From: Preface to Lanting Collection by Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the original text is as follows:
Every time we look at the reasons for the excitement of the ancients, if we unite, we will not be without sorrow, and we can't compare it to something in our chests. Knowing that a dead life is a false birthday and the destruction of Peng Qi is a mistake.
Whenever I see the reasons of my predecessors' feelings, I can't help feeling sad and incomprehensible when reading their articles. I know it is absurd to treat life and death equally, and it is false to treat long life and short life equally.
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Preface to Lanting Collection is also called Preface to Lanting Collection, Preface to Lanting, Preface to He Lin, Preface to Zan and Zan Tie.
On March 3rd and 9th, 4 1 military and political dignitaries of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, including Mu Tianzi, Wang Xizhi, Xie An and Sun Chuo, wrote poems in Lanting. At the meeting, Wang Xizhi wrote a preface for their poems.
The Preface to the Orchid Pavilion narrates the beauty of the landscape around the Orchid Pavilion and the joy of the party, and expresses the author's feelings about the impermanence of life and death. The author is extremely happy and sad when he is happy and sad. The article also changed with his feelings, from calm to calm, to ups and downs, ups and downs, so Preface to Lanting Collection became a famous masterpiece. Full text * * * three paragraphs.