The calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was honored as a "book saint" by later generations.

The book saint is Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Introduction:

Shu Sheng and Wang Xizhi were called Shao Yi, a native of Linyi (now Shandong), and later moved to Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). In his later years, he lived in seclusion in Jinting, Shan County, and was a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty in China. Worked as a secretary, general Ningyuan, Jiangzhou secretariat. Later, he was the secretariat of Huiji, who led the right general and was called "Wang Youjun" and "Wang Huiji". His son, Wang Xianzhi, is also good at calligraphy, and the world is collectively known as the "two kings".