Preface to Lanting shows the highest realm of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy art, and the author's tolerance, phoenix spirit, mind and feelings are fully displayed in this work. The ancients said that Wang Xizhi's cursive script is like "the breeze comes out of the sleeve and the next month comes into my arms", which is a wonderful metaphor. The world also often uses Cao Zhi's Ode to the Goddess of Luo: "If you are amazing, if you are graceful, if you are secluded, you will be brilliant, and Hua Mao is full of autumn flowers and spring flowers. 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. Legend has it that Wang Xizhi practiced calligraphy hard when he was a child. After a long time, the pool water used to clean the brush turned black.
Preface to Lanting Collection, also known as Preface to Lanting Collection, Preface to Lanting Banquet Collection, Preface to He Lin, Preface to Zan and Zan Tie. It was written by Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher in Jin Dynasty. His calligraphy is of great artistic value, and it is called the three major calligraphy posts together with Yan Zhenqing's "Ji Ming's Nephew's Draft" and Su Shi's "Cold Food Post".
Original text:
Yonghe nine years, years old in guǐ ugly, early spring, will be in Huiji (kuài jī: and) Shan Ye Lanting, studying. A group of smart people never miss, but some of them are long and salty. There are mountains, lush forests and bamboos, as well as clear streams and fast-flowing water (tuān), which are reflected around. Thought that music (shāng) flows and water (qū) sits beside it. Although it is not as prosperous as the string of silk and bamboo, a song (Shang) is enough to say your feelings. Today is a sunny day, sunny and sunny. Looking up at the size of the universe and overlooking the variety, what you see and hear is enough. I believe in coke. Ladies, lifelong pitch. Or talk arm in arm in one room; Or because of consignment, wandering outside (hái). Although fun (qǔ) is different from peace, when it is happy with what it encounters, it will temporarily benefit itself, and it will be self-sufficient without knowing the arrival of old age. What he is tired of is that his feelings move with the times, and his feelings are (X). I'm happy about it. It's a thing of the past between pitches, so I still have to be happy about it. The situation is short-lived, and it will end in the end. The ancients said, "Life and death are great." It hurts! Every time we look at the reason why people in the past are excited, if they unite, they must worship the words, not hold them in their arms. Knowing that a dead life is a false birthday, Peng Qi's destruction (shāng) is a mistake. Looking back today is still looking back on the past, sad husband! So when people line up, they are recorded. Although the world is different, pregnancy is a good thing. Later visitors will also be impressed by Sven.
Translation:
In the ninth year of Yonghe, that is, the year of guichou, at the beginning of March, (celebrities) gathered in Lanting in the north of Huiji County to eliminate disasters and seek happiness at the water's edge. Many prestigious and talented people came, young and old. There are high mountains, dense forests and high bamboos, clear water and rapids, and reflections all around. Introduce water into the circular canal (in the pavilion) and let the glass float on the water (for people to drink). People sat in rows by the curved water. Although there is no grand occasion of orchestral music, it is enough to express their feelings buried in their hearts when drinking and composing poems. On this day, it was sunny and breezy. Looking up, the sky is boundless, looking down, there are so many things on the ground, which broadens our horizons, broadens our minds and exhausts our audio-visual enjoyment. What happiness! People get along with each other and pitch all their lives. Some people like to talk about their interests and ambitions, and they like to talk face to face indoors (with friends). Some people pin their feelings on what they like and live indulgently without any constraints. Although people's hobbies vary widely, whether they are quiet or active, they all have such experiences. When they are happy with what they touch, they get what they want temporarily, they feel happy and self-sufficient, but they don't feel the coming of aging. When I am tired of what I love or get, my mood will change with the status quo, and my feelings will arise spontaneously. I still have to feel deeply about what I used to feel very happy suddenly becoming the past. Moreover, my life depends on nature, and finally everything goes up in smoke. The ancients said: "Life and death are also important!" How can you not be sad? Every time I see my predecessors have emotional reasons, if I come across the same idea as me, I always lament and feel sad when I face their articles, but I don't understand why. I have always known that it is absurd to treat life and death equally, and it is false to treat long life and short life equally. Sadly, future generations look at today in the way before today. So I wrote down the people who attended the meeting and recorded their poems. Even though times have changed, people's ideological interests are the same. Later readers will also feel the poetry of this party.