Zeng Gong said in the "Ink Pond Record": The book of Xizhi is good in the evening, then it can be done, and the person who covers himself with energy is not Tianchengye. Then those who have not been able to reach in the world, how can they learn better than other evils? Then how can we learn less, and if we want to deepen the morality of the evil?
Wang Xizhi's calligraphy did not come to fruition until his later years, and this is also the fair evaluation of it by calligraphers of all generations. Zeng Gong said: The people who study books in future generations are not as good as him, because they have put in too little effort. So, if you put in the same effort, can you match it? The answer is self-evident. To achieve a "Wang Xizhi", the conditions require many aspects.
Wei Shuo
Book resources
Wang Xizhi's calligraphy teacher is not just a matter of pulling a few people out. His enlightenment teacher was his aunt Wei Shuo. Wei Shuo, known as Lady Wei, has been working for generations in the clan, and she has learned from Zhong Xuan and is good at writing calligraphy. The Tang dynasty commented on her calligraphy: such as flower arrangement dancers, low-hanging beauty; such as beautiful women on stage, Xian'e shadow, red lotus reflection, and Binuma Floating Xia. It can be seen that it is most appropriate to use Qingjun Xianya as a synonym.
In the process of Xiao Wang's study with his aunt, Lady Wei found that although this nephew did not like to speak much on weekdays and was a little depressed, he had an amazing understanding of calligraphy theory. Therefore, he was intensively cultivated. At the same time, his uncle Wang Du, the first calligrapher and painter of the Western Jin Dynasty, also had nothing to do to teach painting. And when it comes to more strange fate, it is the book "Pen Theory".
This book was originally the work of Cai Yong and recorded the principles of his calligraphy. After Cai Yong's death, he was carried out by his daughter Cai Wenji and passed on to Wei Shi. Wei Shi was alone, and Zhong Xuan could not read it. After Wei's death, he brought the book into the coffin, and Zhong Xuan had no choice but to stage "Notes on the Tomb Robbery". After Zhong Xuan's learning was accomplished, he brought the book into the coffin again when he was dying. Fifty years later, the student Song Yi followed the teacher's method and dug the grave again to collect books. Thus, the "Treatise on pen" reappeared. After some twists and turns, it fell into the hands of Wang Xizhi's father, Wang Kuang.
Wang Kuang regarded it as the most precious treasure, afraid of being stolen and hidden in a pillow. When no one is careful to take it out and learn. It was this small act that was seen by Wang Xizhi, so he peeked at his father's treasure book and entered a new stage. After traveling across the river north, I saw a variety of inscriptions and made up my mind to learn from the ancients. As for the crazy saying: The book of Lady Xuewei is spent in vain. There are doubts about the compilation of posterity. How can a person who is a heavy path not to honor the master?
Wang Xizhi's "Orchid Pavilion Collection"
Orchid Pavilion Episode Sequence
The highest realm of learning calligraphy is not to write it out and sell it for a few hundred dollars. Instead, it is regarded as the ideal of lifelong pleasure. In addition to turning a pool of clear water into a hundred-year-old ink. Wang Xizhi is probably the most popular story of steamed buns dipped in ink.
After dipping in ink for a few years, after marrying a wife, under the recommendation of his father-in-law, he began to enter his career. Wang Xizhi said that he was "untouched by the temple history of the corridor", but he still could not shirk the heavy responsibility of restoring the family. Since the Wang Dun incident, wang's sons have not been reused, and Wang Dao has been elected many times, but he just can't stick to it. This time when he came out as an official, he was also in a semi-reclusive state.
In the ninth year of Yonghe (353), Wang Xizhi, who was then the secretary of the internal history, called a group of good friends to a party. By this time he was fifty-one years old, and judging by the length of his life, he was properly entering his old age.
The custom of repair originated in the Zhou Dynasty, and can be held every year in the spring and autumn, or some major festivals. The way is to pour the wine into the water and dip it in the blue grass, which represents the removal of filth and the blessing and elimination of disasters. After the ceremony, everyone began to sit down around the pool. The maid put the wine glass upstream, let it float, stopped in front of whom, drank a cup, and asked for poetry, and if he could not do it, he was punished with three glasses of wine.
At this elegant meeting where big names gathered, Wang Xizhi saved two poems. The first four-word poem is relatively simple.
Metabolic scales, suddenly in a week.
Happy this late spring, and the air is soft.
Dancing in the air, the same world.
Carry Qi Qi and scatter a hill.
The second song has "Although there is no silk and bamboo, Xuanquan has a clear sound." Although there is no whistle and song, the chant has a surplus of happiness" sentence, which can express the mood at that time. What really made him famous, however, was the preface to the poetry collection. That is, the famous "Orchid Pavilion Collection Sequence":
Lady of the Face, Bow I,
or take the embrace of all, within a room of enlightenment;
Or because of the entrustment, outside the wandering skeleton.
Although the fun is very different, the quiet is different,
When he is glad of what he has encountered, he will temporarily gain it for himself,
Quickly self-sufficient, I did not know that old age was coming.
Who is this talking about? Isn't he himself? There are people in this world who are keen to seek officials and enter the job, and there are people who are obsessed with women's money, but these will only make you feel emotional in the end. At that time, old age is coming, and sighing is useless. In Wang Xizhi's view, even his uncle Wang Dao was like this. Instead of living unhappily like them, it is better to devote yourself to the cause you love. Therefore, if people in the future do not have such a state of mind, they will not be able to copy the classics.
Hermit life
In the eleventh year of Yonghe (355), Wang Xizhi took an oath in front of his parents' graves, expressing his desire to go into hiding. This is another of his famous posts, the Oath of Oath. After Wang Xizhi returned to hiding, he lived in Jinting Township, Jia County, Zhejiang Province. Wang Xizhi's life, except for practicing words, there is nothing to fill. At this point, the penmanship has entered the realm. I think it also has a lot to do with his thinking.
Xi Yi was a deep believer in the Wudou Rice Sect, but fortunately he was deeply influenced by Confucianism and did not cause a big mistake like his son Wang Ningzhi. He was also keen to serve the "Five Stones Scatter", and his later death was also greatly related to this. Not far from where Wang Xi lived, there was Baiyun Cave, which is said to be the place where Prince Jin blew his sheng in that year. Wang Xizhi's mind was full of this phoenix voice, and he also thought that one day he would be able to feather and ascend to heaven. Although he did not do it in the end, he was fortunate to live a carefree life for several years like the white geese he raised.
Wang Xizhi's "Oath of Oath"
In 361 AD, Wang Xizhi died of illness at the age of 59 and was buried here. Emperor Xiao Yan of Liangwu said: The writings of Wang Xizhi are majestic, such as the dragon jumping the Heavenly Gate and the tiger lying on the phoenix, so the treasures of the past dynasties will always be taught. Tang Taizong was keen on calligraphy, often discussed with Wei Zheng, and even more bluntly said: The heart is chasing by hand, this person is just that, the rest of the district, he foot on it!
Because of the social unrest, the original work was lost, and the fine facsimiles left so far are said to be from Mi Fu's hands. Wang Xizhi was the chief writer of the Lanting gathering, and Mi Fu was the catcher of Xiyuan Yaji after 734. There are two comparable gatherings in Chinese history, two groups of most graceful figures, and two calligraphy masters who are in the same vein. It seems to be an endless mystery in the dark.
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Dai Ke, formerly known as Kong Yao. Love life, love literature, love poetry. A pure and simple literary and artistic youth; a red fan who is difficult to extricate himself; an ethereal ancient poetry writer!