Preface to Lanting is a book written by Wang Xizhi at the age of 47. It tells the story of Wang Xizhi's great tour with friends and literati in Lanting. The whole article is written calmly and full of vitality.
"Preface to the Lanting Pavilion" has 327 words, which is a natural stroke, changing structure and brushwork, cleverly without any trace of arrangement. This kind of work based on superior qualifications and profound contributions has been rated as "the best running script in the world", which really deserves its reputation.
2. Manuscripts for offering sacrifices to nephews
The full name is Ji, which is a souvenir for my nephew and a gift for a good doctor. Yan Zhenqing, a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, created a calligraphy work of running script paper in the first year of Gan Yuan in the Tang Dynasty (758). Now it is collected in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
The manuscript of "Sacrificing My Nephew" is Yan Jiming's manuscript, which is a memorial to his nephew. * * * 23 lines, 234 words. This manuscript describes how Yan Gao Qing's father and son stood up and loyally opposed it during the Anshi Rebellion, so that "the father was trapped and the child died, and the nest turned upside down" brought justice into his heart. Throughout the pen, I feel like a tide, the calligraphy is magnificent, and the vertical pen is bold and unconstrained.
Together with Preface to Lanting by Wang Xizhi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Huangzhou Cold Food Post by Su Shi in the Northern Song Dynasty, it is called "the three major running scripts in the world" and also called "the second running script in the world".
3. "Cold Food Post"
Also known as Huangzhou Cold Food Poetry Post or Huangzhou Cold Food Post. This is a book written by Su Shi. It is plain ink, horizontal 34.2 cm, vertical 18.9 cm, 17 lines, 129 characters. It is now in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
This post is the masterpiece of Su Shi's running script. This is a poem to send a revival, and it is a sigh of life caused by Su Shi's relegation to Huangzhou for three years.
The poem is desolate and affectionate, expressing Su Shi's melancholy and lonely mood at this time. The calligraphy of this poem is produced in this mood and situation. The whole calligraphy is full of ups and downs, radiant and unrestrained, and there is no shortage of pens.
Cold Food Poetry has a great influence in the history of calligraphy, and it is called "the third running book in the world".