Wang Xizhi is a well-deserved "book saint". He is the most influential figure in China's calligraphy history. The reason for this is the following：
1, created the preface to Lanting, the best running script in the world. It embodies the colorful calligraphy style, ever-changing pitching, broken pen and graceful and colorful images. With the pen as the center, the hidden front and the exposed front are subtle, easy to come out, flowing freely, and the pen and ink show the author's profound calligraphy cultural foundation and refined aesthetic taste.
2. He has made great contributions to the history of calligraphy in China, and laid a basic fixed template for the calligraphy aesthetics of China literati, which is a peak that almost all calligraphers admire and follow. Created a beautiful, elegant, elegant and naturally dissipated book style.
3. Wang Xizhi studied with Mrs. Wei since childhood, studied hard and worked tirelessly. Wang Xizhi was born in a noble family and a scholarly family. He has not only excellent genes, but also a talent for learning books. He is down-to-earth, modest and diligent. He also worked as an official in North Korea. Officially indifferent to fame and fortune, he often associates with the people and Taoist priests. After leaving the officialdom, Wang Xizhi kept in touch with celebrities and literary friends. He was attached to mountains and rivers, interacting with white geese, indifferent as chrysanthemums, quiet as wild cranes, leading a clean life, fame and fortune as clouds, writing as a man, free and easy, and generous.
(2) Yan Zhenqing
1, Yan Zhenqing has a unique personality charm. Yan Zhenqing was born in a scholarly family with a distinguished family background. Yan Hui, who was highly praised by Confucius, was his first ancestor, and Yan Zhitui, who wrote family instructions for Yan, was his fifth ancestor. Unfortunately, Yan Zhenqing lost his father when he was young and his family was poor. Yan Zhenqing is sensible, filial, independent, self-reliant, upright, studious, enterprising, honest, simple, upright and upright, with excellent academic performance and both ability and political integrity. In the "An Shi Rebellion", Yan Zhenqing was prescient. He has long been aware of An Lushan's ambition, and kept a quiet face, secretly building cities and digging ditches, recruiting and storing rice for future use. When the Anshi Rebellion rebelled, only Pingyuan County did not fall. Yan Zhenqing's broad mind, strong will and honest character were revealed in his later years.
2, Yan Zhenqing calligraphy. Yan Zhenqing studied at an early age, studied hard and learned from others. Later, he took Zhang Xu as his teacher and got his calligraphy secret book Twelve Chapters of Zhang Changshi. His calligraphy skill is like a tiger, with rapid progress, integrity and outstanding style.
3. Original "Yan Ti" unique style. "Yan body" is square and atmospheric, horizontal and light, vertical and heavy, strong and round, solemn and vigorous. The representative works of regular script are: Exquisite Monument, Pagoda, Magu Xiantan, and Li Monument ... The representative works of running script are: Sacrifice to My Nephew, Contention for Seats and Huzhou Post ... Among them, Sacrifice to My Nephew is known as "the second running script in the world".
(3) Zhao Mengfu
1, Zhao Mengfu is an all-rounder in calligraphy. In his early years, Zhao Mengfu learned from others' strengths, took its essence, developed his own style, and had a solid foundation. Proficient in cursive script, regular script, running script, official script and a series of mainstream calligraphy fonts. Beautiful strokes, natural and square, rich brushwork, beautiful brushwork and easy imitation.
2. Zhao Mengfu enjoys the elegance and vulgarity of his ci, which has a great influence. Regular script: dignified and beautiful, broad and round, gorgeous and vigorous ... Running script: elegant, free and easy, handsome, elegant, dynamic, pitching, posture, graceful and graceful.
3, standard beautiful words. Zhao Mengfu's representative regular script: Danba Monument, Sanmen Collection ... Zhao Mengfu's representative running script: Luoshen Fu, Qianhou Chibi Fu ... The brushwork is round and beautiful, vigorous and powerful, free and easy, and interesting.
In a word, the poems written by Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing and Zhao Mengfu are beautiful, practical, elegant and popular, with exquisite aesthetic taste and grounding gas, which are deeply loved by the public and widely circulated among the people, with great influence and endless life. So they were chosen to make calligraphy more in-depth among the people and the public.