Wang Xizhi's masterpiece "Lanting Preface" is known as "the best running script in the world". In the history of calligraphy, he and his son Wang Xianzhi are collectively known as the "Two Kings". The following is the original text and translation of Wang Xizhi's classical Chinese text on fan writing that I have compiled for everyone. Welcome to refer to it~
Wang Xizhi's classical Chinese text on fan writing
Wang Xizhi tasted the disciples' family, and saw that the stick was slippery, because of the calligraphy In short, it is half the true grass.
Later, his father scraped it off by mistake, and the disciples were frightened and annoyed for days.
I once again saw an old lady in Jishan selling a hexagonal bamboo fan.
Xi Zhi Shu's fan, each with five characters, has a sulky look at the beginning.
Because he said to grandma: "But this is a letter from Wang Youjun, asking for a hundred coins."
As grandma said, people bid for it.
The next day, grandma came again holding a fan, and Xizhi smiled but did not answer.
His books are valued by the world, and they are all like this.
(Selected from "Book of Jin: Biography of Wang Xizhi")
Translation
Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. I once saw an old woman in Jishan selling hexagonal fans.
Wang Xizhi wrote five words on her fans. The old woman was a little angry at first.
Wang Xizhi therefore said to the old woman: "As long as you say it was written by Wang Youjun, you can sell it for a hundred yuan."
The old woman did as he said, and people People rush to buy fans.
A few days later, the old woman came to Wang Xizhi again with a fan and begged him to write on the fan again. Wang Xizhi smiled and did not answer.
Introduction
Wang Xizhi (303-361, 321-379), courtesy name Yishao, Han nationality, was a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and was known as the "Sage of Calligraphy" . A native of Langya (now Linyi, Shandong), he later moved to Shanyin, Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), and lived in seclusion in Jinting, Shan County in his later years.
Wang Xizhi successively served as secretary Ying, general Ningyuan, governor of Jiangzhou, and later as internal historian of Kuaiji, leading the right general. His calligraphy is good at Li, Cao, Kai, Xing and other styles. He studies the styles carefully, imitates them with his heart and hands, draws on the strengths of others, prepares various styles, and cultivates them in one furnace. He breaks away from the writing style of Han and Wei Dynasties and becomes his own style with far-reaching influence. The style is peaceful and natural, the writing style is euphemistic and subtle, and it is beautiful and graceful.
Wang Xizhi's masterpiece "Lanting Preface" is known as "the best running script in the world". In the history of calligraphy, he and his son Wang Xianzhi are collectively known as the "Two Kings".