What are Wang Xizhi's main calligraphy works and his contributions to calligraphy?

Wang Xizhi's main works are: Sunny Post on Fast Snow, On Music, Mourning Post, Frequent Sorrow Post and so on.

Among them, Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Collection of Lanting is highly praised by calligraphers in past dynasties and is known as "the best running script in the world". Wang Jian is good at following the laws of Li, Cao, Kai and Xing, carefully studying the shape, imitating the shape with his heart, learning from others' strengths, preparing everything in one furnace, getting rid of the style of writing in Han and Wei Dynasties, and becoming a family of his own, which has far-reaching influence.

Contribution of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy: Wang Xizhi's calligraphy has influenced several generations of bookstores. Ou Yangxun, Yu Shinan, Zhu Suiliang, Xue Qi, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan in the Tang Dynasty, Yang Ningshi in the Five Dynasties, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Meng in the Yuan Dynasty and Dong Qichang in the Ming Dynasty were all impressed by Wang Xizhi, so they enjoyed the reputation of "book saints".

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Wang Xizhi's related historical facts:

1, Wang Xizhi's calligraphy art has reached the height of "reaching the peak". The reason is closely related to Wang Xizhi's belief in Taoism and the unity of calligraphy and Taoism. Taoism, which was born and bred, produced Taoist symbols very early. When copying Confucian classics, it must be copied by students who are good at calligraphy, but in the process of writing Confucian classics, they are unconsciously influenced by Taoist culture.

2. The book sage Wang Xizhi likes geese very much. He thinks that keeping geese can not only cultivate sentiment, but also learn some calligraphy theory from observing the movements of geese. Once Wang Xizhi went out to play and saw a group of beautiful white geese, so he wanted to buy them.

Knowing that these geese were raised by a Taoist nearby, I found a Taoist who wanted to discuss buying geese with him. When the Taoist priest heard that the famous Wang Xizhi wanted to buy them, he said: If Wang Youjun can copy me a copy of Huang Ting Jing, I will give him some geese. Wang Xizhi readily agreed, which made this book a story of exchanging white geese.

At that time, the emperor went to the northern suburbs to offer sacrifices and asked Wang Xizhi to write his congratulatory message on a board. The sculptor cut the board layer by layer and found that Wang Xizhi's calligraphy ink had been printed into the board. He didn't reach the bottom until he cut into a depth of three points. Woodworkers are amazed at Wang Xizhi's pen power, perfect calligraphy skills and his pen power. Cut to the chase is derived from this story.

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