Wang Xizhi's Historical Story: A Master of the Eastern Jin Dynasty with Exquisite brushwork

> > Celebrity quotations > > If a man wants to write, he should first study ink, concentrate on meditation, anticipate the font size, droop, straightness and vibration, connect the tendons and veins, and then write words. > > -"Mrs. Wei < Pen graph > After "> > Wang Xizhi was a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. His calligraphy technique is superb, famous in the literary world, shocking the past and inspiring the present, and admired by all generations. He is honored as a "book saint". > > Celebrity history > > Wang Xizhi (33 -361), whose name was Lian Zhai, was Yi Shao. Langya Linyi (now Shandong) people. He is the cousin of Stuart Wang Dao in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. When he was a child, his language was so slow that others could not see anything special about him. However, after learning from Zhang Zhi, a master of cursive script, and Zhong You, a master of true calligraphy, he finally became an amazing calligrapher by combining the best of the two schools. People describe Wang Xizhi's calligraphy art as flowing, "floating like a cloud, vigorous like a dragon, rare in the world". > > After Wang Xizhi became a success, he was highly valued by his uncle Wang Dao. At that time, Qiu Chi Jian sent a doorman to Wang Dao's house to choose a son-in-law, and Wang Dao asked the doorman to go to the east wing to see his sons and nephews one by one. After returning home, the doorman said to Chi Jian, "The boys in the Wangs are all very nice, but when they learned that I was choosing a son-in-law for you, they all pretended to be serious. Only the one sitting on the east bed seemed to take nothing seriously. While eating openly, he looked at a copybook, and his desk was full of pens, ink, paper and inkstones." Upon hearing this, Chi Jian said, "Such a young man is just the good son-in-law I want to choose!" Chi Jian sent a public servant to inquire. Knowing that he was Wang Xizhi, he married his daughter. > > After Wang Xizhi became famous, he was often asked to write an inscription. During Wang Xizhi's tenure as a general of the right army, once when he wrote an inscription for the wife of an official in the imperial court, onlookers were amazed at his exquisite and excellent calligraphy. Someone asked Wang Xizhi, "How can I write well?" Wang Xizhi smiled and said, "If you want to write well, you must first grind the ink, spread the paper and get ready.": Then calm down and think carefully about the structure and size of the words you want to write, how to hold them down, and how to make each stroke connect smoothly. This is called intentional writing. Moreover, it is more important to study hard and practice hard in peacetime! " > > In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a custom that on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, people would go to the river to play, so as to eliminate the ominous, which was called "Xiu Mao". On the third day of March, 353, Wang Xizhi, who was then the civil history of Huiji, invited 41 literati and scholars to gather together at the Lanting at the foot of Huiji Mountain. They drink and write poems and play along the river. When everyone was intoxicated with the beauty of wine and poetry, it was suggested that 37 poems they wrote today should be compiled into a book and named Lanting Collection. At this time, the people elected Wang Xizhi to write a preface to Lanting Collection. Wang Xizhi was in a good mood, and without saying anything, he wrote a book on silkworm paper at once when he mentioned moustache. A world-famous Preface to Lanting Collection was thus born. > > The next day, after Wang Xizhi woke up from a hangover, his mind was still full, and he bent over his desk and copied the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion again on paper, but he obviously felt that it was not as exquisite as yesterday's original. He didn't believe it. He copied it several times in a row seriously, but it was still the essence of the original text. At this time, Wang Xizhi understood that this preface to Lanting Collection is probably the pinnacle of his life! > > Wang Xizhi loves calligraphy. Later, he got tired of officialdom, said he was ill and resigned, and vowed never to be an official again. Wang Xizhi died at the age of 59, and the court gave him the title of Dr. Jin Ziguanglu. However, his son obeyed his wishes before his death and resolutely refused.