But as we all know, the real thing has long since disappeared. In fact, not only the Preface to Lanting Collection is gone, but also the author's other works. Because in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, when he was still alive, his works were already famous. He can also directly exchange books for meat, attracting many people who like him to follow suit. At first, this was not a bad thing, but a pest appeared and everything changed.
At the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the son of a senior official was a standard fan of Wang Xizhi. Because he is rich, he has collected a lot of genuine products. Later, he wanted to be emperor, but he failed and lost everything. So I thought that everyone should be unhappy, so I threw all my collection into the river and destroyed it. At that time, he had the most, because he lived in an era close to the book saint, and it was also the era when the real thing was preserved the most, so that period was also the period when the book saint lost the most.
From the Wei and Jin Dynasties to the early Tang Dynasty, in the constant change of political power, Shu Sheng's works became less and less. Later, due to the failure of the war between the Northern Song Dynasty and the enemy, the emperor and a large number of precious cultural relics in the palace were taken away by the enemy. So up to now, it's hard to find his real works in the world. But we can only look for the original works of wandering book saints in all countries of the world, and it is difficult to get a glimpse of the sage style like people in those days.