The preface to Lanting is Wang Xizhi's drunken work. Although the handwriting is indeed the most sincere work in his heart, it is impossible to surpass his own work by deliberately writing after waking up. There is an old saying: if you tell the truth after drinking, you will really stimulate your potential and create different amazing works in artistic behavior; After all, when people are drunk, they will let go of their inner entanglements and obsessive thoughts. Works without pressure can truly reflect their inner feelings and abilities. This is the reason why many people paint or write poems by drinking.
1. Wang Xizhi, who was drunk, let go of his heart and pressure. Writing works are the most emotional.
Calligraphy, like painting, mainly values the feeling, atmosphere and thoughts when the works are produced. Although the preface of Lanting created by Wang Xizhi drunk is only a manuscript, it is the most authentic work in his heart, which may appear chaotic or even scribbled in the expression of calligraphy, but this is the essence; After drinking, Wang Xizhi just wrote the Lanting Preface with a brainwave, without much deliberate writing, but only wrote the feeling of this moment in this environment and atmosphere. The works created in these moments cannot be copied, not because of the change of mood, but because of the feeling that if you miss it, you will miss it.
2. Deliberate compulsion after sober-up. It is even more difficult to surpass Wang Xizhi, who once remembered the work after sober-up. In order to find the feeling at that time, he will write the preface of Lanting more carefully, but this cannot surpass the draft. After all, the mentality at the time of writing the draft has been missed, and the pressure exerted by himself will only make it more difficult for him to recall his feelings at that time; The more forced he is, the more he can't feel it. Therefore, Wang Xizhi, who was sober, can no longer surpass the calligraphy feeling of Lanting Preface, which can only be called the regret of his life.
If you miss the feeling of drunkenness, you can't go back. Of course, Wang Xizhi can't surpass the preface to Lanting.