Five Short Stories by Wang Xizhi
Bamboo fan inscription
It is said that once, Wang Xizhi passed a bridge in Yin Shan. An old woman went to a charity sale with a basket of hexagonal bamboo fans. That kind of bamboo fan is very simple, without any decoration, which can't attract the interest of passers-by. It seems that it can't be sold, and the old woman is very anxious. Seeing this situation, Wang Xizhi felt sorry for the old woman, so he went up to her and said, "You can't sell this bamboo fan because there are no pictures or words on it." How about I write an inscription for you? " The old woman doesn't know Wang Xizhi. Seeing his enthusiasm, she wrote him a bamboo fan. Wang Xizhi took a pen, wrote five words on each fan and gave them back to the old woman. The old woman can't read, and she feels that his handwriting is scrawled, so she is very unhappy. Wang Xizhi comforted her and said, "Don't worry. You told the fan buyer that it was written by Wang Youjun. " As soon as Wang Xizhi left, the old woman did as he said. Collectors rushed to buy Wang Youjun's calligraphy after seeing it. A basket of bamboo fans soon sold out.
Goose book
Wang Xizhi, a book sage, likes geese very much. He thinks that keeping geese can not only cultivate sentiment, but also learn some calligraphy theory from observing the movements of geese. Once Wang Xizhi went out to play and saw a group of beautiful white geese, so he wanted to buy them. I didn't know these geese were raised by a Taoist nearby, and I wanted to discuss buying them with him. When the Taoist priest heard that the famous Wang Xizhi wanted to buy them, he said: If Wang Youjun can copy me a copy of Huang Ting Jing, I will give him some geese. Wang Xizhi readily agreed, which made the book a white goose.
Make up Spring Festival couplets skillfully
Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher, writes Spring Festival couplets on the door every New Year's Eve. Because his handwriting is called "the best running script in the world", many people want it and it is rare. So every year on New Year's Eve, his Spring Festival couplets are posted, and before midnight, they are secretly removed. This year, New Year's Eve came again, and Wang Xizhi still wrote the Spring Festival couplets of "double happiness, double misfortune", leaving the second half sentence. People who want to steal couplets are disappointed when they see these eight words unlucky. When he arrived in Yin Shi, Wang Xizhi made up the second half of the story, which became "Happiness never comes in pairs, but it never rains but it pours last night." Early the next morning, people who wanted to steal Spring Festival couplets were amazed and applauded.
If you don't shy away.
Fei Songzhi, Liu Laozhi, Kou, Sima Fuzhi, Sima Liangzhi, Sima Jingzhi, Sima ... Wang Xizhi's sons Xuanzhi, Ningzhi, Huiji, Cao Zhi and Xianzhi; Sun Zizhen's, Jing Zhi. Why don't these people avoid family secrets? There is a big secret hidden here, a secret related to Sean in the Western Han Dynasty. In Wang Xizhi's generation, there were 12 people, 22 sons and nephews, grandchildren 12 people, great-grandchildren 13 people, 9 great-grandchildren of the fifth generation and 4 grandchildren.