Wang Xizhi practiced calligraphy at the age of 7, and was diligent and eager to learn. At the age of 17, he stole his father's previous calligraphy works and read them. When he was ripe, he practiced writing. Every day, he sat by the pool and practiced writing, seeing off the dusk and welcoming the dawn. He finished writing more or less ink and wrote more or less written words.
After practicing calligraphy every day, I wash my pen in the pool water, and after a long time, I have washed all the water into ink. This is the legendary Mo Chi that people saw in Shaoxing today.
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Book for Goose
Wang Xizhi gave birth to a sex goose. An old woman in Huiji kept a goose, which sang beautifully. Wang Xizhi wants to buy it but the old woman doesn't sell it. So one day, Wang Xizhi took his relatives and friends by car to watch the geese. When the old woman heard that Wang Xizhi was coming, she killed the goose, cooked it and waited for Wang Xizhi to come. Wang Xizhi regretted for many days that his beloved goose died because he wanted to see it. There is a Taoist priest in Shanyin who is good at raising geese.
Wang Xizhi went to his place to watch the geese. He was very happy and insisted on buying the geese. The Taoist priest said, "If you are willing to write me a Tao Te Ching, I will give you all these geese." Wang Xizhi readily agreed, finished writing, and went home with a cage of geese. Do what you say, don't bully others by force, and exchange what you love reasonably, haha! Really a good young man.
Wang Xizhi (33-361, 321-379), Han nationality, was a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and was known as the "Book Sage". A native of Linyi (now Linyi, Shandong Province), he moved to Shanyin, Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province) and lived in seclusion in Jinting County in his later years. Successive secretaries, general Ning Yuan, Jiangzhou secretariat, and later the civil history of Huiji, leading the right general.
His calligraphy is good at all aspects, such as Li, Cao, Kai, and Xing. He studies the style carefully, imitates the style by hand, draws on the strengths of others, prepares the styles, and melts them in one furnace. He has got rid of the style of writing in Han and Wei Dynasties and has a far-reaching influence. The style is peaceful and natural, the brushwork is euphemistic and subtle, and it is beautiful and beautiful.
Li Zhimin commented: "Wang Xizhi's calligraphy not only shows simplicity and metaphysics based on the philosophy of Laozi and Zhuangzi, but also shows harmony based on the Confucian doctrine of the mean." The masterpiece Preface to Lanting is known as "the best running script in the world". In the history of calligraphy, he and his son Wang Xianzhi are called "two kings"