In the 9th year of Jin Yonghe (353), on the third day of the third lunar month, Wang Xizhi, who "went to Zhejiang first and was determined to win", once held an elegant gathering with 4/kloc-0 celebrities such as Gao Shi Xie An and Sun Chuo in the Lanting under the shade of Huiji Mountain (now under the Zhu Lan Mountain outside Shaoxing). Participants wrote poems, expressed their arms and copied them into collections. It is recommended that Wang Xizhi, the convener of this gathering, write a preface to record this elegant collection, that is, the preface to Lanting Collection.
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As a calligraphy work, Preface to Lanting Collection has always been regarded as a classic and known as the "first running book". His calligraphy is elegant and fluent, such as flowing water and vigorous brushwork. It is said that Wang Shu's original work has been sacrificed by Emperor Taizong. In the Song Dynasty, Lu You said with emotion in the ancient poem "Postscript Feng Lanting": "Cocoon paper hides Zhaoling, and we will never see each other again in a thousand years. This is a bone, which is better than Lanting noodles. "
However, the Zhaoling Tomb of Emperor Taizong was stolen by Wen Tao in the Five Dynasties, and the Preface to the Lanting Pavilion was not among the stolen items, so it is generally believed that the Preface to the Lanting Pavilion existed in the Ganling where Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian were buried together.
Emperor Taizong got the original, ordered Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, Feng Chengsu, Ou Yangxun and others to copy and engrave it, and presented it to the prince and his modern ministers, which was called "imitation of the Tang Dynasty" in history. The existing manuscript is "Dragon Book", with 28 lines and 324 words. Its composition, structure and brushwork are quite unique, and it is considered to be the best copy. Stone carvings are the first to promote "fixed objects".
From 65438 to 0965, there was a debate in Chinese mainland academic circles about whether the Preface to the Lanting was written by Wang Xizhi. See the debate of Lanting.
Zhao Meng at the end of Song Dynasty and the beginning of Yuan Dynasty? It is also deeply influenced by the preface of Lanting collection.
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Wang Xizhi writes with a specially selected moustache and cocoon paper. First, he wrote about the grand occasion of the party, describing the environment-"Maolin pruning bamboo, clear water stirring turbulence", "the sky is clear and the air is clear, and the weather is sunny".
After that, his style changed to sadness, and writing about happiness was not long, and life was short. However, instead of advocating "eat, drink and be merry", he denounced Zhuangzi's argument of "death, life and sorrow". The whole language is fluent, unpretentious, popular and natural, and the combination of compound sentence and parallel prose is flexible and free, which can be called a masterpiece through the ages.
Preface to Lanting has 324 words, and all the repeated words are different, including 2 1 word "zhi", each with its own charm and no similarities. After Wang Xizhi sobered up, he rewrote many original texts in a few days, but after all, it was not as good as what he wrote in Lanting.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-Wang Xizhi