Wang Xizhi's information

Wang Xizhi (A.D. 303-36 1, Op. 32 1-379), a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, has few words. Originally from Langya (now Linyi, Shandong Province), he was a general from the official to the right army, who would review the internal history and was called "Wang Youjun". He came from a noble family in the Jin Dynasty. When Wang Xizhi 12 years old, he was taught the theory of brushwork by his father and studied calligraphy under the famous female calligrapher Mrs. Wei at that time. Later, he visited the famous mountains in You Jiang, where he learned from foreigners, learned from foreigners, and learned from Zhong You. Observing and learning "how to combine multiple methods to prepare a family" has reached the height of "more expensive than others, the best in ancient and modern times".

Compared with Han Dynasty and Western Jin Dynasty, Wang Xizhi's calligraphy style is characterized by exquisite brushwork and changeable structure. Wang Xizhi's greatest achievement is to increase and destroy the ancient law and turn the simple calligraphy style of Han and Wei dynasties into exquisite and beautiful calligraphy style. In a word, the introduction of Chinese character writing from practicality to the realm of paying attention to techniques and tastes is the awakening of calligraphy art, which indicates that calligraphers not only discover the beauty of calligraphy, but also can show it. Few later calligraphers have not copied Wang Xizhi's calligraphy posts, so they have the reputation of "book saints". His regular script Le Yi Lun, Huang Ting Jing, Dong Fangshuo Hua Zan, etc. were very famous in the Southern Dynasties, leaving various legends, and some even became the subject of painting. His cursive script is praised as "the sage of grass" by the world. There is no original work of Wang Xizhi, but there are many seal cutting copies of calligraphy, such as Seventeen Articles, Le Li Yi in Small Letters, Huang Ting Jing and so on. Copied Mo Gang includes Confucius Postscript, Lanting Preface [Feng Chengsu Copying], Quick Snow and Clear Postscript, Diligent Funeral Postscript, Funeral Postscript, Far Official Postscript, Aunt Postscript, Tang Priest Huairen Collection, etc.

Wang Xizhi's calligraphy influenced his descendants. His son is mysterious and good at cursive writing; Coagulation, as a grass official; Emblem, good cursive script; Fuck it, be good at writing; Huanzhi, good cursive script; Sacrifice is called "little sage". Later, descendants continued, and one of Wang's calligraphy was handed down. Wu Zetian once asked Wang Xizhi for books, and Wang Fangqing, the ninth great-grandson of Wang Xizhi, submitted ten volumes of books of twenty-eight people in the eleventh generation to his great-grandfather and compiled the "Long live Tian Tong Post". After Wang Sengqian, Wang Ci and Zhiwang were kings in the Southern Dynasties, regular script was created. Shi Zhiyong, the seventh grandson of Xihe, was a famous calligrapher in Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Wang Xizhi's calligraphy has influenced bookstores from generation to generation. The climax of studying Wang Xizhi for the first time in history was in Nanliang, and the second time was in Tang Dynasty. Emperor Taizong highly praised Wang Xizhi, not only widely collecting Wang Shu, but also personally writing praises for the biography of Wang Xizhi in the Book of Jin. Since then, Wang Xizhi's supremacy in the history of calligraphy has been established and consolidated. Literati in Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties all stayed away from the "two kings" of Jin Zong. Ou Yangxun, Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, Xue Qi, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan in the Tang Dynasty, Yang Ningshi in the Five Dynasties, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian and Mi Di in the Song Dynasty, Cai Xiang and Zhao Meng in the Yuan Dynasty and Dong Qichang in the Ming Dynasty all converted to Wang Xizhi. Although the study of steles broke the scope of calligraphy research in Qing Dynasty, Wang Xizhi's position as a calligrapher remained unshakable. Although the "Book Sage" and "Ink Emperor" are suspected of being "sanctified", the famous scholars and masters from generation to generation are convinced and admired through comparison and speculation.