Why did the art of calligraphy explode in Wei and Jin Dynasties, and the appearance of Wang Xizhi was inevitable?

Wei-Jin period is a prosperous period of unprecedented development of China's calligraphy. The reasons for this period are mainly due to social progress, ideological emancipation and great improvement of external material conditions. After the turmoil in the Three Kingdoms, many thoughts emerged. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, these prosperous and diverse thoughts merged together, and there was a brief ideological prosperity. The prosperity of thought is reflected in the prosperity of calligraphy. The appearance of regular script makes the writing practical, and a large number of scholars and scholars specializing in writing have emerged among the people. They promoted the development of writing and calligraphy. Many people began to pay attention to the beauty of calligraphy and characters.

During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the techniques of making pens, ink, paper and inkstone in Four Treasures of the Study were greatly improved. With the development of social productive forces, more and more pens, ink, paper and inkstones are produced. From princes and nobles to the people, you can record information and convey ideas with pen and ink. Writing has become an essential skill for everyone, and quantitative change will inevitably lead to qualitative change. People began to compare the elegance, elegance and practicality of their own characters, which became the two most important attributes of characters in Wei and Jin Dynasties.

Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi are outstanding representatives of calligraphy in Wei and Jin Dynasties. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, calligraphy was in the stage of innovation, change and breakthrough, which gathered the achievements of predecessors and laid the foundation for later calligraphy. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is vigorous and changeable, and none of his 22 words in Preface to Lanting Collection are exactly the same. Preface to Lanting Collection has also become Wang Xizhi's representative work and calligraphy works handed down to later generations.

The appearance of Wang Xizhi is an inevitable choice of history. I won't go into details about his achievements in calligraphy, and he has a profound social background and is a descendant of Wang Langya, the largest aristocratic family at that time. This social background provided Wang Xizhi with the opportunity to make friends with celebrities and quickly enhance his reputation.