Shao Yi was born in Linyi (now Shandong) and moved to Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). In his later years, he lived in seclusion in Jinting County, China, and was known as the calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Worked as a secretary, general Ningyuan, Jiangzhou secretariat. Later, he was the secretariat of Huiji, who led the right general and was called "Wang Youjun" and "Wang Huiji". His son, Wang Xianzhi, is also good at calligraphy, and the world is collectively known as the "two kings". . Since then, the Wangs' calligraphy talents have come forth in large numbers. He died in the Eastern Jin Dynasty for five years and was buried in Jinting Waterfall Mountain (also called Ziteng Mountain). The fifth house in Sun Heng is Jintingguan, and the site still exists.
Wang Xizhi was born in a famous family (King Langya). He and his great-grandfathers Wang Lan and Wang Xiang are half-brothers. Wang Lan official to the doctor, Wang Xiang official to the Pacific Insurance. From uncle Wang Dao to Qiu, father Wang Kuang to Huainan. /kloc-at the age of 0/4, the family helped Jinshi Nandu to establish Jiankang in the south of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and they were both famous families in the Eastern Jin Dynasty with Chen Jia. /kloc-When he was 0/6 years old, Xi Zhi was honored as the "son-in-law of the East Bed". At first, he was a doctor, and later he was recommended as General Ningyuan by General Yu Liang of the Western Expedition. He served as the general of Jiangzhou secretariat and Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) right army and literature and history. Due to the contradiction with Yangzhou secretariat Wang Shu, he resigned. When Wang Xizhi was appointed as the secretariat of Jiangzhou (345-347 AD), he once lived in Gaopo, Linchuan County, and was called "New Town" (now Wenchang School in Linchuan City). There are living wells and Mo Chi for practicing calligraphy in the house, which are recorded by Xun Baizi, a famous writer in Liu and Song Dynasties in Southern Dynasties, and Ceng Gong, a great writer in Song Dynasty. The Mo Chi Collection is 285 words in length, which introduces the origin of Mo Chi and praises Wang Xizhi's hard-working spirit. During the Cultural Revolution, Mo Chi was destroyed. In June 2002, the Fuzhou Municipal Government introduced 5 million yuan of foreign capital to rebuild Mo Chi and restore its old appearance for tourists to enjoy.
Wang Xizhi is good at calligraphy, but seldom learns from Mrs. Wei. Later, Zhang Zhi learned cursive script and Zhong You learned regular script. He learns from others and studies his own style carefully. Since the Han and Wei Dynasties, he has changed his pen style and created a fluent style. He is regarded as a "book saint". There are no original works, and all of them have been copied from generation to generation. His running script Preface to Lanting Collection, cursive script Chu Mu Tie, official script Huang Ting Jing and Le Yi Lun are the most famous. In Wang Xizhi's anthology, there is a Linchuan post: "Linchuan, Mo Wen, Mo You. Zi Song's son is here, and there are several envoys. I have to ask him. " Expressed concern for Linchuan. His "Mo Chi" spirit of "Mu Zhangzhi, Lin Chixue Shu, Chi Shuihei" has always inspired Linchuan students.
Wang Xizhi's representative works include: regular script Huang Tingjing, Lun, Wang Xizhi's calligraphy works (1 1 piece), cursive seventeen posts, running script, menstruation post, snow clearing post, funeral post, preface to Lanting collection, and first month post. Among them, Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Collection of Lanting (20 pieces) is highly praised by calligraphers of all ages and is known as "the best running script in the world". Wang Jian is good at following the laws of Li, Cao, Kai and Xing, carefully studying the shape, imitating the shape with his heart, learning from others' strengths, preparing everything in one furnace, getting rid of the style of writing in Han and Wei Dynasties, and becoming a family of his own, which has far-reaching influence. His calligraphy is peaceful and natural, and his brushwork is euphemistic and subtle, graceful and graceful. The world often uses Cao Zhi's Ode to the Goddess of Luo: "If you are amazed, if you are graceful, if you are in Youlong, you will be glorious and autumn, and Hua Mao will be spring pine. It seems that if the moon is covered by light clouds, it will float like the wind flowing back to snow. " Praise the beauty of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy. Legend has it that Wang Xizhi practiced calligraphy hard when he was a child. After a long time, the pool water used to clean the brush turned black. Later generations commented: "If you are floating like a cloud, you will be surprised if you are smart", "Yue Long is in the sky, and tigers are lying in the phoenix pavilion", "Nature is natural, and the gods are abundant in the world", which was praised as "the sage of books" by later generations. There is an idiom about him: cut to the chase ...