Wang Xizhi's preface to the holy teachings introduces the preface to the collection of Wang Shengjiao, which is the full name of the preface to the holy teachings of the three monks in Datang. Huairen is composed of Wang Xizhi's running script. Don? It was built in December of the third year of Xianheng (672). Running script has 30 lines, ranging from 83 words to 88 words. "Discrimination of Jin and Cui Shi" contains: the monument is nine feet four inches six minutes high and four feet two inches four minutes wide; Text * * * 30 lines. Now Xi 'an's forest of steles is hidden. Wang's calligraphy traces are mostly inherited from this, so it has been valued by calligraphers of all ages. The Preface to the Sanzang Sermon was written by Emperor Taizong in recognition of Master Xuanzang's trip to the Western Regions to learn from the scriptures and his translation of important Sanzang classics after his return to China. Prince Li Zhi (Emperor Gaozong) is a postscript.
Huairen, a monk from Hongfu Temple in Chang 'an, can write literary works. Entrusted by the temples, he took great pains to collect and copy this monument by borrowing the calligraphy of Wang Xizhi, the inner government. Sui Shi? Escape from the original and savor it? . Inscriptions are selected from various posts in the Book of the King, such as knowledge, interest, or, group, sex, forest, bosom, general, wind, lang, yes, worship, seclusion, trust, travel, collection and so on. They are all taken from Preface to Lanting Collection. Due to Huairen's profound attainments and rigorous attitude towards calligraphy, this monument is magnificent, ups and downs, and it fully embodies Wang Shu's characteristics and charm, and has reached the realm of natural location, orderly organization, peace and simplicity. ?
Of course, this method of collecting characters also has considerable limitations. The repeated words change less, and the radical combination lacks echo. Since then, there have been many calligraphy inscriptions by Wang Xizhi or other great calligraphers, such as the Guangfu Temple Monument by the Daya monk and the new translation of the Diamond Sutra in the Tang Dynasty. , but the preface to the sermon of Wang Xizhi is still the most successful.
The origin of the preface to the holy teachings: Master Xuanzang, a monk in the Tang Dynasty, went west to learn the scriptures, went through hardships and risked his life before arriving in India. When he returned to Chang 'an to learn the scriptures, the whole country was shocked. Emperor Taizong was very moved by Xuanzang's great spirit of learning from the scriptures. Defeat North Korea? , for his achievements in Buddhism, is also highly respected, so on February 6th, 19th year of Zhenguan, he was ordered to translate Sanskrit in Chang 'an Hongfu Temple. He also prefaced his translation of The Yoga Teacher's Theory of Land, which is the origin of the Preface to the Holy Teaching.
After the preface to the holy teachings is written, it is intended to be engraved on a stone tablet and spread to future generations and the world. Because Emperor Taizong loved Wang Xizhi's calligraphy deeply, people thought that this inscription was not the calligraphy of Wang Xizhi, a book sage? Not expensive? However, Wang Xizhi is from A Jin, and he won't write any more, so he asked the shaman Huairen of Hongfu Temple to be a speller. Shi Huairen was originally a monk who was good at Wang Xizhi's calligraphy. It is said that he is also a descendant of Wang Xizhi. Huairen used Wang Xizhi's calligraphy to spell out the full text of the Preface to the Holy Teaching. In order to facilitate Huairen's collection of characters, Emperor Taizong specially allowed a large number of Wang Xizhi's handwriting collected in the palace to be provided to the cross-check collection.
Legend has it that Huairen couldn't find a few words in the process of collecting words, so he had to ask the court to post a notice, and whoever gave a much-needed word in the inscription would be rewarded with 1000 yuan. Therefore, the story of Wang Xizhi's word is spread in history, and this painstakingly carved monument is also available? The gold monument? Good name. I collected all the words, but two big troubles came. First, there are some words in the inscription that Wang Xizhi did not write, and the collected words are of different sizes. However, these clever monks in Huairen County can't beat them. If there are no words, he will use the radical strokes written by Wang Xizhi to spell them. Big and small words are a bit difficult to handle, but using the principle of light and shadow imaging, can't big words be reduced and small words be enlarged? The Preface to the Holy Teaching is 1904 words in total, including Preface to Taizong, Story of Taizong Prince, Answer to the Record of Taizong, Answer to the Record of Prince, and Heart Sutra of Xuanzang. After 24 years of collection, patchwork and painstaking management, Huairen finally became this monument. It shows that the preface to the holy teachings is Wang Xizhi's masterpiece of calligraphy. This monument draws on the wisdom of Wang Shu, pays great attention to change and cohesion, and is carved quite accurately, so it can be said? Holy post? It is selected and synthesized from Wang's Trace, which is enough to represent the essence of Wang's book and can be called the best model.
Jiang Heng, a Qing Dynasty man, said in the inscription of Zhuocuntang: "Shaman Huairen is the grandson of the right army and got his own family law, so the preface to the collection of characters is full of enthusiasm and vitality and is the ancestor of ancient philology." After the publication of Preface to Ci Collection, calligraphers in Song, Ming and Qing dynasties spoke highly of this work, calling it "Bai Dai Mo Kai". "The imitation of Xi's book began in Huairen." Indeed, this inscription fully shows the exquisiteness, elegance and agility of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy art. This inscription has great merits and is still a rare and precious inscription for us to learn calligraphy.
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