Wang Xizhi, the great calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty, is extremely famous in the history of Chinese calligraphy and painting. "Lanting Tie" written by him has been passed down to this day and is a treasure of our country's calligraphy art. "Lanting Tie" embodies Wang Xizhi's literary talent and achievements in calligraphy art. "Lanting Tie" is his own writing of the "Preface to the Lanting Collection". On March 3 of the ninth year of Yonghe (AD 353) of Emperor Mu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Xizhi and more than 40 people including Sun Tong, Sun Chuo, Xie An, and Zhi Dun, who were famous at the time, held a banquet in Shanyin, Huiji, Zhejiang Province (now Shaoxing County, Zhejiang). Lanting. It was a bright spring day, and the people present at the meeting were in a great mood for poetry and recited some poems one after another. Wang Xizhi was moved by these poems and happily wrote a preface. This is the "Preface to the Lanting Collection" that was later recited. The preface records the grand occasion of the massacre and reflects the perceptions of everyone present. "Lanting Tie" is the exquisite calligraphy of "Lanting Collection Preface". It is written with charming vigor and vigor, and it is a model for future generations to learn calligraphy. Wang Xizhi's superb calligraphy achievements stem from his hard study in his childhood. When Wang Xizhi was learning calligraphy in his childhood, he was very envious of Zhang Zhi, a calligrapher of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Zhang Zhi, courtesy name Boying, is also very famous for his calligraphy. It is said that when Zhang Zhi was learning calligraphy, he often wrote on clothes, and then put the clothes in a dye vat to be dyed and used to make clothes. Zhang Zhi often went to the pool to write and used the pool water to polish his ink and brush. As a result, the pool water was dyed black. Because he worked so hard, he wrote very well, especially his cursive script. People at that time called him the "Grass Saint". Wang Xizhi was determined to learn from Zhang Zhi's spirit and believed that as long as he was willing to work hard, he would be able to catch up with or surpass Zhang Zhi. Wang Xizhi not only learned Zhang Zhi’s spirit, but also learned Zhang Zhi’s writing method. Like Zhang Zhi, he often went to the pool to learn writing. There is a river under the Linchuan City in Wang Xizhi's hometown. There is a place on the edge of the river called the New City. There is a deep rectangular pool above the New City. This is the place where he often learns to write. Whenever spring comes, he comes here with paper, pen and inkstone to learn to write. He uses the water in the pond to grind his ink and rinse his pen with the water in the pond. Whenever his black ink pen is put into the pond water, A black cloud-like ink immediately appeared in the water. In this way, as time goes by, the water in the pool gradually turns black. As the water in the pool becomes darker day by day, Wang Xizhi's calligraphy also improves day by day. Soon, his handwriting surpassed that of Yu Yi, a calligrapher at that time. Once, he wrote a letter in cursive script to Yu Yi's brother Yu Liang. Yu Yi was greatly impressed when he saw it. He said that Wang Xizhi's calligraphy "is really comparable to Zhang Zhi's!" Wang Xizhi finally became a famous calligrapher at that time. In the Song Dynasty, a state school was built above Mochi in Xincheng. There was a professor named Wang (a junior official in charge of education) in the state school. Because he was afraid that Wang Xizhi's deeds of studying calligraphy in the pond would be forgotten by the world, he wrote the six words "Mochi of the Right Army of the King of Jin" and hung them on the pillar in front of the house. He also invited Zeng Gong, a great essayist at the time, to write an article "Mochi". remember". Zeng Gong was one of the eight great essayists of the Tang and Song Dynasties. In "Mochi Ji", in addition to describing Wang Xizhi's deeds of studying calligraphy in the pond at that time, he also expounded some thoughts on learning. he said. "Xizhi's calligraphy was good in his later years, but what he could do was accomplished by his own energy. It is not natural. There is no one in the later generations who can reach it, so how can he be inferior to him in learning?" This means that Wang Xizhi's calligraphy achievements It is not a natural achievement, but the result of careful hard work; the reason why later generations cannot catch up with him is not that later people cannot catch up with him, but that later generations do not study hard and work hard as much as he did. This is also the story of Wang Xizhi's study in the pond. Provide useful inspiration to future generations. Thinking about the beginning will lead to the end. ??—"Zuo Zhuan"?