Mo Bao, they broke through the threshold and had to be wrapped in iron. Later, this story became an allusion called "Iron Gate Limit". Zhiyong inherited the family law brilliantly, and his energy was extraordinary. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, calligraphers seldom came to school. A hundred years old is the end. Zhiguo, Cai Bian and Yu Shidnandu are very wise, and they all have calligraphy.
Dong Qichang's Essay on Painting Zen Rooms in the Ming Dynasty said that he learned from Zhong You's Show Table, "Every pen must twist its pen and sink into a bundle instead, so-called writing should be through the back of the paper". He, who wrote Thousand Characters, said: "Pens and pens come from the air and live in the air. Although there are leaks in the house, it is not enough to say. " When we read his ink painting "Thousand Characters" carefully, we can see that he hides his head and protects his tail, and his brushwork is tortuous, subtle and rhythmic. Dong and his words can be described as accurate, specific and appropriate.