The best calligraphy work in the world is "Lanting Preface".
Although it is a copy, it is still hidden in the Forbidden City in Beijing and is one of the treasures of the Forbidden City. This shows the status and importance of "Lanting Preface". If it were an authentic work, there would probably be no comparison with today's chats. He is the undisputed number one calligraphy work.
After all, a copy is a copy, not an authentic work. Many people have summarized the "Three Great Running Scripts in the World" and the "Top Ten Running Scripts in the World", etc., and they basically regard "Lanting Preface" as the first, and "Manuscript of Memorials to My Nephew" as the second. It makes sense for the ancients to conclude this way, because they judge entirely based on artistic standards. But now when we look at these works, their cultural relic value is more important. Copy vs. original, of course the original is better.
From the perspective of cultural relics, "The Manuscript of Sacrifice to My Nephew", which is "the second running script in the world", should be better than the copy version of "Lanting Preface", which is "the best running script in the world". Therefore, in the field of running script, "The Manuscript of Sacrifice to My Nephew" "My Nephew's Manuscript" can be regarded as one of the most important works in existence.
"The Manuscript of the Nephew Memorial" is recognized as the "second running script in the world":
In various recent reports, when talking about Yan Zhenqing's "The Manuscript of the Nephew Memorial", it is usually mentioned There is a saying: this work has the reputation of "the second running script in the world". The media quoted this statement to show the preciousness of the "Manuscripts for Nephew Memorials". However, this may be a self-defeating approach, because to say that "Manuscripts for Nephew" is "second" is not to praise it, but to dwarf it.
The reason is simple. The "Manuscript of Sacrifice to My Nephew" has been circulated in an orderly manner and is the undisputed authentic work of Yan Zhenqing, a calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty. We can even know the exact year of writing: the first year of Qianyuan of Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty, that is, 758 AD, which is 1,261 years ago.