In the distant Eastern Jin Dynasty there was one active
Legendary aristocrats,
They are wang xizhi as the "book saint"
Represented by the top door valve clan.
The Wang family has continuously inherited the art of calligraphy in the past three hundred years.
Talents emerge from all directions, and they are extremely literate and popular,
A spectacular cultural scene.
Let's walk in today
This veritable Wang family,
Feeling from the history of calligraphy,
The most popular family talent!
Wang Xizhi's "XingYong Ti"
Wang Xizhi learned calligraphy from Lady Wei
Eastern Jin Dynasty calligrapher, few characters. Originally from Langya (now part of Linyi, Shandong), juhui Shanyin (Shaoxing, Zhejiang). The officer to the general of the Right Army, will audit the internal history, known as the "Wang Right Army". He came from a prominent family of the Two Jin Dynasties. When he was a child, he learned calligraphy from Mrs. Wei, a famous female calligrapher at that time. Later, he crossed the river north to travel to the famous mountains, and he learned from the strengths of all the people, the cursive calligrapher Fa Zhang Zhi, and the main book was able to rely on Zhong Xuan. Observing and studying "combining the methods of the masses and preparing them into a family", it has reached the height of "Guiyue group products, ancient and modern Mo II".
Wang Xizhi's "Orchid Pavilion Preface"
Wang Xizhi's Huang Ting Jing
Among the four major families of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xie, Xi and Yu, the most prominent is the Wang family, and the most outstanding calligraphy achievements also deserve to belong to the Wang family. The Wang family has the most calligraphers. In this calligraphy family, there are fathers and sons competing, brothers competing, as well as husband and wife competition, in-laws learning from each other, etc., passing on each other, which is not only extremely dazzling in the history of calligraphy, but also unique in the history of world art. In particular, there appeared shusheng Wang Xizhi and his seventh son Wang Xianzhi, and the father and son were called "two kings" by the world. The pride of the Wang family is here, and the pride of the Calligraphy of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is also here.
Wang Xizhi's "Funeral Post"
Wang Xi's uncle - Wang Dao
Wang Dao (王導), courtesy name Maohong, was a Han Chinese from Linyi (present-day Linyi, Shandong), a minister and famous politician in the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Wang Dao has been far-sighted since childhood, with outstanding intellect and grand measurement. When he was fourteen years old, Zhang Gong, a high priest of Chen Liugao, saw that he looked extraordinary, and said to his cousin Wang Dun in amazement: "This child's appearance is ambitious, and he is really a talented man!" "Wang Dao was one of the founders of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, including Emperor Yuan of Jin, Emperor Ming of Jin and Emperor Cheng of Jin.
Wang Dao's "Provincial Instructions"
Wang Dao's "Changing Shuo Ti"
Wang Xizhi's wife, Xi Xuan
Wang Xizhi's wife, Mingxuan, was a pearl in the palm of Taiwei Xijian's home. This strange woman's calligraphy is outstanding, ethereal and ethereal, and she is known as the "female pen fairy". She was familiar with the Scriptures and was a famous talented woman at that time. She married Wang Xizhi, although it was the order of her parents, but there is a good story that has been passed down to this day.
Wang Xi's wife Xi Xuan's tomb
Xi Jian made good friends with Wang Xizhi's uncle Wang Dao, and married each other. The Xi family sent people to the Wang family to listen to the wind and visually inspect the selection of the son-in-law. The other children of the royal family, all wearing the most gorgeous clothes, showing their demeanor, are eager to win in the blind date. But the only young man who lay calmly on his stomach, did not trim the edges, was frank, and happily ate hu cakes in one hand and fanned with the other, and this person was Wang Xizhi!
Xi Jian chose Wang Xizhi as his son-in-law because of his unpretentious and otherworldly character. After marriage, the happiness of the two little families is like in heaven, whenever Wang Xizhi accompanies Xi Xuan to stroll in Jiankang City, the flowers and trees in the city lose their color. Yushu Linfeng's couple, Qinse and Ming, are spiritually compatible. Xi Xuan bred eight children for Wang Xizhi, each with both talents and appearances. Wang Xizhi's life expectancy is not long, but his wife enjoys an advanced age of more than ninety years.
Wang Xi's eldest son, Wang Xuanzhi
Wang Xuanzhi was the eldest son of Wang Xizhi(王羲之), the character Boyuan (字伯遠), Gong Cursive (工文書) and Lishu (立書). In the ninth year of Yonghe, the morning of late spring, the yin of Huiji, Wang Xizhi wrote the amazing masterpiece "Orchid Pavilion Preface", this time in addition to inviting friends, he specially brought his children, Wang Xuanzhi was also inside, composing a poem: "Pine bamboo stands on the rock cliff, the stream is clear. Dissipate the unbridled emotions, and relax the worries", and there are posts passed down from generation to generation.
Wang Xi's second son, Wang Ningzhi
Wang Ningzhi, the word Shuping. He successively served as the History of Jiangzhou Thorns, the Left General, the Huijian Neishi, and the Cursive And Lishu. Wang Ningzhi once left in the "Lanting Collection": "Tsubame Haojin." Nest step Yingmei. Meditation is really sent. A thousand years at the same time. Fine soft fan, Xiyi and pure. Travel in a timely manner. Runaway Ying Tongjin" sentence. His wife was Xie Daoyun, a famous talented woman, a rare female poet in Chinese history, after Xie Daoyun married into the Wang family, once, the little uncle Wang Xianzhi's tongue was finally invincible. At this time, Xie Daoyun, who was still sitting behind the Qingya curtain, saved him by quoting the scriptures, and the guests were poor and willing to bow to the wind, and the allusion of "Wei Ruo Liu Shu rose because of the wind" was about her.
"August Thesis" partial · Eastern Jin Dynasty Wang Ningzhi
Wang Ningzhi's brushwork is mainly qingjin, the opening is steady and slow, the middle and back parts use the pen faster, and the strokes become active and jumpy.
Wang Xizhi's third son, Wang Zhuozhi
The third son, Wang Zhuozhi, learned his father's calligraphy from an early age, reached a similar degree, and was good at cursive writing. Huang Bosi's "Treatise on Theory of Eastern Guan Xu" Yun: "The four sons of Wang's Ning, Cao, Hui, and Zhuanzhi, and the Zijing Book, all have been passed down from family model to family, and the body is different. Condensation gets its rhyme, exercises its body, emblems get its momentum, rejuvenates its appearance, and dedicates it to its source. ”
Wang Zhuozhi attended the Lanting gathering that has been known throughout the ages, leaving a Lanting poem: "Go and go and youyouzi." Phi Brown Good Foot Chin. Transcendence. True Chi Qi ancient and modern. ”
Wang Xizhi's fourth son, Wang Suzhi
The fourth son, Wang Suzhi (王蘇之), was a young man who served as Zhongshu Lang (中書郎) and a horse rider( 骠) as a counselor. He participated in the Lanting gathering hosted by his father Wang Xizhi, and there were poems circulated later, and he composed a Lanting poem at the Lanting rally: "Jiahui xinshi travels, and opens his mind." Chanting Song Mizuse, Shibu Turning ToSu scales", but I don't see its Dharma thesis passed down.
Wang Xizhi's fifth son, Wang Huizhi
Wang Huizhi (338 AD – 386 AD), courtesy name Ziyou, was a famous scholar and calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the fifth son of Wang Xizhi, and one of the brothers who had outstanding achievements in calligraphy. Like to appreciate bamboo, arrogant nature, uninhibited, not enthusiastic about official business, often travel east and west, and later simply resigned, lived in Shanyin, Kuangda Tongtuo, showing the Wei and Jin Dynasties, celebrities willful and suitable attitude to life, without losing the high and elegant. His calligraphy has the evaluation of "Hui Zhi Zhi Zhi (Wang Hui Zhi)", and later posters such as "Inheriting Sister-in-law's Illness Without Reducing Posts" and "Crescent Moon Posts" have been passed down.
Wang Hui's "Crescent Moon Thesis"
This post is mainly based on line letters, free swing, changeable penmanship, and smooth beauty. Interpretation: The Book of the Ninth Dynasty of the Three Dynasties from the Bozu Jin Huangmen Lang Hui. On the second day, he told □ daughter that the crescent moon mourned and could not overcome himself. Thoughts of pain, do not allow. You have to know that ru is different and evil suspenseful, what is the rain, humidity and heat, and can't eat? I took care of it and did not return, and for a few days, Ruby protected himself. Force is not available. Emblem and other books. Yao Huaizhen, Man Qian.
Wang Xizhi's sixth son, Wang Caozhi
The six sons of the king it, and the words were heavy. He successively served as secretary supervisor, waiter, Shangshu and Yuzhang Taishou. His wife, He Shi. He's grandfather was the emperor Ofeko Hexun.
Wang Xizhi's seventh son, Wang Xianzhi
Wang Xianzhi's "Twenty-Nine Days"
The Seventh Son, Wang Xianzhi (王献之), also spelled Zi Jing (字子敬), was the most accomplished official among his brothers, and was known as the "Second King" along with his father Wang Xizhi (王羲之). Wang Xianzhi was intelligent and studious since childhood, specializing in cursive calligraphy and painting. He practiced calligraphy with his father since he was a child, with great ambitions, and later took Zhang Zhi and created his own style. He is known for his calligraphy and cursive writing, but he also has a deep foundation in calligraphy and calligraphy.
Part of Wang Xianzhi's "Mid-Autumn Festival"
Wang Xizhi's great-grandson, Xie Lingyun
Wang Xizhi's only daughter had a grandson, the famous poet Xie Lingyun. Xie Lingyun was Wang Xizhi's great-grandson. Under the influence of this family environment, he was born with the bosom of "holding on to the nature of things, but not the atmosphere of dirt". However, the change of dynasties, the change of the times, and the rubbing of his career have also made "gaoyang outside the seven states, whisking away the clothes and five lakes", and he was extremely disappointed in the arrogance and conceit, "neither can he be ambitious, so he wanders wantonly", and borrows the good swimming landscape to get rid of the frustration and misery of life.
Wang Xi's cousins - Wang Qi, Wang Hui
Wang Xizhi's cousins Wang Qia and Wang Hui (Wang Dao's second son) were all proficient in calligraphy, and Wang Qi's son Wang Xun (who left the "Boyuan Thesis", the only authentic surviving relic of the Wang clan in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in which Boyuan was Wang Xi's eldest son Wang Xuanzhi, the two were of equal generation).
Wang Hui,"The Furuncler", "The Venerable Body"
Wang Xun's "Boyuan Thesis"
Wang Xi's grandson, Wang Shengqian (王僧虔).
Wang Shengqian (王僧虔), the fourth grandson of Wang Xizhi ,喜文史,善音律,Gongzhen (工真), Xingshu (行書). The book inherits the ancestral law, rich and simple and has bone strength. When Wang Was twenty years old, he was very good at writing, and Emperor Wen of Song saw the Su Fan he wrote and exclaimed: "Not only is the handwriting more than Zi Jing (Wang Xianzhi), but also the elegant demeanor is also above him." Wang Shengqian and his second sons Wang Zhi and Wang Ci were all great calligraphers at that time.
Wang Monk's "Prince Sheren Thesis"
Wang Ci's "Oak Wine Post"
Wang Charity, Xingshu. His cursive pen is round and thick, containing solemnity, but his posture is very flexible, and his vertical and horizontal posture is unbridled, reminiscent of Wang Xianzhi's style of writing.
Wang Ci's "Rubiti"
Wang Zhi "Sore Throat Post"
Wang Xi's grandson, Zhiyong
Zhiyong monk, a native of the Southern Dynasty, whose real name is Wang Faji,Zi Zhiyong ,会稽山阴人, the seventh grandson of Shusheng Wang Xizhi , the fifth son of Wang Hui , is the "Yong Zen Master". Zhi Yong Shan Shu, the book has a family law. He brought Wang Xizhi's "Orchid Pavilion Preface", which is an heirloom, to Yunmen Temple for preservation. Yunmen Temple (formerly known as Yongxin Temple) has a book cabinet dedicated to practicing characters, and Zhiyong swears that "the book will not be completed, and it will not go down this building.". In this deserted little building, he practiced writing for 20 years, using one brush after another, and he often threw broken brushes into large urns, and over time, he accumulated several urns. Zhiyong later buried these brushes in one place and buried them with his own inscription, which was then called "Retired Pen Tomb".
Zhiyong "True Grass Thousand Character Text" (partial)
Zhiyong had a profound influence on later generations of calligraphy. He created the "Eight Laws of Yongzi" and set an example for future generations. More than 800 copies of the "True Grass Thousand Character Text" were widely distributed, and almost all of them can be regarded as textbooks, and their influence is as far as Japan. Even now, it is still a classic textbook for learning calligraphy.
Zhiyong 'True Grass Thousand Character Text》 Ink Copy (Biography)
Langya Wang clan, after many dynastic changes, frequent wars, three hundred years, incense has not been extinguished, calligraphy has not been broken, all generations have calligraphy everyone, but there are not many names and works that have survived, and the ink works that have been handed down so far are mostly Tang facsimiles, which is a great pity.
Let's enjoy more masterpieces of Calligraphy of the Wang Clan of Langya to commemorate this famous family that has created countless masterpieces of Chinese calligraphy!
Wang Xizhi's "Distant Eunuch Thesis"
Wang Xizhi's "Two Thanks"
Wang Xizhi's "Walnut Thesis"
Wang Xizhi's "On Le Yi"
Wang Xizhi's "Kong Shi Zhong ti"
Wang Xizhi's "Great View"
Wang Xizhi's "Peace Thesis"
"Duck Head Pill Thesis", Xingcao, Tang facsimile.
The Book of the King's Offering. Silk,
Length 26 · 1 cm, horizontal 26 · 9 cm.
Collection of Shanghai Museum.
This post is a note given by the king to a friend, and it is a representative work of his grass walking. The beginning is an ordinary response, so the pen is slightly slower, like a book. In the second half, the bottom of the pen gradually comes alive, the pen is gradually faster, the pen is smooth and flexible, closer to cursive, and the urgent mood of wanting to meet with friends jumps on the paper.
Dongshan Song Ti, Jin, The Book of Wang Xian,
Paper, cursive,
Length 22.8cm, width 22.3 cm.
It is said to be a facsimile of Mi Fu.
This post is full of writing, full of life, and Xiao Is loose and beautiful.
Wang Xianzhi's "Bride Di Huang Tang Ti" Tang Dynasty facsimile
Length 25.3 cm Width 24.0 cm.
Collection of the Taito-ku Calligraphy Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
Wang Xianzhi's "Bride DiHuang Tang Ti",
Tang Dynasty facsimile. On paper,
Length 25.73 cm, width 24.0 cm.
Dihuang soup is the name of a Chinese medicine,
This is a ruler about the drug.
Wang Xianzhi's authentic handwriting has not been passed down to the present day, and there are several kinds of inkblots as a model, one of which is this "Dihuang Tang Ti", which is flexible and flexible in style, calm and exuberant, and completed in one go.
Wang Xianzhi "Goose Flock Thesis" (selected from "Chunhua Ge Ti")
Wang Xianzhi "Goose Flock"
It is said to be the Song Dynasty Rice Lotus Linben.
Engraved into the "Chunhua Pavilion"
Wang Xianzhi's "Yu Hang Ti"
(also known as "Touching The Post") Takumoto.
Line book. Six lines, fifty-one words.
Inscribed in Volume IX of the Chunhua Pavilion.