The meaning of Lanting Xiuyu: refers to the paper cursive calligraphy works created by Feng Chengsu in the Tang Dynasty of China.
"Lanting Xiuye" refers to the paper cursive calligraphy work created by Feng Chengsu in the Tang Dynasty of China.
This book of "Lanting Xiu Xian" is made of two pieces of mulberry paper, and the paper is smooth and fine. Because there is a small seal of the Shenlong reign of Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xian, at the front of the volume, it is called the "Shenlong version". Xiang Yuanbian's inscription on the later paper reads: "Feng Chengsu of the Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty copied the Orchid Pavilion's calligraphy from Wang Xizhi, the general of the Jin Youjun Dynasty," and it was designated as a copy by Feng Chengsu.
Content of the work:
On March 3, the ninth year of Yonghe reign of Emperor Mu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 353), Wang Xizhi, Xie An, Sun Chuo and other 41 people were in Shanyin. Lanting practices the ceremony of "pulling out the evil spirits" and holds it in a grand and elegant manner. On that day, the sky was clear and the wind was gentle. The celebrities drank wine and wrote poems. The fifty-one-year-old Wang Xizhi used silkworm cocoon paper and rat whisker pen to write happily and completed a "Preface to Orchid Pavilion Poems".
The manuscript of "Lanting Preface" has twenty-eight lines and three hundred and twenty-four words. It is charming and elegant, changing vertically and horizontally, with perfect charm and majestic air, which comes from nature. Wang Xizhi was already drunk at that time, and he felt as if he had divine help in writing. When he woke up, he was also surprised. He wrote dozens of books in the next day, but they could not compare with the original manuscript. In the early Tang Dynasty, it was acquired by Taizong, who respected it as "the best running script in the world". He ordered Yu Shinan, Ouyang Xun, Chu Suiliang and others to copy several copies. The calligraphers of Hongwen Hall headed by Feng Chengsu were also ordered to copy the original script into copies.
Taizong of the Tang Dynasty distributed the copies to his relatives and ministers, while the original was used as a burial object and buried in the Zhaoling Mausoleum. The copy of Feng Chengsu that is currently circulating is in the Palace Museum. It has a small seal of "Shenlong" (the reign name of Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty) on it, which is an ironclad proof that it is a copy of the Tang Dynasty.
Appreciation:
This post is more lively and vivid. If you look closely, it is a combination of copying and copying. First outline the glyphs, and then follow the outline to look at the original writing. The subtle features - such as the hair, the fork, etc. - are carefully traced and filled in. Therefore, on the one hand, the details and characteristics are not lost, and on the other hand, it is more vivid.