Wang Xizhi (32 1-379 or 303-36 1), known as Wang Youjun, has a few words. Langxie (now Linyi, Shandong) was born in Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), the son of Wang Kuang, the satrap of Huainan. Calligrapher and writer of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Born in the Wang family of Langya, he studied books at the age of 7, and read essays by his predecessors at the age of 12. Learn less from Wei Shuo, travel to the famous mountains in the north after crossing the river, read famous works such as Lisi and Cao, read Cai Yong's The Book of Songs, and read Luoyang Hua Yue Monument, and begin to realize the shortcomings. So he borrowed many tablets, made great progress in calligraphy, created a new beautiful and convenient style, and pushed cursive script to a new realm. His youngest son, Wang Xianzhi, achieved the greatest achievement in calligraphy among his descendants, and was named "Two Kings" just like his father, Wang Xizhi.
Wang Xizhi's calligraphy attainments
Wang Xizhi is ambitious and creative. Learn from Zhong You, and you will be able to change. Zhong Shu is still turning over, and the real book is also divided. The pen is still expanding and there is a tendency for birds to soar. The so-called bell-tailed falcon wave. Wang Xizhi likes to chase with his hands, but it is easy to turn into a song and subtract momentum. The so-called right army came down with a bang.
Shen said: "Wang Xizhi didn't dish mud at the feet of his predecessors, and so did painting gourds." Instead, I want to use my heart and hands to make the ancients work for me, not to stick to the past and not to abandon the present. " . In his life, he exhausted all kinds of brushwork of Qin and Han seal script in the Expo, all of which were integrated into the real cursive script, forming the best posture of his time, bringing forth the new and opening up a new world for future generations. This is the reason why Wang Xizhi is highly regarded as "combining various laws and preparing one family".
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Wang Xizhi.