Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is a masterpiece of a hundred schools of thought contend. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy skills are exquisite, and even the preface to Lanting, which is only a draft, is known as "the best running script in the world". His calligraphy works are deeply loved by people. Once many people get the original works of Wang Xizhi, they will collect them and never pass them down. According to legend, The Preface to the Lanting Pavilion was hidden in the mausoleum of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, so it is impossible to see its true face.
"Mourning" was written after Wang Xizhi's ancestral grave was destroyed by the war, but Wang Xizhi, who knew the news, could not rebuild it. There are only 62 words in the full text of Mourning, but Wang Xizhi's extremely indignant but helpless feelings are vividly expressed by his brushwork and urgent brushwork. Its value can't exceed the preface to Lanting Collection, and later generations often copy and study funeral notes.
During the calendar year of Emperor Yan, "Aitie" boarded the Japanese Palace because of the cultural exchange between China and Japan at that time, and became the collection of Emperor Shengwu. Later, it was sent to the Zhengcang Courtyard of Duduo Temple in Nara by Empress Guang. Mourning Post was discovered by China calligrapher Yang Shoujing when he was searching for ancient books in during Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. After being collected by Japanese kings 1300 years ago, Burial Records reappeared in its hometown of China for the first time.