Wang Xizhi is a master in the history of calligraphy in China. He broke through the "ancient" characteristics of calligraphy since the Han and Wei Dynasties, created a "modern and elegant" writing mode, which was widely accepted by contemporary calligraphers and later calligraphers, and integrated the concept of Taoist Yin and Yang theory into calligraphy, making his calligraphy art atmosphere extremely high and with a strong philosophical artistic conception. This contradiction between yin and yang is also something that later calligraphers must face.
Without the original calligraphy handed down by Wang Xizhi, it disappeared after the Song Dynasty. However, in recent years, a volume of Wang Xizhi's short letters has spread from Harvard University in the United States, which has attracted the attention of calligraphy circles.
This work is Wang Xizhi's lower case The Tao Te Ching.
This volume of Tao Te Ching contains 5 162 words, which is extremely well preserved. We don't know when this work flowed into Harvard, but it probably flowed out of the Forbidden City at the beginning of last century.
We have all heard a poem written by Li Bai to He, which contains two sentences, which have been sung by later generations as allusions 1000 years-"If Taoist priests meet, write Huang Ting for white geese".
It is said that Wang Xizhi once wrote a pamphlet of Huang Ting Jing for a group of white geese because he believed in Taoism and loved them. However, according to the Book of Jin, Huang Tingjing was not popular in Wang Xizhi's time. Wang Xizhi should have written the Tao Te Ching.