The idiom for "spring and autumn earthworm" is "spring snake and autumn earthworm".
Spring Snake Qiu Earthworm, Chinese idiom, pinyin is chūn shé qiū yǐn, which means that the metaphor is poorly written, winding, like the traces of crawling earthworms and snakes. As object and attributive; used in calligraphy, etc. "Preface" by Lian of the Ming Dynasty and Song Dynasty: "Since modern times, people have been partial to the last and forgotten their roots. They wet the hair and apply ink, like snakes in spring and earthworms in autumn."
Spring Earthworm and Autumn Snake "Book of Jin·Biography of Wang Xizhi" records such a story: Xiao Ziyun of the Liang Dynasty loved calligraphy since he was a child. Although his calligraphy comes from modern times, it is unique and therefore famous in the Yangtze River area. However, some people at the time had a different view, believing that Xiao Ziyun's calligraphy was "only a perfect method, not manly, walking like a spring earthworm, and every word is like an autumn snake."
Earthworms in spring, snakes in autumn , describing calligraphy as poor, as soft and weak as earthworms and snakes. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy art has reached the level of perfection. His calligraphy is free and unrestrained, but also vigorous and powerful. People at the time called it "floating like floating clouds, as powerful as a startling dragon." "The author of "Book of Jin" highly praised Wang Xizhi and also commented on other famous calligraphers.
One of them commented on Xiao Ziyun of Liang Dynasty and said: "Xiao Ziyun, a modern person, whose name spread all over the country, has only been written down. , There is no manly spirit in writing. Every line is like an earthworm crawling in spring, and every word is like a snake curling up in autumn."
Introduction to Wang Xizhi:
Wang Xizhi (303) - 361 AD (some say 321 AD - 379 AD), courtesy name Yi Shao, a native of Langya Linyi (now Linyi City, Shandong Province), a minister and calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the son of Danyang Yin Wangkuang, and the son-in-law of Taiwei Xi Jian. He is known as the "Sage of Calligraphy". Wang Xizhi entered the officialdom with his family background and started as a secretary. Later, he served as the governor of Jiangzhou, the prefect of Kuaiji, and the general of the Right Army.
The ninth year of Yonghe (353) ), organized the Lanting Collection, and wrote the "Preface to the Lanting Collection", which became "the best running script in the world". He was at odds with Wang Shu and was disgraced from his official position, so he resigned and settled in Kuaiji to take good care of himself. He often had banquets with famous people. He died in the fifth year of Shengping (361) and was buried in Jinting Waterfall Mountain.