Wang Xizhi, a native of Linyi (now Shandong) in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was a famous calligrapher in ancient China. It is said that he had written a good hand when he was seven years old. At the age of twelve, he accidentally found a book about calligraphy in his father's pillow and secretly took it out to read. His father asked him, "This is my special secret collection." In fact, my father didn't really forbid him to read it, but he was afraid that he would accidentally reveal it when he was young, so he said to him, "I'll pass it on to you when you grow up." Xi's pleading said, "What's the use of a child when he grows up?" Father listened to Xihe's words and gave him the book on the spot. Xihe was so happy that he kept studying day and night and practiced calligraphy according to the methods mentioned in the book. In less than a month, his calligraphy had made great progress. At that time, Wei Shuo, a famous female calligrapher, read Xihe's words and said to Wang Ce, an official in charge of sacrificial rites and music, "This child must be. I feel very vigorous and sophisticated. In the future, his reputation will definitely overshadow mine. "When Xi grew up, he made great efforts to learn from previous calligraphers such as Zhang Zhi and Zhong You, and learned from others. He put great emphasis on hard work and once said to people," Zhang Zhi studied books in Linchi, and even the water in the pool was written in black. If others could do the same, they would not fall behind him. "
With the passage of time, Xi. He collected his ink everywhere and treasured it with pride. After seeing this situation, he was reluctant to inscribe it easily. Due to the recommendation of court officials, Xihe was once a general of the right army and a civil servant of Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), so people called him Wang Youjun. Later, he resigned from his post and lived a quiet life at home.
One day, Xihe saw a white-haired old woman holding a dozen. Ask her how much it costs. The old woman replied, "Twenty dollars." Xizhi asked someone to bring pen and ink and wrote five words on each fan. The old woman said anxiously, "How can I sell it if you write words?" Xizhi said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, you just have to say that this is written by Wang Youjun, and you can sell it for one hundred yuan each!" The old woman took the fan and left with a grain of salt. She took the fan to the market and told people what Xihe said. People immediately rushed to buy it, and a dozen fans were sold out at once. A few days later, the old woman took dozens of fans to ask Xihe to write. Xihe just smiled at her this time and didn't promise her again. After a person became famous, people always liked to fabricate some anecdotes on him. It is no exception for Xihe. It is said that once the imperial court held a sacrificial ceremony, the congratulatory message was written on the Zhuban. Later, because it needed to be revised, the workers were ordered to scrape it off. Unexpectedly, when they picked up the Zhuban, they found that every word's pen mark was stuck in the wood, like a knife carving, which made them very surprised and amazed. Although this legend was exaggerated, it was not difficult to understand.