Wang Xizhi (303-36 1 year) was born in Linyi (now Linyi City, Shandong Province). Minister and calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, son of Yin in Danyang, son-in-law of Jane, known as "Book Sage". With the help of the shadow of the door, he became an official, serving as a doctor, a secretariat of Jiangzhou, a satrap of Huiji, and a general of the right army, known as "Wang Youjun" in history. In the ninth year of Yonghe (353), he organized the Lanting Elegant Collection. His Preface to Lanting Collection became the best running script in the world.
He is good at calligraphy, as well as official script, cursive script, regular script and other styles. He studied the style, imitated the hand and pursued it, learned from others' strengths, prepared the body and melted into one furnace, and got rid of the style of writing in Han and Wei dynasties, which had far-reaching influence. The style is peaceful and natural, the brushwork is euphemistic and subtle, and it is beautiful. In the history of calligraphy, he was called "Zhong Wang" with Zhong You and "Two Kings" with his son Wang Xianzhi.
Speaking of Wang Xizhi's regular script, we should first mention Zhong You, who was the first master of regular script in the history of calligraphy, and Zhong You was regarded as the originator of regular script in the Song Dynasty. Wang Xizhi's regular script is just like Zhong You's. He turned the simplicity of Zhong You into charm and vitality, perfected the regular script method, and finally formed a "modern" regular script style. Wang Xizhi's regular script has not been passed down from generation to generation. Today, all we see are prints, the most famous of which are Le Yilun, Huang Tingjing and Dong Fangshuo Farzam Kama Labadi.