This is the most important feature of Wang Xizhi's brushwork. The rhyme of seal script and official script is elegant, simple, heavy, vast and atmospheric spiritual beauty. There is a comment in "On the East View": "Jin history books say that Wang Yi's book is wonderful in his twilight years, and his book was promoted for two years, always for three years, also in his twilight years. Therefore, it is older than the cursing post, and it is also very common in chimes and yuan dynasties. The meaning of the seal is not clear. Unless there is a reward, it is not easy to know. "
(2) Have the habit of using a pen for seal script (use a pen with more twists, less bends and less twists)
The biggest feature of the seal calligraphy pen is the pen heart, all the turning points are almost close to translation and rotation, with no turning points (except the seal calligraphy tablet with unique personality style such as Qi Sangong Mountain Monument), many curves, and almost no pen lifting and frustration. The main characteristics of the pen for official script are that almost all horizontal folds are twisted pens with little or no turning point; There are many horizontal straight lines, among which there are many "waves" and "twists and turns" to form lifting and twisting strokes. Some strokes of seal script and official script are characterized by focusing on hiding the head and protecting the tail, especially on the richness and massiness of the midline. In Lun Shu, we often talk about ancient law and ancient quality. Where is the "law" and where is the "quality", it may be hidden in the middle of this line.
(3) the habit of using regular script with pen.
The regular script here does not refer to the regular script of any dynasty, but is based on the history of contemporary calligraphy. Compared with other characters, regular script has the following characteristics: first, it pays attention to the starting and closing of lines, and the movements of starting and closing are delicate, rich and in place; Second, the action of moving the pen to form the middle section of the line is mainly to raise the pressure, with less twisting the pen; Third, almost all the horizontal folds are turning points, with obvious pen folding movements.
(4) the pen is slow.
Pen speed is an important factor affecting line quality. Speed hardly affects the shape of lines, but it can greatly affect the texture, rhythm and connotation of lines. Bao Chen Shi said: "When people in the Northern Dynasties wrote a book, they were vigorous and harmonious, and they took advantage of the ink, so they could be vigorous;" Five fingers Qi Li, so it can be astringent. Liu Xizai said, "I'm familiar with the saying that pens are astringent, but I don't know how to make them. Only when the pen wants to do it, if there is something you refuse, try your best to fight it, and you will be complacent. "
(5) The turning point is mainly the twisting brushwork.
Wang Xizhi's handling of transverse folding has its own unique side, especially compared with later calligraphers, Wang Xizhi's handling of transverse folding is mainly based on twisting, supplemented by turning, while later calligraphers, except Yan Zhenqing in Tang Dynasty, almost all use turning brushwork in handling transverse folding, which makes turning brushwork rare.
(6) Exquisite and changeable pen.
In the previous discussion, for example, the comparative analysis of Wang Xizhi's brushwork in the early moon post and Lu Ji's Pingfu post, there are many places mentioned, including the five characteristics of Wang Xizhi's brushwork analyzed above, which are the arguments of this view and also show that Wang Xizhi's brushwork is delicate and changeable. More often, Wang Xizhi's brushwork is random modeling, random modeling, which is simply a genius.