"Go" means "go", so it is not as scribbled as cursive script, nor as straight as regular script. Whether it is cursive or cursive in essence. Those with more patterns than grass patterns are called "running patterns", and those with more grass patterns are called "running grass". Running script is both practical and artistic, and regular script is a literal symbol, which is practical and skillful; Comparatively speaking, cursive script is highly artistic, but its practicality is relatively insufficient.
Preface to Lanting is a running script, but from its beautiful running script font, we can feel the completeness of the opening method in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the opening strength is implied in the beautiful running script. The regular script in the Southern Dynasties was very developed, but judging from the biography of Wang Xizhi, its outstanding achievement was obviously cursive.
Compared with the Han, Wei and Western Jin Dynasties, Wang Xizhi's calligraphy style is characterized by exquisite brushwork and changeable structure. In the past, all his calligraphy styles followed the path of Gu Zhuo, such as Pingfu Post, but Wang Xizhi was able to lead his calligraphy skills from being purely unnatural to paying more attention to aesthetic feeling, reaching a delicate state, which was "charming" compared with Gu Zhuo.
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Preface to Lanting is a running script, but from its beautiful running script font, we can feel the completeness of the opening method in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the opening strength is implied in the beautiful running script. The regular script in the Southern Dynasties was very developed, but judging from the biography of Wang Xizhi, its outstanding achievement was obviously cursive. Compared with the Han, Wei and Western Jin Dynasties, Wang Xizhi's calligraphy style is characterized by exquisite brushwork and changeable structure.
In the past, calligraphy styles were all learned from Gu Zhuo, such as Pingfu Post, but Wang Xizhi was able to lead his calligraphy skills from purely unnatural to more gorgeous and exquisite, which was relatively "charming" compared with Gu Zhuo. Combining this charming book style with the beautiful scenery described in Preface to Lanting, there is a subtle realm of harmony between man and nature.
In "the mountains are high, the forests are luxuriant, and the bamboos are cultivated", the author "is extremely entertaining", expressing the feelings of happy mountains and happy waters; When getting together with friends and enjoying the scenery, I feel sad or happy, ups and downs, lamenting that life is too short, its moments of beauty are rare, scenes blend, literary and artistic thoughts erupt, and I write books on a whim, leaving a masterpiece for Chinese culture.
The beauty of Preface to Lanting lies in the harmonious combination of natural formal beauty and human emotional beauty. It seems that there is a natural charm, and the pen runs like water, entering the highest realm of calligraphy. It is said that Wang Xizhi wrote several times later, and it is impossible to reach this state again. This is the secret of art.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Preface to Lanting Collection