Wang Xizhi's ci collection "Preface to the Holy Teaching" is full of words. How to understand the beauty?

First of all, we have to understand, how did the preface to the holy teachings come from? There are two Prefaces to the Holy Teaching, one written by Chu Suiliang and the other by Wang Xizhi, whose full name is the Preface to the Holy Teaching of Huairen Collection. In this way, this edition of "Preface to the Holy Teaching" was spelled out by monk Huairen with Wang Xizhi's words one by one, not written by Wang Xizhi himself.

Did Wang Xizhi write so many words? The answer is none. When Huairen collected, some took Wang Xizhi's original words, some took the existing radicals, reduced the big ones, enlarged the small ones, righted the crooked ones, put them in, and so on. That's how it's spelled anyway. It took more than 20 years to complete. Therefore, the preface to the holy teachings is equivalent to Huai Ren's re-creation of a work with Wang Xizhi's words based on his understanding and development of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy.

Huairen Ji opens a new window for us to understand Wang Xizhi. Of course, Huairen was too curious, and some people criticized him, saying that Huairen's handling lost the bland and harmonious taste of Wang Zi. Therefore, we should have a comprehensive understanding of the preface to the holy teachings. However, there is no denying that the preface to the holy teachings is still wonderful, especially for those who study the king, and it is a good entry choice.

Because we all grew up watching printed characters, and learning calligraphy usually begins with regular script, this unconventional writing method is difficult to understand at a glance, which is actually a great obstacle for us to learn calligraphy and makes our vision too narrow. Learning calligraphy is a gradual process. I believe that with the deepening of learning, the understanding of calligraphy will deepen, neither crooked nor bad, and balance crooked is the essence of calligraphy.

There is a cloud in Sun's Book Spectrum: "Beginners only seek fairness, know fairness and seek danger." It can save the day and return to justice. "This is the way to learn calligraphy.