Wang Xizhi, courtesy name Yishao, Langya Wang family, is a famous calligrapher, known as the "Sage of Calligraphy", with great talent. However, this guy's emotional intelligence is not very good.
Wang Xizhi, Wang Jingren and Xu Xuandu were close friends. After these two people died, Wang Xizhi not only did not praise them, but his remarks became even more harsh. Kong Yan could not stand it and warned him: "You used to have friendship with them, but after their death you did not draw a clear mark on your friendship." A perfect ending, which I don't agree with." Wang Xizhi felt ashamed after hearing this.
Although he does not seem to attach much importance to friendship, Wang Xizhi is indeed very talented. He was interested in calligraphy when he was a child. When his father was sleeping, he read books about calligraphy on his pillow. His father liked it very much and taught Wang Xizhi how to practice calligraphy step by step. Wang Xizhi studied hard and practiced hard, and his hard work paid off. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy skills gradually surpassed his father's, and he also left behind profound allusions. On the third day of March in the ninth year of Yonghe, celebrities gathered in Lanting. Everyone drank and composed poems, and the poems were compiled into a collection. Wang Xizhi improvised a preface to the collection of poems and wrote the famous "Preface to the Lanting Collection". This article is known as "the best running script in the world". It is full of the beauty of ups and downs, cadences and ups and downs, which makes people marvel. The writing is "floating like clouds, as powerful as a startling dragon". It is very chic, handsome and even more magical. Yes, every word in this article has been repeated, and every word has changed. Every word is breathtaking. (Perhaps he was drunk and forgot what he wrote before?) Amazing! Although Wang Xizhi was so drunk that he made many corrections, people still call it "the best running script in the world." It is a pity that " "The best running script in the world" was unfortunately lost in the end. Now we can only watch the imitations of each generation to follow the legacy of Yiwang Xizhi.
Wang Xizhi’s talent is obvious to all, but Wang Xizhi’s arrogant character has never changed. As the saying goes, character determines destiny. In politics, no good character is fatal, which also brought a touch of tragedy to Wang Xizhi's later years.
Wang Youjun hated a man named Wang Shu very much, thinking that he only knew how to solve problems with brute force. However, Wang Shu was quite studious in his later years and gained a lot of knowledge. When the celebrities saw him, they came over to make friends with him again. King Xizhi became even more dissatisfied with his arrogance. It happened that Wang Shu's mother died and he had to mourn, so the court sent Wang Xizhi to take his place. Logically speaking, Wang Xizhi should go to mourn, but Wang Xizhi refused to go. I finally went there, but I didn't observe etiquette, didn't cry, and just left. It can be said that I didn't give Wang Shu any face. Three years later, after Wang Shu's funeral, the imperial court appointed Wang Shu as the governor of Yangzhou, who happened to be Wang Xizhi's immediate boss. Wang Xizhi was so embarrassed that he thought it was over this time. He was so angry that he wanted to go to court and plan his county as Yuezhou, which would not be under the control of Wang Shu. This time he lost his temper and the whole world laughed at Wang Xizhi. Wang Shu also collected The fault of Wang Xizhi's governance was handed over to Wang Xizhi. Wang Xizhi was already angry, and Wang Shu added fuel to the fire. He abandoned his official position in anger and left, and finally died in anger.
Although Wang Xizhi is talented, his character is too arrogant, his emotional intelligence is too low, and he does not know how to behave, which is why he was angered to death. Wang Xizhi's life can be summed up in one word: character determines destiny.