Taking his Preface to Lanting Collection as an example, we can see his calligraphy level. "The best running script in the world" is not a slogan, but really "invincible in the world". Although its original work has disappeared with the burial of Emperor Taizong, the long-term handed down copy compiled by Master Linyi is still perceptible. Any calligraphy lover who has copied and studied Feng Chengsu's copied works will feel that no one can surpass it. The ingenious brushwork in his calligraphy is natural and smooth, graceful and tactful, steady and powerful, and full of rigidity, which is really amazing.
Wang Xizhi was born in a famous family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He studied since he was a child and was gifted. Influenced by that wealthy scholarly family, he not only reads poetry, but also loves pen and ink. His unparalleled talent didn't make him practice harder than others. According to legend, he used a big pond in his yard as a pen wash, and the water in the pond gave off a thick ink fragrance. It is also said that he uses as much ink as a pond to practice writing. In short, in the history of the word diligence, no one can match it, let alone those famous families, because the cost of pen and ink is beyond the average person's affordability. And his unparalleled talent and understanding, all of which made a child prodigy.
On 20 1 1, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province also applied for approval as a national intangible cultural heritage. The idiom "to get to the point, to send goose feathers a thousand miles away" comes from his calligraphy story. It can be seen that he is not only a great calligrapher, but also a symbol of China calligraphy culture. For more than a thousand years, he has been followed, studied and imitated by later calligraphers, but there are only a handful of people whose calligraphy level can be compared with each other, and the possibility of surpassing it is almost zero.
As the saying goes, there is no first martial art in literature and no second martial art in martial arts. Therefore, Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is second to none, not only because his calligraphy works are so good that no one can write better, but also because his historical position and influence are higher than his. In his time, he was actually a link between the preceding and the following. However, due to the spread and handed down from generation to generation of his works, the unparalleled influence and unshakable historical position of the "book saint" have been achieved.
Of course, as a "book saint" respected by calligraphers of all ages, he has always been regarded as a god, and it is difficult for anyone to dare to surpass him. But in order to boost morale and encourage yourself to persist and work hard, we can work hard with the goal of "surpassing Wang Yizhi". Even if you can't reach it, it will at least give you a motivation to learn calligraphy well.