Baidu's "Preface to Lanting" and other keywords tried to get the source of "the best running script in the world", but they were still at a loss, but they found a sentence in many places: Mi Fei is known as "the best running script in the world". Then the question comes: what did Miffy say in his original words? Where did you say that? Can we confirm that the Preface to the Lanting Pavilion will eventually enjoy the supreme position of the best running script in the world with only one word from Mi Fei?
Mi Fei is the initiator of "Preface to Lanting" becoming the best running script in the world?
Strictly speaking, Mi Fei's original words did not completely say that Preface to Lanting is the best running script in the world. His original words said that Preface to Lanting was "the best calligraphy in the world", which should be misinterpreted as "running script" by later generations, thus becoming "the best running script in the world". The phrase "Calligraphy is the best in the world" is the postscript he wrote for his collection "Preface and Postscript of Chu Suiliang Imitating Lanting", which is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing. It is a long scroll with a height of 24CM and a length of 47.5cm. I specially found a picture of this work to show you, black and white, with pictures and truth:
Mi Fei's The Preface and Postscript of Chu Suiliang's Imitation of Lanting
Interpretation: "Youmi is a secret play, and the calligraphy is the best in the world. After Emperor Taizong got this book, he asked Feng Chengsu, Han Daozheng, Zhao Mo, Zhu Gejin and others to copy it to his ministers. When Chu Suiliang was a living person, he just built a scale. This axis is in Sujia, called Chumo. It is easy to change the wrong number according to the meaning. It's really a pen and a straight book. The rest of the double hooks are clean and delicate, and the turning point is true, which is beyond those who know books. The income in the world, whether fat or thin, is the income of workers, which is based on this. Stars shine, gold income. Roll up the spring stone and flow into calligraphy. Play with the standard, the book is stored in the horse style. Rong, Zhaoling, all came out. Wen Rong has no class, who cherishes the real thing. What's the difference between Shui Yue and He Shu? Embroidered with gold thread embroidery, Yao machine is soft. Don't lose it. Yuan Chen got the book. Chongning was armed in June, and Dajiang Jichuan Pavilion Boat went to Zijin Summer to hand-install. Mifei. "
At the beginning of the first sentence, "You Mi's surname is dark, and the calligraphy is the best in the world." It is this sentence that clearly defines the Preface to Lanting as "the best in the world!" According to the current statement, Mi Fei has a good head for advertising business. He wears a top hat for his collection. Therefore, from the perspective of literature research, it is probably right for Mi Fei to regard Preface to Lanting as the initiator of the world's first running script, because no one really said it so clearly before.
Fei portrait
Thanks to the blessing of two "the best people in the world", Preface to Lanting became the "best running script in the world".
The reason why Mi Fei said, or dared to say, "Preface to the Lanting Pavilion" is "the best calligraphy in the world" is actually based on two "the best people in the world", otherwise his statement will be a big blow! The two "first men in the world" are Xiao Yan of Liang Wudi and Li Shimin of Emperor Taizong. These two are hardcore fans of Wang Xizhi, the book sage, and also the fans with the highest rank!
Liang Wudi Xiaoyan
Liang Wudi Xiao Yan (464-549) was good at calligraphy himself. He commented on Wang Xizhi's calligraphy, "The words are powerful and easy, such as the sky in Yue Long and the tiger lying on the phoenix, so they are treasured from generation to generation and will be recited forever." This evaluation has become a universal evaluation of future generations. He was the first emperor to collect Wang Xizhi's calligraphy works nationwide. It is said that Wang Xizhi's ink paintings have been collected as many as 15000 pieces. And also sort out these collected works to identify the authenticity. Liang Wudi's greatest contribution to Wang Xizhi's calligraphy was to change the recognized calligrapher's ranking from "Wang Xianzhi-Wang Xizhi-Zhong You" to "Zhong You-Wang Xizhi-Wang Xianzhi". From then on, calligraphy must write "Zhong Wang".
Emperor Taizong Li Shimin
Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, took over the baton from Xiao Yan, Liang Wudi, and finally pushed Wang Xizhi to the position of a book saint, and pushed the Preface to Lanting to a mythical existence. Emperor Taizong mainly did three things for this.
The first thing: write a biography of Wang Xizhi with the respect of the emperor's relatives. The article "Biography of Jin Shu Wang Xizhi" is marked as "Emperor Taizong's Imperial Book". In this biography, Emperor Taizong commented on Wang Xizhi and his calligraphy, saying that "the ancient and modern are studied in detail, and the seal seal is excellent, but Wang Yi is rare". What about the rest? The emperor said such absolute words, who can say anything? !
The second thing: point calligraphers Ou Yangxun, Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, etc. Copy and spread it to your next of kin.
The third thing: after death, bury the original work of Preface to Lanting together.
According to He's Lanting Collection, the imminent collapse means saying, "I want your things. If you are sincere and filial, how can you go against my heart?" what do you think? "Emperor Taizong choked with tears and listened to his orders. Taizong said; "I want Lanting, but I will go with you. "And bow and sword, on the same track, fairy drive into the xuan palace.
The harmony between heaven and earth makes the documents beautiful. Preface to Lanting eventually became the best running script in the world.
In fact, Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Lanting Pavilion became a legend on the third day of March, Yonghe 9, when the sky was clear and calm. For the creation of a great work of art, it is not only the requirements of creative techniques, but also the creation time and space background of this work to support it! This is the key to the uniqueness and unrepeatability of a great work!
Preface to the Lanting Pavilion is a work with good weather, favorable location and harmonious people!
As far as meteorology is concerned, calligraphy developed to the Eastern Jin Dynasty in Wang Xizhi's time, but it was just like flowers blooming and falling, and it was completely mature, especially as a running script, which was the best time to pick it. Geographically, Huiji Yinshan, the post-war place of song and dance in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was full of mountains and fields, and the forest was full of bamboo, which was very happy. From the point of view of human harmony, all 42 people in Ji Ya are talented, but they are rarely salty. In this situation, the birth of Preface to Lanting is accidental and inevitable!
In the literary sense, Preface to the Lanting Pavilion is a model of articles since ancient times, with beautiful words and far-reaching implications. There have been many comments and interpretations on the Preface to Lanting in the past dynasties. There are countless comments on the calligraphy ontology of Lanting Preface. Of course, some dissidents will say that Preface to Lanting is not the best article in the world, and some calligraphers will say that there are many calligraphy posts of Wang Xizhi that are better than Preface to Lanting, and so on. All this may sound true, but a person who can integrate articles with calligraphy and achieve perfection, except the preface to the Lanting Pavilion, is the best in the world! ?
Think of a classic line that crosstalk performer Feng Gong said at the Spring Festival Evening a few years ago: This year is comprehensive strength!