Wang Xizhi (303-36 1) was born in Linyi (now Linyi, Shandong Province), and later moved to Huiji, Yin Shan (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province), a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who was called Wang Youjun. He is very charming, and his book style is simple and profound. Not only that, Wang Xizhi changed the "ancient quality" of calligraphy into "modern beauty". He changed the face of regular script; Developed a running script, ranking first in the world; Standardized this kind of grass and pushed it to the height of history.
Wang Xizhi is the originator, and his calligraphy is a model of a hundred schools of thought. The followers of later generations are like clouds, which is amazing.
Characteristics of Wang Xizhi's Calligraphy
The main characteristics of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy are peaceful and natural, gentle and subtle brushwork, beautiful and graceful, and later generations commented: "If you float in the clouds, you are as straight as a dragon." Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is exquisite and extremely beautiful to watch. In a word, he introduced Chinese writing from practicality to a realm of paying attention to techniques and interests, which marked that calligraphers not only discovered the beauty of calligraphy, but also showed the beauty of calligraphy.
Wang Xizhi's greatest achievement is to change the simple calligraphy style in the Han and Wei Dynasties into exquisite and beautiful calligraphy style, which created a precedent for elegant and beautiful calligraphy. In particular, the running script "Preface to Lanting" is like flowing water, elegant and smart, with delicate bones, beautiful stippling, alternating density and white cloth, which contains extremely rich artistic beauty within the scale. Regardless of horizontal, vertical, point, skimming, hooking, folding and pressing, it can be said that the pen is extremely wonderful.