Preface to the Lanting Pavilion is the "best running script in the world" written by Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher in Jin Dynasty (AD 353) in China, and it is the masterpiece of Wang Xizhi in his middle age. Preface to Lanting Collection is also called Preface to Lanting Collection, Preface to Lanting Collection and Preface to He Lin. The Preface to the Lanting Pavilion consists of 28 lines and 324 words, which mainly describes the beautiful scenery near the Preface to the Lanting Pavilion and the happy scenes when people get together. In the article, the author regrets the impermanence of life and death and expresses Wang Xizhi's sigh about life. He lamented that life is impermanent and should cherish the good times of the moment. The preface to Lanting is perfect in composition, structure and contrast, which is also the reason why later generations copy it frequently. Preface to Lanting Collection has high attainments and artistic value in the field of calligraphy. Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Collection of Lanting, Yan Zhenqing's Ji Ming Manuscript and Su Shi's Cold Food Post are also called the three major calligraphy posts.
The Preface to Lanting Collection records a gathering of friends held by Jin Yong on March 22, March 9,166/kloc-0 years ago. At that time, Wang Xizhi, the then literature and history meeting, and his friends Xie An, Sun and other 4 1 people were in Lanting meeting. Qushui flows, drinking and writing poems. In order to record this trip to the mountains and rivers, Wang Xizhi took everyone's poems and songs as a book and made a preface, which is now the preface to Lanting. This preface records the details of Wang Xizhi and his friends' joy at the banquet.
Unfortunately, the Preface to Lanting seen by modern people is a dragon book written by Feng Chengsu during the reign of Emperor Taizong, that is, a copy. The Dragon is the best copy of the Tang Dynasty. As for Wang Xizhi's original work, because Taizong liked it so much, Taizong took it to the grave as a funerary object, and the world would never see Wang Xizhi's original work again. It must be said that it is a great regret in the history of China's calligraphy art.