How to evaluate the content of Wang Xizhi's Preface to Lanting?

Wang Xizhi's Preface to Lanting is a calligraphy work in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which is known as the best running script in the world. This work describes the spectacular scene of Wang Xizhi and many dignitaries and literati in the past dynasties, such as Lanting and Xiushiye, and expresses his sigh about human life and death. Wang Xizhi's running script was unique at that time, and later generations commented that "the font of the right army has changed." Its heroic spirit is natural, so it is considered as a model from ancient times to the present. "

Preface to Lanting shows the highest realm of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy art. The combination of pen and Fiona Fang is both rigid and flexible, rigorous and natural. This work was written by Wang Xizhi after he was drunk. After waking up, Wang wrote many more, but none of them had the charm of the first one. It can be said that no one can compare with it so far

However, Preface to Lanting is not an original work of Wang Xizhi, but a copy of Tang Dynasty. This fact may affect our evaluation of Preface to Lanting, because we can't directly contact Wang Xizhi's manuscript, and we can only appreciate and learn his calligraphy art by copying it.

Generally speaking, Preface to Lanting is undoubtedly an excellent calligraphy work, and its artistic value and historical position can not be ignored. Although we can't directly contact Wang Xizhi's manuscript, we can still feel his calligraphy charm and profound artistic foundation through copying.