The story of Wang Xizhi is about 20 words.
When Wang Xizhi 13 years old, he happened to find that his father had a calligraphy book of Shuo, and he stole it. His father worried that he was too young to keep the secret of the family heirloom and promised that he would teach when he grew up. Unexpectedly, Wang Xizhi knelt down and asked his father to allow him to study now. His father was very moved and finally agreed to his request.
Wang Xizhi practiced calligraphy very hard, even eating and walking, and he really kept practicing. Without pen and paper, he scratched on his body, and over time, his clothes were cut. Sometimes I practice my handwriting to the point of forgetfulness. Once, he forgot to eat when he practiced calligraphy, and his family sent the meal to the study. He didn't even think about it. He dipped it in ink and ate it. He still thought it was delicious. It was already dark when the family found out.
Wang Xizhi used to write in the pool, where he washed the inkstones. After a long time, the ink in the pool ran out, so he was called Mo Chi. At present, Lanting in Shaoxing, Xigu Mountain in Yongjia, Zhejiang, Guizong Temple in Lushan and other places have Mo Chi scenic spots.
What are the interesting stories in Wang Xizhi's and Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy practice?
Later, Wang Xianzhi's writing reached the level of penetrating paper and perfection. His ci is juxtaposed with Wang Xizhi's ci and is called "two kings"
The story about Wang Xizhi?
The story of Wang Xizhi
There are many stories about Wang Xizhi, including the inscription on the bamboo fan, the story of skillfully weaving Spring Festival couplets, the story of eating ink, the love of Taoism, and the story of being the best in the world after drinking. Wang Xizhi, born in Shao Yi, was originally from Shandong, and later moved to Shaoxing, Zhejiang with his family. He was also the greatest calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and was respected as a calligrapher by later generations.
Here are two stories about Wang Xizhi:
1, bamboo fan inscription
It is said that on one occasion, Wang Xizhi saw an old woman carrying a basket of hexagonal bamboo fans in a collection to sell fans, and she never sold them. She went up to her and said, "Of course, you can't sell this bamboo fan because there are no pictures or words on it. How about I write an inscription for you? "
Wang Xizhi took a pen and wrote five words on each fan. He gave it back to the old woman, who couldn't read, and felt that it was scribbled and unhappy. Wang Xizhi comforted her and said, "Don't worry, tell the person who bought the fan that this was written by Wang Youjun." As soon as Wang Xizhi left, the old woman did as he said. When people in the collection saw that it was really Wang Youjun's calligraphy, they all rushed to buy it, and a bamboo fan sold out immediately.
2. Make up Spring Festival couplets skillfully
Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher, personally writes Spring Festival couplets and posts them on the door every New Year's Eve, because his handwriting is called "the best running script in the world", which many people want and it is rare.
This year, New Year's Eve came again, and Wang Xizhi still wrote the Spring Festival couplets of "double happiness, double misfortune", leaving the second half. People who want to steal couplets are disappointed when they see these eight words. When he arrived in Yin Shi, Wang Xizhi made up the second half and became "be in heaven, the rain cleared up last night." Early the next morning, people who wanted to steal Spring Festival couplets were amazed and applauded.
Does Wang Xizhi have a story about wine?
In China, speaking of Wang Xizhi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it is almost a household name: that is, the story of practicing calligraphy hard since childhood and becoming a "book saint" in his later years.
Wang Xizhi, named Shao Yi, is the nephew of Prime Minister Wang Dao. It is nothing strange that Wang Xizhi was all thumbs when he was a child. /kloc-When I was 0/3 years old, I went to visit qi zhou. After meeting qi zhou, I think this son is extraordinary. Pay attention to eating roast beef heart at that time. I didn't give it to the guests present after the cow heart was made. Zhou Ji first cut a piece for Wang Xizhi to eat. Wang Xizhi began to attract people's attention because he was favored by celebrities. Wang Xizhi, a young man, has changed a lot. He is eloquent, and his words are amazing. He is famous for his honesty and frankness, and he is especially good at official script. In his later years, his cursive script was superb and perfect. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is crowned with Li and Cao, and calligraphy critics call his brushwork "floating like a cloud, agile as a dragon"
Chi Jian wanted to marry Wang Dao, and Wang Dao said, "Go and choose among the children in the East Wing." Chi Jian sent his disciples to observe this choice. When his disciples came home, he said to Chi Jian, "The children of the Wangs are all very well, but after hearing the news of choosing a husband, they got together and became solemn. Only one person went to bed with an empty stomach and didn't care. He was still eating, as if he didn't hear anything. " Chi Jian said this is the most suitable husband for me! "Send a protege to the palace to visit people lying on the east bed. It was Wang Xizhi, and Chi Jian married his daughter to him. The idiom "son-in-law in the east bed" in later generations is this allusion. Just as the old saying goes, "If you have a heart, you can't bloom, but if you don't have a heart, you will have a willow tree.". Wang Xizhi didn't do much in politics. His great fame in later generations stems from his peerless calligraphy and romantic and natural demeanor. His famous calligraphy "Preface to Lanting Collection" is known as "the best running script in the world". Although the original is said to have been taken to the grave by Emperor Taizong, its copy remains in the world and has become a model for literati in past dynasties. In March of the 9th year of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Xizhi, the civil history of Huiji, called for a wine companion and a poem companion, and built a pavilion in Huiji Mountain. Wang Xizhi gathered 4 1 literati in Lanting this time, including Xie An, Xie Wan, Sun Chuo and Wang Xizhi's sons Wang Ningzhi, Wang Huizhi and Wang Xianzhi. Lanting Gathering is not only a meeting of mountains and rivers, but also a meeting of poetry and wine. Everyone sent love to the mountains and rivers, drank wine and recited poems, each with his own talents, leaving a romantic and elegant story for future generations. Celebrities sit around a winding water edge, use bamboo wine If to hold wine, then put the cup on the upper water surface and let the cup drift with the flow. Whoever flows there has to write a poem and take a cup to drink. If you can't write a poem in time, you will be fined three cups. Since then, "flowing water" has not only become a beautiful talk through the ages, but also been imitated by scholars of all ages. There were 37 poems at the party, of which 1 1 wrote two poems, 15 wrote a poem, and 16 was fined for drinking, including Wang Xianzhi. At that time, these poems were combined into an episode. Wang Xizhi rode a horse drunk and prefaced cocoon paper with a eight-character pen. This is the origin of the Preface to Lanting Collection, which has been handed down to this day. This preface is 324 words long, elegant and fresh, and concise. The article writes: There are mountains around Lanting, bamboo forests and streams gurgling, mixed with reflections of these beautiful scenery. The sky is clear and the spring breeze is warm as spring. Time is wonderful and the scenery is infinite. A group of wise men are always ready, but few of them are salty and harmonious, and they all forget. It is refreshing to say that "wine welcomes the breeze, and those who are happy with it are also." Looking up at the universe, looking down at the variety and entertainment, I believe coke is enough. "Unfortunately, it didn't last long." I'm happy about it. It's a thing of the past between pitches, so I still have to be happy about it. The situation is short-lived, and it will end in the end. "This is a kind of happiness full of unbearable feelings. Whether it's the emperor's old son or Wang's people, it's really sad to think about it. On the one hand, it is the joy of life, on the other hand, it is the threat of death. Wang Xizhi's concern about the meaning of life and anxiety about the limitation of life are fully revealed in the article.
It is the celebrities in the Eastern Jin Dynasty who are in the "flowing water", in the fields of peanut trees and warblers, accompanied by the endless fragrance of wine in the cup, which makes this romantic and elegant drink last for thousands of years. Up to now, I can still smell the intoxicating fragrance.
"Qu Shui" is an elegant puzzle game to persuade wine. Celebrities sing poems while drinking, which has the dual effects of happiness and enlightenment. In contrast, Shi Chong, a rich man in the Western Jin Dynasty, is chilling. According to Shi Shuo Xin Yu? "Waste" records: every time Shi Chong invites guests to hold a banquet, he often invites beautiful women to drink and persuade them to drink; If some guests are not full, they will behead the woman who advised them to go to Huangmen. Prime Minister Wang Dao and General Wang Dun went to Shi Chong Palace and Shi Chong gave a banquet. Originally, Wang Dao, the prime minister, could not drink, but he was forced to drink by a beautiful woman, so he frowned and drank until he was drunk. Beauty advised general Wang Dun to drink wine, but Wang Dun insisted on not taking a sip to observe Shi Chong's movements. After three times of persuasion and three times of refusal to drink, Shi Chong ordered three beautiful women to be beheaded. Wang Dun's face didn't change at all, but he still refused to drink. The Prime Minister Wang couldn't stand it, so he blamed Wang Dun. Wang Dun said, "His suicide is none of your business!" This is the harshest, bloodiest and scariest persuasion since ancient times. I used to drink for fun. If you want to be happy, you will inevitably persuade or even climb the wine. Some people persuade wine with clever words; There are people who pinch their noses to persuade them to drink; Some people persuade wine with songs; There are those who persuade wine with wine orders; There are also games to persuade wine, which can be described as varied and different forms. But I'm afraid it's unique to kill beautiful women and persuade them to drink. I also know that people at that time were not as good as dogs, showing off by killing people and persuading them to drink, and looking on coldly. Shi Chong is a demon who is famous for killing people. He claimed to be: "I am an animal." He tried to persuade wine by killing beautiful women, which is the bloodiest page written in the history of human drinking. At the end of the article, it is worth mentioning Wang Huizhi, the second son of Wang Xizhi. This man is romantic and elegant, with his father's legacy. There are two romantic and elegant things worth remembering. First of all, I like bamboo. Every time I hear that someone is good at bamboo, I will take a bus to see it. Often a person sits quietly under the bamboo and laughs for a long time. He asked people to plant bamboo in his empty yard. Someone asked why. Wang Huizhi held bamboo and said, "How can there be no such evil for a day?" He regards hollow knotted bamboo as a good teacher and friend. Su Shi in the Song Dynasty, Xu Wei in the Ming Dynasty and Zheng Banqiao in the Qing Dynasty all loved bamboo paintings, and their ancestors were probably Wang Huizhi. Second, when he lived in Huiji Mountain, it was the night of the first snow, and the moonlight was clear, looking around Jiao Ran. For the sake of this natural and beautiful night scene, he sang Zuo Si's "Evocation Poetry" while drinking alone, and suddenly remembered the famous Dai Kui at that time. When Dai Kui lived in Shan County, Wang Huizhi couldn't wait to take a boat trip at night. He arrived at Dai Kui's residence at dawn, got off the bus, walked to the door, suddenly stopped and came back. When people asked him why, Wang Huizhi said, "I went on a whim, but now I am exhausted, why should I wear it!" That is to say, at that time, it was because of the impulse to see Dai, but now it is because of the mood to see Dai, which is the real reaction of people's "unconsciousness". If Freud is still alive, it will be his first-hand information about human consciousness, which is an excellent "spiritual journey"
Du Mu, a poet in the late Tang Dynasty, once said in a poem: "Generally speaking, the Southern Dynasty was broad-minded and the Eastern Jin Dynasty was the most romantic." The original meaning of "pity" in the poem is "love" Du Mu loves the harmonious coexistence between people in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and nature, and loves the romance and elegance of people in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. I think, in the love stories of the people in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, we can't help but include works full of eternal charm and aesthetic interest, such as Swimming, Taking Bamboo as Friends and Visiting Dai on a Snowy Night.