gt; gt; Wang Xizhi (321379, 303361, 307365), a calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The courtesy name is Yi Shao, and he was born in Linyi, Langya (now part of Shandong). Born into a noble family. He was promoted to general of the Youjun Army and internal historian of Kuaiji, and was known as Wang Youjun. Due to disagreements with Wang Shu, he resigned and settled in Kuaiji Mountain (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). He learned calligraphy from Mrs. Wei (Lian) in his early years, and later changed his learning to learn Zhang Zhi in cursive calligraphy and Zhong Yao in formal calligraphy. He also learned from others' strengths, studied the styles carefully, introduced the old and brought out the new, and changed the simple calligraphy style since the Han and Wei Dynasties to be beautiful. The new body of the feces. His calligraphy is well-prepared for various calligraphy styles, and he is especially good at upright conduct. His strong and powerful changes in calligraphy have been admired by calligraphers of all ages and have had a great influence. There are many engraved calligraphy, scattered among the series of engraved calligraphy since the Song Dynasty. The largest number of running scripts are preserved in the "Holy Religion Preface" collected by Tang monk Huairen. Cursive scripts include "Seventeen Posts" and so on. No original works have survived, except for "Aunt", "Fengju", "Sangluan", "Kong Shizhong" and cursive script "Chu Yue" written in Tang Dynasty. gt; gt; It was the eighth day of the third lunar month in 353 AD. On this day, the spring was warm, the flowers were blooming, the sun was shining, and everything was so beautiful. Wang Xizhi, his friends and others came to the Orchid Pavilion in Kuaiji Mountain talking and laughing. They recited poems together, raised glasses and drank, enjoying the beautiful scenery. After having a few drinks, Wang Xizhi was already a little drunk. At this time, his friend Xie An said to him: "The scenery is beautiful today and everyone is having so much fun. Do you want to write an article to cheer up?" This means. He picked up the pen and wrote a preface to the collection of poems with great enthusiasm. This is the famous "Preface to the Lanting Collection". "Preface to the Lanting Collection" has 28 lines and 324 words. The entire text is written in running script, and it has become a masterpiece of running script recognized by calligraphers of the past dynasties. Wang Xizhi is also known as the "Sage of Calligraphy". gt; gt; Wang Xizhi's calligraphy art absorbed the essence of many calligraphers since the Han and Wei dynasties, got rid of the shackles of his predecessors, and opened up a new artistic conception. People often describe his words as "floating like floating clouds, as powerful as a frightening dragon". gt; gt; The fact that Wang Xizhi's calligraphy has reached such a high level is inseparable from his diligent study and practice since childhood. It is said that he loved writing very much when he was 7 years old. Usually when he was walking, he was thinking about the structure of fonts, gestures and how to start and finish writing. As I was thinking about it, my fingers were unconsciously gesticulating on my clothes. Over time, even my clothes were scratched. Although this legend is a bit exaggerated, it vividly illustrates Wang Xizhi's spirit of studying hard. gt; gt; After Wang Xizhi became famous, many people wanted to get his name. According to legend, there was a Taoist priest in Shanyang who wanted to ask Wang Xizhi to write him a "Huang Ting Jing". He had already prepared pen, ink, paper and inkstone, but he was just worried that Wang Xizhi would not agree. Later, he heard that Wang Xizhi liked geese the most, so he specially raised a group of very cute white geese so that he could take action when the opportunity arises. Finally one day, Wang Xizhi passed by there on a boat. When he saw a group of beautiful white geese swimming in the river, he felt indescribable love in his heart. He stopped the boat and looked at it again and again, never wanting to leave. So he went to the Taoist priest and asked the Taoist priest to sell him the goose. The Taoist priest said: "I don't want to sell such good geese. But if you can write a scripture for me, I will give these geese to you." After hearing this, Wang Xizhi immediately agreed and spent a long time with great enthusiasm. At that time, he wrote a volume of "Huang Ting Jing" in regular script and gave it to the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest put the geese in a cage and asked Wang Xizhi to take them away on the boat. This story is what people later spread as "calligraphy for white goose". gt; gt; It is now rare to see Wang Xizhi’s original works. The Palace Museum still collects Feng Cheng’s sketch of “The Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection”, and the Yue Gu Building in Beijing’s Beihai Park only preserves some stone carvings of Wang Xizhi’s original works. But the charm of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy art will remain forever.