The pinyin of Wang Xizhi is wáng xī zhī.
Wang Xizhi, courtesy name Yishao, Han nationality, was a famous calligrapher during the Eastern Jin Dynasty and was known as the Saint of Calligraphy. A native of Langya (now Linyi, Shandong), he later moved to Shanyin, Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), and lived in seclusion in Jinting, Shan County in his later years. Wang Xizhi successively served as secretary Ying, general Ningyuan, governor of Jiangzhou, and later as internal historian of Kuaiji, leading the right general.
His calligraphy is good at Li, Cao, Kai and Xing styles. He studies the styles carefully, imitates them with his heart and his hands. The wind is a style of its own and has far-reaching influence. The style is peaceful and natural, the writing style is euphemistic and subtle, and it is beautiful and graceful. Wang Xizhi's masterpiece "Lanting Preface" is known as the best running script in the world. In the history of calligraphy, he and his son Wang Xianzhi are collectively known as the two kings.
Wang Xizhi's "Preface to the Lanting Collection" is admired by calligraphers of all ages and is known as the best running script in the world. Wang was also good at Li, Cao, Kai, Xing and other styles. He studied the styles carefully, imitated them with his heart and hands, picked up the strengths of others, prepared all kinds of styles, and cultivated them in one furnace. He broke away from the writing style of Han and Wei Dynasties and became his own style with far-reaching influence. His calligraphy is gentle and natural, his writing style is euphemistic and subtle, and he is beautiful and graceful.
The world often uses Cao Zhi's "Ode to the Goddess of Luo": as graceful as a startling giant, graceful as a wandering dragon, glorious in the autumn chrysanthemums, and luxuriant in the spring pine. It seems like the moon is covered by light clouds, and the fluttering snow is like the flowing wind. One sentence to praise the beauty of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy. Legend has it that Wang Xizhi practiced calligraphy so hard when he was a child that over time, the water in the pond used to clean his brushes turned into ink color.
There are idioms about him such as "three points into the wood", "quick son-in-law in the east bed", etc. The most obvious feature of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy style is his delicate brushwork and changeable structure. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy has influenced generations of calligraphers. Ouyang Xun, Yu Shinan, Zhu Suiliang, Xue Ji, Heyan Zhenqing, and Liu Gongquan in the Tang Dynasty, Yang Ningshi in the Five Dynasties, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu, and Cai Xiang in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu in the Yuan Dynasty, and Dong Qichang in the Ming Dynasty.