Preface to Lanting was written by Wang Xizhi in Huiji Mountain on the third day of the third lunar month in 353 AD. Participants wrote poems, expressed their arms and copied them into collections. It is recommended that the convener of this gathering, the respected Wang Xizhi, write a preface and record this exquisite collection.
Preface to Lanting is a well-known and beautiful prose with brilliant literary talent and delicate words. It breaks the routine, creates a new way, is wonderful and elegant, and it is refreshing whether it is lyrical or commenting on historical records.
About the author: Wang Xizhi (303-36 1 year, 32 1 year -379), a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, is known as the "book saint". Originally from Langya (now Linyi, Shandong), he moved to Wuxi and lived in Jinting, Shan County (now Zhejiang) in his later years. Worked as a secretary, general Ningyuan, Jiangzhou secretariat.