Wang Xizhi's calligraphy inscription picture Wang Xizhi (303? 36 1 year), Han nationality, with few words, whose name is Lian Zhai, is more than seven feet long (1.83 meters). Originally from Linyi (present-day Shandong), he moved to Yin Shan (present-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang) and served as the general of the right army. He was a great calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Book saint? . His son Wang Xianzhi is also very good at calligraphy. People call them "two kings". His other son, Wang Ningzhi, is a right-wing general and a world-famous figure? Wang Youjun? 、? Wang huiji? . Representative works include: Le Yi Lun in regular script, Huang Ting Jing, Seventeen Guas in cursive script, Gua for Aunt in Running Script, Gua for Quick Snow Clear, Gua for Mourning, Preface to Lanting Collection in Running Script, etc. Seriously study the physical situation, imitate the heart and pursue the hand, learn from others and create? Nature is to nature, rich in gods and generations? Running script is praised by later generations? Book saint? . Among them, Wang Xizhi's Preface to Lanting Collection is highly praised by calligraphers and is called? The best running script in the world? . Wang Xizhi has profound attainments in original works, cursive script and calligraphy. Modern Liu Duo once praised Wang Xizhi's calligraphy: The only good word (that is, Wang Xizhi)? .
Appreciation of Wang Xizhi's Calligraphy Inscription in the Eastern Jin Dynasty There is a custom in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Every year on the third day of the third lunar month, people go to the river to play to eliminate the ominous signs, which is called [repair]. On March 3rd, the 9th year of Yonghe, Wang Xizhi and some scholars, 4 1 * * *, went to the Lanting River to build a temple. Everyone is writing poems while drinking. After the poems were written, everyone collected them and synthesized a book, Preface to Lanting Collection, which was recommended by Wang Xizhi as the preface. At this time, Wang Xizhi was drunk. He took advantage of the wine, picked up a moustache pen and waved it on the cocoon paper. This preface is "Preface to Lanting Collection", which is a famous article throughout the ages. This post is a draft with 28 lines and 324 words. Described the scene of the collection of literati at that time. Because the author was in high spirits and was very proud of his writing. It is said that I couldn't write anymore. There are more than twenty of them? What? Words and writing are different. Mi Fei in the Song Dynasty called it? The best running script in the world? . According to legend, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, collected the Preface to Lanting before his death and was buried in Zhaoling after his death. What's left is just a copy of others. What people see today is a Preface to Lanting. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy works are very rich. Besides Preface to Lanting Collection, there are other famous calligraphy works, such as Guan Nu Tie, Seventeen Tie, Two Xie Tie, Orange Tie, menstruation Tie, Quick Snow Clear Tie, Le Yi Lun, Huang Tingjing and so on. The main characteristics of his calligraphy are peaceful and natural, gentle and subtle brushwork, beautiful and refined. Later generations commented: If it floats like a cloud, it will frighten the snake. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is beautiful.
Wang Xizhi believes in Taoism. Did Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, achieve any achievements in calligraphy art? Reach the peak? The height of. 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. Many Taoist scholars in history are famous painters and calligraphers. They are self-cultivation, proficient in Taoism, and will splash ink and put pen to paper. Wang Xizhi is a typical representative in this respect. He combined monasticism with calligraphy art, which brought out great artistic charm.
Wang Xizhi's Taoist belief has a profound family background. The Wang family is the most representative cultural gentry in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. I believe in Huang Lao's theory from top to bottom. Jin Shu? Volume eighty? The fiftieth volume of Biography records that the Wang family? In this world, Zhang knows both reading and calligraphy. ? Taoist classics recorded the story that Wang Zijin, the founder of Wang Xizhi, yearned for the spiritual emptiness of immortals and marched to the 27th Cave of Tongbai Mountain in Jinting, the north gate of Tiantai (one of the 36th caves in Taoism). "On the Hidden Husband" records:? Because of Wang's family background, his descendants and the world like the art of cultivating immortals and creating nature. ?