1. Hee-ji Wang Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher, was a famous calligrapher in ancient China. He is a man of few words. He used to be a general and a civilian in the right army. He is called Wang Youjun. His calligraphy, calligraphy, cursive script and official script are all fascinating. Among them, Lishu is the highest in ancient and modern times, and he and his son Wang Xianzhi are also called "two kings".
Because of Wang Xizhi's great contribution in the history of China's calligraphy art, later generations praised him as "the sage of calligraphy". Wang Xizhi's ink handed down from generation to generation includes Preface to the Lanting Pavilion, Sunny Post on Fast Snow, Post on Orange, Post on Sorrow and Post on Shangyu, among which Preface to the Lanting Pavilion is called "the best running script in the world".
Second, Wang Xizhi's diligent practice of calligraphy Wang Xizhi can be praised as a "book saint" by later generations, which is inseparable from his diligent practice. Wang Xizhi began to learn calligraphy at the age of seven, imitating Zhang Zhi, a cursive master in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and was diligent in practicing calligraphy. Zhang Zhi, a native of Jiuquan in the Eastern Han Dynasty, is good at cursive writing and is called "the sage of grass". Silk clothes at home must be used to practice calligraphy before dyeing.
When Wang Xizhi was seventeen years old, he found his father's previous secret calligraphy works to read and practiced calligraphy when he was familiar with it. Every day, he sits by the pool and practices calligraphy. After practicing calligraphy, he washed his pen in the pool. After a long time, he washed a pool of water into ink. This is the legendary Mo Chi that people see in Zhu Jie Temple in West Street of Shaoxing today.
Wang Xizhi's calligraphy practice often reaches the point of forgetting to eat and sleep. Even when he was eating and walking, he was trying to figure out the structure of the characters and kept scribbling on his body with his hands. Over time, his skirts were worn out. Many things happen. On one occasion, someone asked Wang Xizhi to write a plaque, so he wrote a few words on the board and sent them to lettering. When carving, the sculptor found that the ink stains written by Wang Xizhi actually penetrated into the board for about three minutes, which is the origin of the allusion of "entering the wood".
The reason why Wang Xi can become a generation of "book saints" is not only because he is diligent in practice, but also because he learns from others. At first, he learned books from his relative, Mrs. Wei. Later, he traveled to famous mountains, read the handwriting of Li Si, Cao, Zhong You and others, and went to Luoyang to study the Shijing written by Cai Yong. Later, he saw the Hua Yue monument in Zhang Chang at his cousin's place.
Wang Xizhi learned from Zhang Zhi, a cursive script, and Zhong You, a regular script. He not only learned from others, but also brought forth new ideas and became a respected "book saint" from generation to generation.