The favorable conditions for the development of calligraphy in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

First, the past dynasties have accumulated a lot. After brewing since the Eastern Han Dynasty, these new cursive scripts have matured in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, getting rid of the influence of the official script era. In addition to seal script and official script, cursive script, regular script, running script and other scripts have been finalized, and famous artists have come forth in large numbers, and the skill of calligraphy is amazing. The appearance of Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi made calligraphy, cursive script and regular script develop to a mature stage. Second, the influence of metaphysics in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Metaphysics is light. In the great transformation of literati calligraphy, calligraphy theory has developed, which is the product of calligraphy entering the conscious stage and laid the foundation of ancient calligraphy theory in China. Third, the influence of the prevalence of Taoism in Wei and Jin Dynasties. With the prevalence of Taoism, various Taoist architectural inscriptions have also increased, and the inscriptions in this period are also very popular, such as the Gulangyu tablet in Wu, the tablet in the Northern Wei Dynasty and the tablet in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. These tablets are steady with pens and strong fonts, which are highly praised by later writers.