In order to encourage him when he was a child, his mother said to him, "Son, you must practice your handwriting hard. When your father was young, it took him four or five years to copy other fonts humbly, and then he formed his own unique style. In order to practice calligraphy, whether walking or resting, your father has been drawing horizontally and vertically on his body with his hands, trying to figure out the stroke structure of Chinese characters. After a long time, he cut all his clothes, and it was difficult to find even a piece of clothes that had not been sewn at home. When he practices calligraphy, he often goes to a pool to wash his pen and ink stone after writing. Over time, the water in the pool turned black. He was so obsessed with practicing calligraphy that he forgot to eat. Once, the family put steamed bread and mashed garlic in front of him and told him to eat quickly. As a result, he took the steamed bread dipped in ink and sent it to his mouth together, making his mouth black. He was so absorbed in practicing calligraphy that he mistook ink for garlic paste. Son, you can't aim too high and be complacent in doing anything. You must be diligent and step by step! "
Wang Xianzhi felt very ashamed after listening to her mother's words. He immediately found a vat of 18, filled it with water, and vowed never to go out until he had finished writing the water.
From then on, he studied hard every day, studied hard, humbly asked his father for advice and was completely immersed in calligraphy.
Year after year, 18 tank of water was finally used up, and Wang Xizhi's calligraphy was praised by his father.