The Form and Interpretation of Calligraphy

In 353 AD, Wang Xizhi and his friends Xie An and Sun Chuo. Talk about ancient and modern times, drink wine and write poems in Lanting of Huiji Mountain. After the poetry meeting, Wang Xizhi put these poems together and wrote a preface to explain the reasons for the poetry meeting and his inner feelings. This preface is Preface to Lanting Collection.

The preface to the collection of Lanting is excellent in writing, "the sky is high and the clouds are light, the weather is sunny", and the eight words tell the good weather at that time and everyone's good mood.

Articles are first-class articles, and calligraphy is the best. Preface to Lanting Collection is known as the best running script in the world, and it has been dumped by calligraphers like Mi Fei and royal emperors like Li Shimin throughout the ages.

Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher, is not only good at running script, but also has regular script works such as Huang Tingjing, Yue Yilun and stele, running script works such as Tie Auntie, cursive or cursive script works such as Seventeen Ties and Early Moon Ties.

Objectively, the most famous of these works is Preface to Lanting, so there is a question to ask-since Preface to Lanting is the most famous, does it mean that Preface to Lanting has the highest calligraphy level? Does it mean that Wang Xizhi's running script is better than regular script and cursive script?

Actually, you can't say that. You can compare Wang Xizhi's running script "Preface to the Lanting Pavilion" with the cursive script "First Moon Post", both of which are very good.

Preface to Lanting Collection is graceful and handsome. Calligraphy lovers can imagine how light Wang Xizhi's pen tip is when they look at such works, and then experience the subtle cooperation of palms, fingers and wrists.

At first glance, the characters in "Early Moon Post" are much thicker than those in "Preface to Lanting Collection", especially at the corners, which are square and square, and the three-dimensional effect comes out.

The Preface to Lanting Collection shows the lightness of the pen tip, while the early monthly posts emphasize the strength of the middle part of the pen. As far as brushwork is concerned, the first month post is not lost to Preface to Lanting Collection.