Preface to Lanting Collection was written in China Jin Dynasty (AD 353). Wang Xizhi, a book sage, wrote books and made friends at the foot of Zhu Lan Mountain in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, and wrote "the best running script in the world", also known as Preface to Lanting, Preface to He Lin, Preface to Lanting March 3, etc.
In April 353 (the third day of March 9, Jin Yonghe), Wang Xizhi, who was then the folk history of Huiji, and forty-one people, including friends Xie An and Sun Chuo, drank wine and wrote poems in Ji Ya, Yinshan Lanting, Huiji.
Wang Xizhi compiled these poems into an episode, made a preface, described the swimming event, and expressed the inner feelings caused by it. This preface is Preface to Lanting Collection. And wrote "Preface to Lanting Collection".
Appreciation of Preface to Lanting
Preface to Lanting is a book written by Wang Xizhi at the age of 47. It tells the story that Xihe and his good friend Yashi gathered in Lanting (now Lanting Town, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province) for a grand tour. This book is calm and full of vitality. It is said that Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, loved his calligraphy and thought the Preface to Lanting was "perfect". After his death, he buried it in the mausoleum.
There has been a great debate about the authenticity of Preface to Lanting, and Li Shimin's tomb was almost dug. However, the artistic value of Preface to Lanting is generally acknowledged. Mi Songfei's poem said: "Mo Han is the most romantic in the world. Who doesn't love Yin Shan in Goose Pond? Although this book decays to Zhaoling, stone carving is particularly precious. "There are dozens of copies of calligraphers in past dynasties, which is also a rare cultural phenomenon in the history of calligraphy.