Portrait of Wang Xizhi
Wang Xizhi (303-361 AD), originally from Langya (present-day Linyi, Shandong), later moved to Shanyin (present-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang), a Chinese calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, known as Shusheng, a general of the Right Army, known as Wang Youjun. Wang Xizhi loved to learn calligraphy since childhood, enlightened by his father Wang Kuang and uncle Wang Shu (yi), the seven-year-old teacher followed the calligrapher Wei Shuo (Lady Wei) to learn calligraphy, and then learned from Zhong Xuan, Wang Xizhi did not stick to the calligraphy of the ancients, and used the various different brushwork of the Qin and Han seals learned by the Expo for his own use, all of which were integrated into the grass body, forming the best posture of his time, Wang Xizhi introduced new ideas in calligraphy art, opening up new horizons, which is the reason why he was respected. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy influenced Ouyang Qing, Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, Xue Ji, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan of the Tang Dynasty, Yang Ningshi of the Five Dynasties, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu and Cai Xiang of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu of the Yuan Dynasty, and Dong Qichang of the Ming Dynasty.
"Sunny Posts when Snow Is Fast"
In 353 AD, Wang Xizhi and Xie An, Sun Qi, and others gathered in Shaoxing Lanting, and everyone drank and wrote poems, and collected poems into a collection, and Wang Xizhi improvised to write a preface to this collection of poems, which is the famous "Orchid Pavilion Collection Sequence". This post has twenty-eight lines and three hundred and twenty-four words, which describes the scene of the gathering of literati at that time. Wang Xizhi played very well that day, and later he tried to write such a good word, so the "Lanting Collection" is regarded as the pinnacle of Wang Xizhi, there are more than twenty zigzags in this work, and the writing method is different, which the Song Dynasty Mi Fu called "the first line of the world".
Wang Xi's masterpiece "Orchid Pavilion Collection"
Wang Xizhi's achievements in the history of calligraphy art have a great influence, and are praised by posterity as the crown of ancient and modern times, but Wang Xizhi's works have no authentic works, and the famous "Orchid Pavilion Collection" and other posts are copied by posterity. There are imitations of the Song Dynasty, there are also suspected imitations of Mi Fu, and more are Tang Imitations, and the fine facsimiles of the Tang Dynasty have always been regarded as authentic works.
In 355 AD, Wang Xizhi was called an official who abandoned his official illness and moved from Wuxi to Huiji Jinting (present-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang), where he began to write poetry, calligraphy and painting, and travel through the mountains. In 361 AD, Wang Xizhi died in Huiji Jinting and was buried at Jinting Waterfall Mountain.
Wang Xizhi's calligraphy also influenced his descendants, his son Wang Xianzhi learned calligraphy from Wang Xizhi, extremely talented, and then transferred to Zhang Zhi, created his own cursive calligraphy connected from top to bottom, and his contribution to cursive writing exceeded that of his father, and Wang Xizhi was also known as the "Second King", and his descendants continued to pass on a calligraphy.
Wang Xizhi's allusion
penetrating
Legend has it that the emperor was going to sacrifice, so Wang Xizhi wrote the sacrifice on a wooden board and sent workers to carve it. The engraver cut the wooden board layer by layer, and found that Wang Xizhi's calligraphy inkblot was printed all the way to the inside of the wooden board, until it was cut into three points of depth before reaching the bottom, and the carpenter marveled at Wang Xizhi's pen strength, the calligraphy skills were pure blue, and the strength of the pen edge could enter the wood for three points.
East Bed Quick Son-in-Law
Xi Jian, the Eastern Jin Dynasty's grand lieutenant, wanted to choose a son-in-law for his beloved daughter, because he had a deep friendship with Wang Dao, and heard that Wang Dao's family had many children and good looks, so Xi Jian told Wang Dao his idea of choosing a son-in-law, and Wang Dao promised to let Xi Jian choose at will. Xi Jian sent his confidant butler to bring a heavy gift to Wang Chengxiang's house, and the sons of the royal palace heard that Xi Taiwei had sent a son-in-law to come out to meet him, but there was only one person missing. The palace steward then led the xifu butler to the study of the East Cross Courtyard, and saw a young man sleeping on the bed against the east wall who was indifferent to the matter of the taiwei looking for a son-in-law. The housekeeper of the Xi Mansion returned to the mansion and told the truth, and Xi Jian said, "I want to choose such a person." So Xi Jian came to the palace again, saw Wang Xizhi's talent and appearance, and gave the dowry on the spot, choosing him as a quick son-in-law, which is the origin of the "East Bed Fast Son-in-Law".