Zhiyong, whose name is Wang, is from Huiji. During the period of Chen Sui, the monks in Yongxin Temple (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) were called "Yong Zen Master". He is the seventh grandson of Wang Xizhi, a "book sage", and the fifth son of Wang Xizhi, second only to Wang Huizhi.
Zhiyong admired the calligraphy of his ancestors Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi since childhood, and was determined to make their calligraphy immortal. So he practices calligraphy very hard. For example, when he was in Yongxin Temple, he once built a small building for him to practice calligraphy, and vowed that "if the book fails, he will not leave this building".
In this deserted building, Zhiyong practiced calligraphy selflessly, using one stroke after another. He often throws his worn-out brush into the big urn. After a long time, he has accumulated several big urns. Zhiyong later buried these bald-headed caskets in one place and inscribed them with his own handwriting, which is called "returning the tomb".
After twenty or thirty years of hard work, Zhiyong's calligraphy has really made great progress. His fame is getting bigger and bigger, and there are many people everywhere who want his original works. There are so many people who come to the door for advice that even the threshold of the gate has been trampled. He wants to reinforce the threshold with iron sheets, which is the so-called "iron threshold".
Since then, the story of Zhi Yong's "Returning the Pen Grave" and "Iron Threshold" has become a good story in the book circle, which complements Zhang Zhi's "The Pool is Full of Ink" in the Han Dynasty, and * * * has become an eternal beauty story.
Zhi Yong also founded Eight Laws of Yong Zi, taking the order of eight strokes of Yong Zi as an example, and expounded the method of writing in block letters, which set a good example for future generations. Because it is gradually regarded as the basic rule of writing regular script, later generations cite "Eight Methods" as another name for calligraphy.
But Zhiyong's motivation to learn calligraphy is only to let everyone in the world learn from his ancestor Wang Xizhi. His ambition is not unique, but to let the calligraphy of his ancestors be handed down to future generations. Therefore, the deficiency of Zhiyong calligraphy is that there is no innovation.
The story of bravely studying calligraphy and its spiritual enlightenment.
There is only one way to learn any skill well, that is, "study hard, practice hard" and "persevere". There is no other shortcut. It is absolutely necessary to publicize and inherit the superb skills of predecessors, but we should also make innovations on the basis of practice. Only in this way can the wheel of history roll forward; Only when science and technology are constantly innovating can by going up one flight of stairs be achieved.
While learning and appreciating the "assiduous study and hard practice" and "perseverance" in Zhiyong's calligraphy, we should take a warning, learn from the good skills and experience of our predecessors, and make bold innovations on this basis to strive for building a modern and powerful country in Socialism with Chinese characteristics.