On the path of art (calligraphy), he has a father who is almost insurmountable. His father's masterpiece "Lanting Collection" is known as "the first line of the world".
The world often uses Cao Zhi's "Luoshen Endowment": "Fei Ruo Is amazing, Wan Ruo You Long, Rong Yao Qiu Ju, Hua Mao Chun Song." It is as if the moon is covered by light clouds, and the snow is like the return of the wind. "To praise the beauty of his father's calligraphy."
Floating like a cloud, like a frightening dragon", "the dragon jumps the heavenly gate, the tiger lies in the phoenix que", "the nature of nature, the abundance of god Gaidai". These beautiful words were all used on his father's body, and even the idioms that were related to his father, such as the three points of the wood and the fast son-in-law of the East Bed, were all recorded in the annals of history with the ascension of the chicken dog.
There is such a mountain at home, resting on others, killing and not taking the calligraphy of this one-wood bridge.
But there is always one exception.
This exception is Wang Xianzhi.
Wang Xianzhi was born in HuijiShanyin (present-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province), the seventh son of the calligrapher Wang Xizhi, and when he is mentioned, the world does not talk about him as much as his father's calligraphy, but his difference.
This is evidenced by the authoritative magazine "Shishu Xinyu".
"The Fifth Of the New Language of the World": When the prince was a few years old, he tasted the disciples and saw that there was a victory or defeat, because he said: "The south wind does not compete." The protégé despised his children, but he said: "This lang also spies on the leopard in the middle of the pipe, and he sees it from time to time." Zi Jingyue: "Far ashamed of Xun Fengqian, close to Liu Zhenchang!" So he whisked his clothes away.
Wang Xianzhi was very smart when he was a child, but he was not good at playing a game called Fan Pu (a popular game in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, Zhejiang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty), and once he saw several people playing the game of Li Pu, he was happy to point out to the side, and then said loudly to another person: "Friend, you are going to lose, you are going to lose." ”
The man he shouted at looked at Wang Xianyi very unhappily, and then said a very famous sentence: "You don't understand anything, just like a child looks at a leopard from a pipe, only sees a pattern on the leopard's body, and can't see the whole leopard." This is the origin of the idiom "peeping leopard in the tube", hearing that person demean himself so much, Wang Xianzhi was very unhappy, and he rolled up his sleeves and said: "Far away from Xun Fengqian, Liu Zhenchang in recent times." (I am only ashamed of Xun Fengqian and Liu Zhenchang, I am not as good as them, and others are not as good as me.) And he was gone.
At this point, Wang Xianzhi also completed another idiom solitaire, "whisk away the sleeves".
Not only does "The New Language of the World" think that he is different, but even the great celebrity Xie An also thinks so.
One day in a certain month of a certain year, Wang Xianzhi and his brothers Wang Huizhi (Wang Xizhi's fifth son) and Wang Caozhi (Wang Xizhi's sixth son) went to see Xie An, and the two brothers at the wine table pulled Xie An and said a lot of work, which probably meant how much money he earned this year, how much his calligraphy was auctioned on the New York Stock Exchange, and so on, but Wang Xianzhi greeted xie an family and then shut up.
When he came back, a guest asked Xie An curiously, "You see that there are three sons in the Wang family, you help to see who has the highest achievements in the future among these three sons!" ”
Xie An was also not polite, pointing at Wang Xianzhi's figure and saying, "Little You." (Wang Xianzhi's achievement is the highest)
The guests listened a little puzzled and asked why.
Xie An replied: "The widowhood of the Ji people is known for its few words." "The great and the eminent man is silent, because he does not speak much, so he knows that he is extraordinary."
This distinctive personality allowed him to embark on the one-wood bridge of calligraphy.
He wanted to prove that there was something different on the one-wood bridge of calligraphy.
The difference is oneself.
He once secretly asked his mother how many years I needed to practice to surpass my father.
The mother just smiled and didn't give an answer immediately.
"Three years?" He tried to give a goal, and in his opinion, the number was absolutely OK.
Mother shook her head.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Five years is all right?" Mother shook her head again.
At this moment, he was in a hurry, and the five-year plan could not surpass his father, so how many years would it take? His mother still did not give the ultimate answer, but led him to the backyard.
A corner of the backyard was filled with eighteen tanks, which had long been filled with clear water, and before he could inquire, her mother pointed to the clear water in the eighteen tanks and said, "The answer is in these eighteen tanks of water!" ”
At that moment, he seemed to understand everything.
Compared with the unrealistic figure of three years and five years, the eighteen tanks of water in front of me seem more convincing.
In the days that followed, he plunged headlong into it.
That's five years.
One day five years later, he carefully selected a few good words and sent them to his father with a proud face, in his opinion, even if these words could not surpass his father's "Orchid Pavilion Collection Sequence", it was comparable.
However, reality quickly snapped in the face, leaving a slap mark on the face.
Dad lifted one by one, just shaking his head vigorously, until he lifted a "big" word, the old man's face showed a slight look of satisfaction, and then took the pen to fill in a point under this "big" word, and returned all the manuscripts to him.
Boy, aren't you hot enough?
This comment made him very frustrated, he looked at the paper in his hand and the calligraphy he had carefully selected, still did not understand how his fire was not enough?
He found his mother and spread out his work.
The mother was still laughing, and it took a long time before she pointed to the point that Wang Xizhi added under the word "big" and said, "See the doorway?" ”
Wang Xianzhi shook his head: "No difference! ”
"Wu'er polished three tanks of water, and only a little bit seemed to be Xizhi." (My son wrote three tanks of water, only a little like his father Wang Xizhi)
a little? This result makes Wang Xianyi's face capitalized unconvinced, am I so far behind?
Yes, you are not a little bit worse, the revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard!
On that day, Wang Xianzhi said something, and history did not give a specific answer, leaving only a dashing turn.
The lonely Wang Xianzhi walked back to the backyard and faced the remaining fifteen cylinders of clear water.
If you want to evaluate the top ten classic shots of history, this shot must be selected.
Because of his turn, history has one more calligrapher who is no less than Wang Xizhi.
Some people say that all encounters in the world are also reunions after a long absence, and a long-term reunion is a meeting and hate.
Calligraphy and Wang Xianzhi met because of the reunion of all long-term farewells.
Because of the reunion, we hate each other late.
Because he hated the late, he created a different Wang Xianzhi.
Wang Xianzhi, who is immersed in the bitter sea of calligraphy art, is no longer limited to his father, and his vision has begun to move towards history and into the ocean of calligraphy.
There, he worked all the families and created his own unique style on the basis of combining the strengths of all the families and the beauty of all bodies. Finally achieved the artistic status alongside Wang Xizhi. (Before Wang Xizhi met Tang Taizong, his position in the book world, Wang Xizhi's status was once surpassed by his son Wang Xianzhi (the seventh son) to become a "book saint" who was loved by the people and respected by many emperors during that period.) At the same time, Huan Xuan was very fond of the calligraphy of their father and son, and made two book bags, which contained the calligraphy and paintings of their father and son, and put them on the left and right to enjoy. ）
For his path of transcendence, Xie An once asked him: "How do you think your calligraphy compares to your father's?" ”
Wang Xianzhi was not humble and profane: "Of course, they are different, each has its own strengths. ”
Xie An said, "The comments of others are not like this." ”
The way of the king's dedication: "Where do others know whether it is good or bad?" ”
I am who I am, unique, and inferior to my dad, and I am the quality man of this era.
There is no doubt that Wang Xianzhi has absolute confidence in saying this.
History records that he was extremely heavily decorated, and although he lived idle all day, he could not be destroyed. (Even if he lived at home all day, his demeanor was not slack, and his demeanor became the crown of the time.) ）
Such a popular character is the focus everywhere, and people click everywhere.
The title of national husband, more than a thousand years ago, Wang Xianzhi deserved it.
The earliest to pay attention to him is the Xi family, the Xi family is also a famous and prestigious family, Xi Daomao is the niece of Wang Xianzhi's mother, not to mention beautiful looks, the temperament is still very quiet, such a high-quality young woman, missed that is the biggest misunderstanding of love.
Wang Xianzhi struck decisively.
Just after the legal marriage age, he let the old man out of the horse, the old father also liked this niece very much, so he wrote a letter of courtship, politely said: "The middle girl is quite good, isn't it?" Today's marriage is not recoverable. Servant intentions, Junpo argument is not it? Most of the dubbies are also in Junye!" (Does your girl have a crush?) (If not), just marry my little boy, that's the best, I hope you think about it. ）
There is not much suspense in things, and the quality man Wang Xianzhi is married.
Found a woman he loves, has a hobby for which he fights, does not lack money, does not buy a house, and someone pays social security, life is here, all the taste comes out.
If there were no subsequent changes, I believe that Wang Xianzhi and his wife would always live so shamelessly and impatiently, until death.
But fate came knocking.
I have to say that when fate sometimes knocks on the door, it may not open the door of happiness, it can also open a door of misfortune.
Wang Xianzhi did not know that his detachment and freedom had become the most charming landscape in the eyes of another woman.
This woman's name was Sima Daofu, the third daughter of Sima Yu, the Emperor Jianwen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and she was known as Princess Xin'an.
Princess Xin'an married Huan Ji, a son of the Bing family in her early years, and with this arrogant man, she did not have much good feelings, but the famous Wang Xianzhi entered her eyes, which was an incarnation of beauty and wisdom, hero and chivalry.
Such a person, when he wanted to marry, did not have the opportunity.
Now she is free from her marriage, (HuanJi was exiled for participating in a rebellion, and Princess Xin'an divorced her.) I was still very young, and god gave him the opportunity.
She had already missed the first and didn't want to miss the second.
In the face of sudden love, Wang Xianzhi resisted, but no matter how much he resisted, there were times when he could not do anything. The emperor issued an edict ordering him to divorce his wife and remarry.
When the holy will arrived, he gave himself a cruel hand, burned his feet with burning wormwood, and claimed that he was unable to move and could not marry Princess Xin'an.
But he had clearly underestimated Princess Xin'an's determination to love, and the woman who was determined to win for him said to him that she didn't care, and that even if he was lame and ugly, she would marry.
At this point, he had to make a trade-off.
He was a son of the royal family, even though he could desperately disobey the holy will and reject Princess Xin'an, but the glory of his family, brothers and sisters, and the family, who had been pinned high hopes by the family since childhood, was doomed not to ignore the interests of the family.
Every time I see this, I can't help but silently feel sorry for this man in my heart for a few seconds.
difficult!
It's too hard!
But no matter how difficult it is, he also has to make a decision, and he has turned his back on his marriage to Xi Daomao.
Poor Xi family daughter had to pack up her own small package and leave the Wang family. She understood her husband's pain and left with a lifelong vow not to marry. At this time, her mother's family had dispersed and she had to run to her uncle.
Seeing her ex-wife leave, I thought that she had no father, no daughter, and now she had no husband, alone, sent to the fence... He was tracked down by sadness and guilt all his life, and he did not forgive himself until he died.
According to the Book of Jin, the Prince was sick and sick, and the Taoist Shangzhang should have looked over and asked Zi Jing what were the similarities and differences.
Zi Jingyun: "I don't feel that there is anything left, but I remember divorcing the Xi family." (Remarks: Wang Xianzi Zi Jing) a sentence "I don't feel that there is anything left, but I remember divorcing the Xi family." (I didn't think of anything else, only divorcing the Xi family.) Explain everything.
There is no record of how the newly married life was, but judging by the fact that the royal family was always satisfied with him, he was still good to Princess Xin'an--after all, he was a good person by nature.
He still had his ex-wife in mind. Because they are cousins, there are also courtesy relatives. But they could no longer meet, and could only occasionally convey greetings through letters, he once wrote a love letter to his divorced cousin, saying that he was driven mad by the thoughts, this letter has no head and no tail, no money, and is included in the miscellaneous posts of "Wang Xianzhi's Collection".
The letter says: "Although it is dedicated to the accumulation of years, it can be the joy of the day." Often suffering is not enough to touch the forehead. Fang wants to be the same as his sister's horse, and to grow old with him, is it not to say goodbye to this! When the sorrows are deep, why should they see their sisters day and night? Pitching and mourning, there is nothing left, but it should be a desperate ear!"
The gist of it is: I will not get tired of living with my cousin for as long as possible. Even if they are relative year after year, they can be regarded as a day's joy. The joy of the forehead touching the forehead, but I regret that I can't have a little more fun, a little more fun. I was thinking of pairing up with my cousin, white-headed and old, who knew that fate was so bad, separated to this point! It's really sad and sad, when will I see my cousin day and night? I could only look up and look down and sigh and sob, there was really no way, I had to meet my cousin, I could only wait until I stopped breathing. (Or am I so angry that I almost lost my breath?) ）
This kind of man who has no power to return to heaven confesses that under normal circumstances, a woman who receives such a letter has only one more desperate step, and often dies faster.
After Xi Daomao divorced him, he returned to xi's family and died shortly after.
Xi Daomao's death made him feel grief in his heart, even after he married Princess Xin'an, the official fortune was prosperous, and the official Zhi Zhongshu Ling. Princess Xin'an was deeply in love with him, but he was no longer happy, he had been taking medicine for many years, and with the sequelae of burning his foot to avoid marriage, he was tormented by illness before he was forty years old, and in the correspondence a year or two before his death, he always had to mention "my feet, my feet"—the foot that made him suffer for the rest of his life:
"Thirteen or fourteen days and nights, there are many places to go, and the wind is not bad, and the feet are even more swollen..."
"Flattery asked, near the snow cold, the affected face is sore and swollen, and the foot is more acutely painful..."
"The servants (who call themselves 'I') are mostly small and good, but the roots of the disease are concentrated on the right hip. The foot is in severe pain and must not be rotated. The left foot is swollen and the condition is extremely bad..."
He had already anticipated that the disease would be less sinister.
When he was critically ill, his family invited him to a Taoist priest. According to Taoist rules, one should report one's gains and losses to the gods, similar to deathbed confession.
Question: "What do you have to repent of when you come to heaven this time?" ”
He said: "I have done all my life according to my conscience, and I have nothing to repent of. There is only one thing that has always disturbed me, and that is the divorce from the Xi family's daughter.
The betrayal of that year made him feel guilty and obsessed with the xi family's daughter, love is so generous, suddenly let me meet you; love is so stingy, short-lived, can not allow me to say more, I love you.
What is missed is not a relationship, but a lifetime.
Bibliography: "The World Speaks a New Language"
Book of Jin