"Floating like a cloud, agile like a dragon" means light like a cloud and agile like a dragon. This is a comment on Wang Xizhi's calligraphy, describing his light, agile and powerful brushwork. The source of this sentence: "Biography of Wang Xizhi in the Book of Jin": "You Lishan Shu is the crown of ancient and modern times. Critics call it a pen gesture and think it is like a floating cloud and agile. "
About the author:
Wang Xizhi, Shao Yiren, Han nationality, a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, is known as the "book sage". Langya (now Linyi, Shandong) was born, then moved to Huiji, Yin Shan (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), and lived in seclusion in Jinting County in his later years. Wang Xizhi worked as a secretary, general Ningyuan, Jiangzhou secretariat, and later became a civil servant, leading the right general. His calligraphy is good at calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy. The style is peaceful and natural, the brushwork is euphemistic and subtle, and it is beautiful.
Wang Xizhi's masterpiece Preface to Lanting is known as "the best running script in the world". In the history of calligraphy, he and his son Wang Xianzhi were called "two kings".