Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Ou Yangxun, Zhao Mengfu, four masters of regular script.
Wang Xizhi's original works and
The world-famous Sino-Japanese Calligraphy Exhibition opened in Shanghai Museum on March 12, and 102 exhibits comprehensively displayed the history of ancient Chinese and Japanese calligraphy. Among them, The Burial of the Book Sage Wang Xizhi is the most important part of this exhibition, and many art lovers are eager to see the true face of the Burial. American Internet TV (www.uswtv.com) now broadcasts "Mourning Post" on the Internet to satisfy the eyes of viewers who can't go to the scene to watch it.
Wang Xizhi is a "book saint" preserved by the Japanese royal family for a long time. He has always been regarded by academic circles as the best work handed down by Wang, occupying a lofty position in the history of calligraphy. China's ancient calligraphy works flowed overseas, with the largest collection in Japan as the earliest. It has been 1300 years since "Mourning Post" went to Japan.
In the exhibition, there are six works by Wang Xizhi, besides the burial staff, there are also Confucius' staff, sister's staff, "Preface to Dingwu Lanting" (Wu Bingben), seventeen staff, and "Preface to Establishing a King's Religion" by Shi Huairen in the Tang Dynasty. At present, there are only more than 20 works of Wang Xizhi recognized by academic circles. "It is impossible to collect nearly one-third of these more than 20 works in the previous exhibition, and I am afraid it will be difficult to do it in the future." Chen, director of the Shanghai Museum, said. The funeral post contains three posts of Wang Xizhi, all of which are letters, namely, the funeral post, the second thank-you post and the exhibition post, which are framed into a vertical axis.