1, calligraphy lines are mainly lifting and pressing, with occasional twisting strokes. The pen at the turning point is crisp and neat, and there is no feeling of sloppiness.
2. Write running script with the brushwork of official script. As can be seen from his calligraphy, many of his running scripts are written in the center, and the characteristic of the pen used for seal script is the center of the pen. The turning point in his running script is close to translation and rotation, so the lines in his calligraphy are rich and thick.
3. Exquisite composition. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is smooth and elegant, but the lines between words closely echo, and the whole calligraphy has a sense of unity.
Wang Xizhi (303 -36 1 year) was born in Linyi (now Linyi City, Shandong Province). Minister and calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, son of Yin in Danyang, son-in-law of Jane, known as "Book Sage".
With the help of the shadow in the door, he became an official, serving as a doctor, a secretariat of Jiangzhou, a satrap of Huiji, and a general of the right army, known as "Wang Youjun" in history. In the ninth year of Yonghe (353), he organized the Lanting Elegant Collection. His Preface to Lanting has become "the best running script in the world". In the 11th year of Yonghe (355), he claimed to be ill, abandoned his official position and moved to Shaoxing Jinting. He died in the fifth year of Shengping (36 1) and was buried in waterfall mountain.
He is good at calligraphy, as well as official script, cursive script, regular script and other styles. He studied the style, imitated the hand and pursued it, learned from others' strengths, prepared the essence, melted into one furnace, and got rid of the style of writing in Han and Wei dynasties, which had far-reaching influence. The style is peaceful and natural, the brushwork is euphemistic and subtle, and it is beautiful. In the history of calligraphy, he was called "Zhong Wang" with Zhong You and "Two Kings" with his son Wang Xianzhi. Li Zhimin commented: "Wang Xizhi's calligraphy not only shows simplicity and abstinence based on the philosophy of Laozi and Zhuangzi, but also shows harmony based on the Confucian doctrine of the mean."