From: Preface to Lanting Collection? /? Preface to Lanting Collection Wang Xizhi (Wei and Jin Dynasties)
Excerpt from the original:
It's sunny, sunny and breezy. Looking up at the size of the universe and overlooking the variety, it's enough to enjoy watching and listening. I believe in coke.
Translation:
On this day, the weather is fine, the air is fresh and the weather is sunny. Look up at the vastness of the universe, look down at many things on the earth, broaden your horizons and broaden your mind. It's really happy.
Extended data:
Creation background
On March 3rd, 9, 4 1 military and political officials, such as Wang Xizhi, the son of Mu Tianzi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Xie An and Sun Chuo, drank wine and wrote poems in Lanting (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). Preface to Lanting Collection is a preface written by Wang Xizhi for their poems. Although it is only a few hundred words, it is an important classic in the cultural history of China, with beautiful writing and exquisite books, and is recognized as "the best in the world" by the world.
Anything that can be called a fine work of art has a metaphysical aesthetic feeling. This kind of beauty floats between the lines, which can only be understood, but can't be expressed. It seems mysterious, and there is no feeling of missing the finish line. The antelope is clearly swaying in front of us and touching people's hearts. The aesthetic feeling of calligraphy in Wei and Jin dynasties is not easy to learn, but it has formed a mutual expression relationship with the literati demeanor at that time.
That kind of open-minded personality, that kind of independent temperament, is deeply hidden in deep pen and ink, with elegant form, noble spirit and unique temperament. This is a ... Second, books and paintings are both art, but they are different. Painting is expressed in form, even abstract paintings have visual shapes and colors, and readers can always imagine and feel interesting according to them.
Calligraphy, on the other hand, is an art completely organized by lines, and its aesthetic feeling is more metaphysical. Third, pen and ink skills need to be accumulated and then dissociated to form their own style. Learners began to imitate, not the spirit of the ancients; Later, with its own style, the ancient things have been transformed into optional nutrients and absorbed, and it is impossible to be "similar" again.
How come, as the ancients said, "It's not as good as before, but it's still too good in China" (Sun)? Li Shangyin's poem: "And a moment that should last forever has come and gone unconsciously." In this "disconsolate", there is this intention.