Wang Xizhi (303-36 1), Han nationality, was born in Linyi (now Linyi, Shandong), and later moved to Yin Shan (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). Because Wang Xizhi is right-handed, he is called "Wang Youjun" and "Wang Huiji".
Wang Xizhi, who is good at running scripts, writing scripts and writing scripts, carefully studies scripts, imitates scripts by hand, learns from others, writes scripts and melts them into one furnace. He got rid of the style of writing in Han and Wei dynasties, became a family of his own, and had a far-reaching influence, creating a running script of "Nature is natural, and God is abundant and covers generations".
Representative works include: Le Yi Lun in regular script, Huang Ting Jing, Seventeen Guas in cursive script, Gua for Aunt in Running Script, Gua for Quick Snow Clear, Gua for Mourning, Preface to Lanting Collection in Running Script, etc. He was a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and was honored as a "book saint" by later generations. Together with his son Wang Xianzhi, he is called "Two Kings".
Calligraphy attainments:
At the age of seven, Wang Xizhi was already a good writer. At the age of twelve, he stole the pen theory of the previous generation from his father's pillow. His father, Wang Kuang, is good at deeds and official books; Uncle Wang Xun is good at calligraphy and painting. He once commented in Lun Shu: "Before crossing Jiangdong and the right army, Xun was the most important, painting was the teacher, and Wen was the right army. Wang Xizhi was deeply influenced by the Wangs in calligraphy since he was a child.
Wang Xizhi is ambitious and creative. Learn from Zhong You, and you will be able to change. Zhong Shu is still turning over, and the real book is also divided. The pen is still expanding and there is a tendency for birds to soar. The so-called bell-tailed falcon wave. Wang Xizhi likes to chase with his hands, but it is easy to turn into a song and subtract momentum. The so-called right army came down with a bang.