Why is Wang Xizhi's Preface to Lanting Collection called "the best running script in the world"?

Because Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Collection of Lanting is highly praised by calligraphers in past dynasties, it is known as "the best running script in the world".

Wang Jian is good at following the laws of Li, Cao, Kai and Xing, carefully studying the shape, imitating the shape with his heart, learning from others' strengths, preparing everything in one furnace, getting rid of the style of writing in Han and Wei Dynasties, and becoming a family of his own, which has far-reaching influence.

His calligraphy is peaceful and natural, and his brushwork is euphemistic and subtle, graceful and graceful. The world often uses Cao Zhi's Ode to the Goddess of Luo: "If you are amazed, if you are graceful, if you are in Youlong, you will be glorious and autumn, and Hua Mao will be spring pine. It seems that if the moon is covered by light clouds, it will float like the wind flowing back to snow. " Praise the beauty of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy.

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During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin had a soft spot for calligraphy, especially Mo Bao, the "sage of calligraphy". He used the convenience of the emperor to collect Wang Xizhi's works all over the world. Every time I get an original, I regard it as a treasure. When I am interested in it, I will guess it, appreciate its brushwork and appreciate its natural charm, and then I will cherish it for fear of losing it.

Not only that, he also advocated Wang Xizhi's calligraphy style, which made the style of learning from Wang prevail in Zhenguan period. It is said that Li Shimin personally wrote Biography of Wang Xizhi for the Book of Jin, and he liked Wang Xizhi more in his later years.

Although Mo Bao is rich, Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Lanting Pavilion has never been found. A monarch can't get the rare treasures of the previous dynasty. Every time Emperor Taizong thought about it, he was unhappy.

It turned out that Wang Xizhi himself cherished the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion, a work of "God Help", and regarded it as a family heirloom, which was passed down to the seventh generation of Sun Zhi. Zhiyong, a monk, loves calligraphy, admires the calligraphy of his ancestors Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, and is determined to copy the calligraphy of his ancestors.

He practices calligraphy very hard. When he was in Yongxin Temple, he built a small building to practice calligraphy, vowing that "if the book is not finished, he will never leave this building". In this abandoned small building, he was fascinated by writing. After thirty years of hard work, Zhiyong's calligraphy has become more and more famous. The Thousand-Character Literatures is the representative work of Zhi Yong, which has been highly praised by all dynasties.

A hundred years of wisdom and courage. Before he died, he passed the Preface to Lanting Collection to his disciple Cai Bian. Monks in Cai Bian are also very good at calligraphy. Knowing the value of Preface to Lanting Collection, he treasured it in a hole specially carved on the beam of the bedroom.

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