Friends who have had some common sense of calligraphy have heard of the famous "Top Ten Books in the World", and each of these "Top Ten Books" has an extremely tortuous and bizarre story. Especially the "Orchid Pavilion Preface", which is known as "the first book in the world".
This "Orchid Pavilion Preface" is Yonghe five years, Wang Xizhi and a group of friends gathered, during the banquet drinking and poems, can be described as the joy of life, it is in this mood extremely comfortable, and slightly drunk state, Wang Xizhi wrote the famous "Orchid Pavilion Preface", and this work can no longer be copied after he sobers up.
Collection of the Forbidden City "Zhiyong Cursive Orchid Pavilion Preface"
This work has been collected by the descendants of the past dynasties, and was obtained by his seventh grandson Zhiyong Zen master, legend has it that Zhiyong Zen master did not go downstairs to study calligraphy for 20 years, on the one hand, it is to learn and copy this work, and has Wang Xizhi's other authentic works, and the other reason is to protect this "world's first law book" "Orchid Pavilion Preface".
It's a pity that this work was later deceived by Tang Taizong in the way of "Xiao Yi earns Lanting", and circulated to the ministers, so that they copied and copied, resulting in the "Dingwu Ben", "Yu Linben", "Chu Linben", "Shenlong Ben" and so on.
Collection of the Forbidden City "Zhiyong Cursive Orchid Pavilion Preface"
And now, in the Palace Museum in Beijing has a cursive version of the "Orchid Pavilion Preface", according to legend, this work was written by Wang Xizhi after the "Orchid Pavilion Collection", "Orchid Pavilion Preface" is his own article in one go, such an excellent article, Wang Xizhi must have copied it many times, and there is also a cursive version of it. This work was secretly collected by Tang Taizong, and it is also said that it was a martyrdom and Wu Zetian.
This cursive version is also in the collection of Zhiyong, during the 20 years of seclusion in the "Cloud Gate Temple", Zhiyong devoted himself to calligraphy, in addition to writing 500 copies of the famous "True Grass Thousand Character Text" circulated in the world, but also copied Wang Xizhi's Xingshu version and cursive version of the "Orchid Pavilion Preface", which was passed to Tang Taizong, and many people speculated that it was written by Zhiyong, because its penmanship was unusually consistent with Zhiyong.
The cursive version of the Orchid Pavilion Preface, now in the Forbidden City in Beijing, is also Zhiyong's temporary work.
Collection of the Forbidden City "Zhiyong Cursive Orchid Pavilion Preface"
From a calligraphic point of view, every word of this cursive version of the Orchid Pavilion Preface is a "textbook-level" character, and the pen and knots are also unusually consistent with Wang Xizhi's Seventeen Posts. It can be seen that Zen Master Zhiyong is a person who has really obtained the legacy of the "two kings".
Zhang Huaijun said in "Book Break":
"Half of the meat of the right army, both can be used in all bodies, and the grass is the best. The atmosphere is under Ou and Yu, and it is proficient in sheep and thin".
It can be seen that Zhiyong's calligraphy attainments are even higher than those of the Tang Dynasty, especially his cursive writing, which can be said to be the only one after Wang Xizhi.
Collection of the Forbidden City "Zhiyong Cursive Orchid Pavilion Preface"
Xie Jin, a great genius of the Ming Dynasty, commented on Zhiyong:
"From Xi and dedication, there is no good book in the world, but wisdom will always be able to sleep in the family law. ”
From this passage, we can see Zhiyong's understanding of calligraphy thoroughly.
For friends who learn calligraphy, this Zhiyong's cursive "Orchid Pavilion Preface" is an extremely rare work in the calligraphy world, because it is hidden in the Forbidden City in Beijing, and has never been published, so there are not many people in the world, but from the perspective of the calligraphy temperament and technical level of this work, it is not inferior to Wang Xizhi's "Seventeen Posts".
Collection of the Forbidden City "Zhiyong Cursive Orchid Pavilion Preface"
And "Orchid Pavilion Preface" is a very familiar and even able to fully recite the article, copying this cursive version of "Orchid Pavilion Preface" can allow you to quickly remember the most standard cursive method, is an excellent method to learn cursive must not be missed.