Appreciation of Wang Xizhi's Playing with Goose

Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, loved geese, watched them dance their necks and realized the way of calligraphy. He once traded scriptures for geese with Taoist priests in Yin Shan. In this picture, Wang Xizhi is sitting on a pine tree, and two white geese are swimming in the lotus. This painting embodies the artist's various talents, drawing people, using thin lines, flowing, accurate and vivid modeling. This painting is loose, curved and folded, and it has the appearance of a flying dragon. Painting scenery, spreading and dyeing, ethereal and distant. Painting flowers and birds is neat and meticulous, with a courtyard style. Composition is a typical "horse horn" style, and comfort and meaning overflow the paper.

Wang Xizhi gave birth to a sex goose. According to the Book of Jin in the Tang Dynasty, "There was a Taoist priest who raised geese well and was very happy when he came to the door to find a market. Taoism says,' In order to write the Tao Te Ching, you should give a gift to a group of people.' Xihe happily finished writing and went home in a cage, very happy. "

When people mention Wang Xizhi, it is easy to think of his story of "writing scriptures for geese". It is said that Lu, a Taoist of the Xuanmiao Temple in Tanniang Village, wanted to ask Wang Xizhi to copy a "Huangting Classic" for the temple, but he and Wang Xizhi were strangers. How dare he make a request rashly? Later, he heard that Wang Xizhi was fond of geese, so he bought a large group of white geese and kept them in a stream that Wang Xizhi often passed by, waiting for an opportunity. Wang Xizhi passed by this stream and saw this group of big white geese. He likes it so much that he can't leave. He asked the owner of the goose, Taoist Lu, if the goose was for sale. Lu pretended to be embarrassed to say that the things raised in Guanli had never been sold to outsiders. Wang Xizhi begged again and again, preferring to pay a high price, and said that he really liked these geese. When Lu saw that the time had come, he said, "You can't sell. But if you can copy a copy of Huang Ting Jing for Guan Li, then I will give all these geese to adults. " In less than half a day, Wang Xizhi copied a copy of Huang Tingjing.

Before leaving, Wang Xizhi wrote a cursive word "Goose" on the beach by the stream with his cane and left happily. Lu saw the word "wild goose" flying in the wind, and his pen was vigorous. This is simply a genius move. He asked someone to take a large piece of tissue paper and draw a sketch himself. Then a stonemason was hired to carve the word "goose" on the stone tablet. Since then, the word "Goose" has been erected in Lanting Scenic Area in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, and the pond behind the monument is called "Goose Pond".

This story is not fiction, and it has been recorded in the historical books such as The Discussion Table in the Southern Dynasties and Jin Shu in the Early Tang Dynasty.