The style and brushwork of "Lushan Temple Stele" and "Li Xiu Stele" by Li Yong, a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, all learned from Wang Xizhi's calligraphy. This post was given to Prime Minister Wei Zheng by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty in the early Tang Dynasty, and later passed to Chu Suiliang, a famous politician and calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty.
In the early Song Dynasty, Wang Xizhi's "Quick Snow and Clear Tie" was acquired by two brothers, Su Shunyuan, a famous calligrapher in Tongshan, and Su Shunqin, a famous politician. The Su family has been an official for generations and has a rich collection. There are three copies of this post alone.
Mi Fu, a famous calligrapher, painter and calligraphy and painting theorist in the Northern Song Dynasty, obtained a calligraphy post through exchange. Liu Jing, a famous doctor of Taixue in the Song Dynasty, obtained a book post through exchange.
The Xuanhe Inner Palace of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty also collected this calligraphy, and there is a catalog of this calligraphy in the "Xuanhe Shupu". In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Wang Xizhi's post was collected by Gaozong's inner palace.
When this post spread to the inner palace of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu, the great calligrapher at the time, learned of the news and asked the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty to allow him to observe it. After Zhao Mengfu received permission, in 1318, he was ordered to post the imperial edict as "a Hanlin scholar who accepted the imperial edict, a Ronglu doctor who knew how to make imperial edicts, and who also studied the history of the country." Zhao Mengfu's postscript: It has been nearly a thousand years since the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the writings that have been handed down to this day are absolutely unavailable. "Quick Snow and Clear Tie", written by King Xizhi of Jin Dynasty, is one of the treasures of all dynasties. There is an engraving. Now that I can see the authentic work, I am very happy.
Famous officials of the Yuan Dynasty at that time, Liu Geng, Hu Du Da'er, Liu Chengxi, Wang Zhideng, Wen Zhenheng, Wu Ting, Liang Shizheng and others all wrote postscripts, expressing surprise and admiration in their words. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is a masterpiece of calligraphy. Li Rihua, a famous opera and prose writer in the Ming Dynasty, wrote in "Liuyanzhai Erbi" that "Jin Dynasty Shang Qingyan, although only a few words are clear, among the 24 characters at the beginning and end of Kuai Xue's calligraphy, every word is clear" It is not something that future generations can tell. How could Youjun, who was so noble and elegant, specialize in calligraphy?
During the Yuan Dynasty, this post was first collected by a Zhang family and then entered the Yuan Dynasty.
In the Ming Dynasty, this post was collected by a man named Zhu Cunliang. It was later sold by a painting seller to the famous Ming Dynasty poet Wang Zhideng, and later passed on to Wu Guoting and Liu Chengxi, both famous calligraphy and painting collectors in the late Ming Dynasty. This post was later collected by Feng Quan, a minister in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
In the process of circulation of this post, there were "Shaoxing" in the Southern Song Dynasty, "Mingchang Yulan" by Wanyan Jing of Jin Zhangzong, and "Qiuhe Treasures" by Jia Sidao, Prime Minister and Grand Master of the Southern Song Dynasty. imprint. There is a seal of "Ting" on the front, a couplet of "Shaoxing" on the back, and a half seal of "Chu" on the back. There are also many imperial seals of the Qing Dynasty.