Wang Xizhi's family has collected many calligraphy works of predecessors. 12 years old, Wang Xizhi studied and practiced. When his father saw that he was eager to learn and personally guided him, Wang Xizhi's calligraphy made rapid progress. Later, Wang Xizhi crossed the Jiangbei River, traveled to many famous mountains and rivers, and saw the handwriting of many famous calligraphers. He practices calligraphy day and night and studies all kinds of calligraphy hard.
When Wang Xizhi was a teenager, his calligraphy first appeared, which shocked the famous calligraphers in Fiona Fang Baili. Since then, he has seriously studied calligraphy and created his own beautiful fonts, which has been praised as "the sage of books" by the world.
Wang Xizhi, a young man, is famous for his frankness in Loyalty and Honesty. Wang Fu is a noble family, and teacher Chi Jian wants to betroth his daughter to the children of the Wangs. One day, he sent a doorman to send a letter to Wang Xizhi's father to explain it. Wang's father immediately said to the guest, "Go to the east wing and pick whatever you want." When the public came to the East Hall, they saw many children in Wang Fu, either studying or dancing and writing. They heard that the teacher sent someone to choose a son-in-law, and they were too respectful to go out. Only one young man lay on his back in bed, showing his stomach, as if nothing had happened. When the janitor went back to report to Master Xi, he didn't expect Master Xi to nod and smile and say, "I want this man who shows his belly in the East Room. He must be no ordinary person. " Later I learned that it was Wang Xizhi.
In his early years, Wang Xizhi was repeatedly recommended as an official because of his outstanding talent and morality, but he was not interested in it. In 334 AD, Yu Liang asked him to join the army. Later, he was promoted to be the general of the right army, so later people called him "Wang Youjun". After Wang Xizhi became an official, he didn't value fame and fortune, and often interacted with ordinary people and Taoist priests, leaving many anecdotes. Another hobby of Wang Xizhi is that he likes geese very much. An old lady who lives alone in Huijili keeps a goose that can sing very well. Wang Xizhi couldn't buy it in the market, so he took many relatives and friends to see it. When the old lady heard that Wang Xizhi was coming, she was flattered and killed the goose to entertain Wang Xizhi and his party. Wang Xizhi sighed for many days.
On March 3rd, 353 AD, 465,438+0 celebrities, including Wang Xizhi, Xie An and Sun Chuo, gave a banquet in Lanting, Huiji Mountain. Everyone wrote poems and expressed their feelings, which were later compiled into a book. Wang Xizhi wrote a preface for this book, describing the grand occasion of the banquet at that time, and immediately expressed his feelings, lamenting the gathering and dispersion of life and the shortness of life. This is the famous Preface to Lanting Collection. After the death of Emperor Taizong, the original Preface to Lanting Collection was buried in Zhaoling, and its whereabouts were unknown.
Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is world-famous. For thousands of years, countless people have studied his calligraphy. From Sui Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, people's calligraphy works were influenced by Preface to Lanting, and great calligraphers such as Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing, Chu Suiliang, Su Shi and Huang Tingjian regarded him as a master. The ethereal charm created by Wang Xizhi has always been the highest realm pursued by calligraphy artists.
Wang Xizhi was indifferent to fame and fortune all his life. He often teaches children to lead an honest and clean life and not to be greedy for fame and fortune. Wang Xizhi is also a person with strong family values. He wanted to practice with Xu Mai and take the elixir, but he was reluctant to leave his family for fear that his departure would affect the happy mood of his growing children and grandchildren.
Wang Xizhi always hoped that his children and grandchildren would achieve something in calligraphy. His seven sons are all diligent in calligraphy under his urging, and the most successful one is Wang Xianzhi, who is also called "Two Kings" with his father.
In 36 1 year, Wang Xizhi died of illness.