Wang Xizhi, who was honored as a "book saint", absorbed the essence of previous calligraphy and found a new way. He is good at regular script, running script and cursive script, and his words are fresh, "flowing like clouds, swift as a dragon".
Based on the book reviews of past dynasties, Wang Xizhi's calligraphy style is magical, ever-changing, unique and at its peak, namely regular script, running script and cursive script.
Since the Han and Wei Dynasties, the three bodies of Qi, Xing and Cao have gradually evolved. The direction of evolution is to simplify the complex and tend to be fast and practical. The way of evolution is the efforts of folk craftsmen, official calligraphers, dignitaries and Confucian scholars, which have been tempered and sublimated by outstanding calligraphers of Gaomen clan, influenced each other and merged into the mainstream. Wang Xizhi is a typical representative of these excellent calligraphers.
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Wang Xizhi's best calligraphy in his life is Preface to Lanting Collection. That was his work in middle age.
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, so as to eliminate the ominous. This is called "repairing". 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 Preface to Lanting Collection, which was recommended by Wang Xizhi. 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.