2. The pen is centered, with wings between strokes, slender and light, or the pen is broken. The overall layout is patchy, with unique, beautiful and moving infinite charm. "This post has a lofty position in the history of calligraphy in China.
3. The Preface to Lanting consists of 28 lines and 324 words. The whole article is charming and elegant, and the words are exquisite. Guidance is like dancing, and God helps people. It has always been regarded as the best in the world of calligraphy. Mi Fei, a great calligrapher in Song Dynasty, called it "the first post of China's running script".
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Wang Xizhi (303-36 1, 32 1-379), a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, has few words. Originally from Langya (now Linyi, Shandong), I now live in Yinshan Huiji (Shaoxing, Zhejiang). The officers of the right army generals will review the internal history and be called "Wang Youjun". He came from a noble family in the Jin Dynasty. When Wang Xizhi was twelve years old, his father taught him the theory of brushwork. "If you use an outline, you will realize something." When I was a child, I studied calligraphy with the famous female calligrapher Mrs. Wei. Later, he visited the famous mountains in You Jiang, where he learned from foreigners, learned from foreigners, and learned from Zhong You. Observing and learning "how to combine multiple methods to prepare a family" has reached the height of "more expensive than others, the best in ancient and modern times".
Representative works include: Huang Tingjing in regular script, Lun Yueyi, Seventeen Gua in cursive script, Aunt Gua in running script, Gua in quick snow and clear sky, Gua in mourning, Preface to Lanting Collection, Gua in early moon, etc. Among them, Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Collection of Lanting is highly praised by calligraphers in past dynasties, 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.
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For a long time, there has been a popular saying in academic circles: The Preface to the Lanting Pavilion was brought into the coffin after the death of Li Shimin, the emperor Taizong who deeply loved it, and will never appear in front of the world as a sacrificial object. ?
During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin had a soft spot for calligraphy, especially Mo Bao, the "sage of calligraphy". He used the convenience of the emperor to collect Wang Xizhi's works all over the world. Every time I get an original, I regard it as a treasure. When I am interested in it, I will guess it, appreciate its brushwork and appreciate its natural charm, and then I will cherish it for fear of losing it. Not only that, he also advocated Wang Xizhi's calligraphy style, which made the style of learning from Wang prevail in Zhenguan period. It is said that Li Shimin personally wrote Biography of Wang Xizhi for the Book of Jin, and he liked Wang Xizhi more in his later years.
Although Mo Bao is rich, Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Lanting Pavilion has never been found. A monarch can't get the rare treasures of the previous dynasty. Every time Emperor Taizong thought about it, he was unhappy. ?
It turned out that Wang Xizhi himself cherished the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion, a work of "God Help", and regarded it as a family heirloom, which was passed down to the seventh generation of Sun Zhi. Zhiyong, a monk, loves calligraphy, admires the calligraphy of his ancestors Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, and is determined to copy the calligraphy of his ancestors. He practices calligraphy very hard. When he was in Yongxin Temple, he built a small building to practice calligraphy, vowing that "if the book is not finished, he will never leave this building".
In this abandoned small building, he was fascinated by writing. After thirty years of hard work, Zhiyong's calligraphy has become more and more famous. The Thousand-Character Literatures is the representative work of Zhi Yong, which has been highly praised by all dynasties. A hundred years of wisdom and courage. Before he died, he passed the Preface to Lanting Collection to his disciple Cai Bian. Monks in Cai Bian are also very good at calligraphy. Knowing the value of Preface to Lanting Collection, he treasured it in a hole specially carved on the beam of the bedroom.
When Li Shimin heard that the Preface to Lanting Collection was in the place of monk Cai Bian, he was very excited and sent someone to get it many times, but monk Cai Bian always said that he didn't know the whereabouts of the original. Li Shimin see stubbornly don't believe, then change to outwit. He sent suggestion Xiao Yi to dress up as a literate, close to discerning people, and tried to obtain Preface to Lanting Collection. Xiao Yi also studied calligraphy and had a pleasant conversation with the talented monk.
After their close relationship, Xiao Yi specially took out several calligraphy works of Wang Xizhi for the monks to enjoy. After reading it, he said disapprovingly, "It's true, but it's not good. I have an original book, which is the real treasure handed down by Wang Xizhi. " Xiao Yi quietly asked what post it was, and hesitated to tell him mysteriously that it was the original work of Preface to Lanting Collection.
Xiao Yi didn't believe her, saying that the letter had long been lost. How could it be here? Seeing that he was very suspicious, he took out the original Lanting from the roof beam hole and gave it to Xiao Yi for appreciation. Xiao Yi looked at it carefully and found that it was genuine. As soon as his face changed, he immediately stuffed it into his sleeve and recognized the "imperial edict" that he had just shown to Taizong. Only then did I know that I had been cheated, but it was too late to regret it. ?
When Li Shimin finally got what he dreamed of, he was ecstatic. However, stimulated by this incident, Cai Bian fell ill and died a year later. ?
Li Shimin appreciated Wang Xizhi's calligraphy very much, and ordered him to serve Zhao Mo, Han Daozheng, Feng Chengsu, Zhu Gejin and other four extension calligraphers in the palace, each of whom extended a few copies and gave them to the Crown Prince and princes. Therefore, at that time, the imitation of this "inferior original" was also "Luoyang paper is expensive". Besides, Ou Yangxun, Chu Suiliang and Yu Shinan were handed down from generation to generation.
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