Shu Sheng, also known as Wang Xizhi, was born in Linyi (now Shandong), Han nationality, and later moved to Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). In his later years, he lived in seclusion in Jinting County, China, and was a calligrapher in 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".
Wang Xizhi (303-36 1) was born in Linyi (now Linyi, Shandong) and moved to Yin Shan (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). Officials to the right army generals, both civil and military, deceased people called Wang Youjun, Wang Huiji. Wang Xizhi studied Zhong You in regular script, Zhang Zhi in cursive script, Li Si and Cai Yong, and learned from others. His calligraphy is known as "the dragon leaps into the sky, the tiger lies on the phoenix", which gives people a quiet beauty, just in contrast to Zhong You's books.
His calligraphy is dignified, easy to turn into fun, and boring with pens. He completely broke through the brushwork of official script and created a beautiful and convenient style of modern calligraphy, which was respected as a "book saint" by later generations.
Wang Xizhi's original works are few, and all we see are replicas. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy style is characterized by his writing style, running script and cursive script, such as Yue Yi Lun, Huang Ting Jing, cursive script, Seventeen posts, Running script, Auntie post, Sunny post in the snow, funeral post and so on. His running script Preface to Lanting Collection is the most representative.