The main content of Wang Xizhi's hard practice of calligraphy The main content of this article is Wang Xizhi's hard practice of calligraphy

Wang Xizhi studied calligraphy with Mrs. Wei when he was young, and later traveled to famous mountains and rivers to observe and learn the inscriptions of previous calligraphers. He practices calligraphy very hard. It is said that he practiced day and night by the pond in Lanting, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and turned a pool of clear water into black. When he is resting, he often thinks about the structure of words, and his fingers draw on his clothes, which will even break after a long time. Finally, it formed its own uniqueness.

At the age of twenty, A Qiu Chi Jian sent someone to Wang Dao's house to choose a son-in-law. At that time, people paid attention to family status, and the door was right. Wang Dao's son and nephew heard that Qiu's family was coming to propose marriage, and they disguised themselves to be selected. Only Wang Xizhi, as if he didn't hear anything, was lying on the bamboo couch in the east, eating sesame cakes in one hand and painting clothes in the other. When people came back, they reported what they saw. So Chi Jian married his daughter Xi Jun to Wang Xizhi. This story has become two allusions of "East Bed" and "Lingtan".

These idioms are not the only ones that appear on him. It is said that on one occasion, he wrote his words on a board and gave them to a sculptor for carving. The man cut the board with a knife, only to find that his handwriting was printed two-thirds deep in the board. This is the origin of the idiom "smart".