Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, is known as the "Sage of Calligraphy".
When Wang Xizhi was about five or six years old, he learned calligraphy from Mrs. Wei as his teacher. His calligraphy improved rapidly. When he was 7 years old, he became famous in the local area for his calligraphy. He was loved and praised by his seniors. When Wang Xizhi was 11 years old, he read "Bi Shuo" which can only be read by adults. He followed the method described in "The Theory of Writing" and got up early every day to write and practice in the dark. He became obsessed with it. After a while, I looked at my handwriting and compared it with what I wrote before. Sure enough, there were some changes.
One day his teacher Mrs. Wei was surprised after seeing it and said to someone: "This child must have seen the secret of calligraphy. I found that his recent handwriting has reached the level of an adult." , If this continues, this child's achievements in calligraphy will definitely overwhelm my reputation in the future." Wang Xizhi was not complacent or complacent because of the teacher's praise. He wrote more carefully and worked harder, even to the point of forgetting to sleep and eat. . One time during lunch, the bookboy brought his favorite mashed garlic and steamed buns. He urged him to eat them several times, but he still didn't even raise his head, as if he hadn't heard, and concentrated on reading and writing. The rice was cold, so the boy had no choice but to ask Wang Xizhi's mother to persuade him to eat. When her mother came to the study, she saw Xizhi holding a piece of steamed bun stained with ink and putting it into his mouth, which made his mouth full of black. It turned out that when Xizhi was eating the steamed buns, his eyes were still looking at the characters and he was thinking about how to write the characters. As a result, he mistakenly ate the ink as minced garlic. When my mother saw this scene, she couldn't help but burst out laughing. Wang Xizhi still didn’t know what was going on! Hearing his mother's laughter, he also said: "Today's garlic paste is so fragrant!" Wang Xizhi persisted for decades, studied hard and practiced constantly, and developed very solid kung fu, which laid the foundation for his future development. laid the foundation and paved the way.