Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is good at Li, Cao, Kai and Xing styles. He studies the styles carefully, imitates them with his heart and hands, draws on the strengths of many people, prepares various styles, and cultivates them in one furnace, breaking away from the Han and Wei dynasties. His style of writing is unique and has far-reaching influence. The style is peaceful and natural, the writing style is euphemistic and subtle, and it is beautiful and graceful.
Wang Xizhi has his own unique aspect in the processing of horizontal folds, especially compared with later calligraphers. Except for Yan Zhenqing of the Tang Dynasty who sometimes used twisting and twisting, other calligraphers almost always used the twisting technique in handling horizontal folds, making the twisting technique rare.
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Wang Xizhi’s calligraphy influenced his descendants. His son Xianzhi is good at cursive calligraphy; Ningzhi is good at cursive calligraphy; Huizi is good at cursive calligraphy; Caozi is good at cursive calligraphy; Caozi is good at cursive calligraphy; Huanzhi is good at cursive calligraphy; and Xianzhi is called "Little Sage".
After that, there were many descendants, and Wang’s calligraphy was passed down endlessly. Wu Zetian tried to ask for Wang Xizhi's book, and Wang Xizhi's ninth great-grandson Wang Fangqing submitted ten volumes of the writings of twenty-eight people from the eleventh generation to his great-grandfather, and compiled them into "Long Live Tongtian Tie". In the Southern Dynasties, the Qi kings Sengqian, Wang Ci and Wang Zhi were all descendants of the royal family and had Dharma books recorded. Shi Zhiyong was the seventh generation grandson of Xi. He passed down the family method wonderfully and was a famous calligrapher in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. During the war, his descendants were in chaos and their family tree was lost. They were distributed in Shenyang, Helen and other places. It is now known that his descendants include Wang Qingkai, Wang Xiaodan and others.