Chinese name: Wang Xizhi
Alias: Wang Youjun, Wang Huiji
Nationality: China.
Ethnic group: Han nationality
Date of birth: 303 AD, 32 1 year works.
Date of death: 36 1 year, a year of 379.
Faith: Taoism
Main achievements: Calligraphy is the best running script in the world.
Representative works: Huang Tingjing, Le Yi Lun, Seventeen cursive scripts, Preface to Lanting Collection, Essays on the First Month.
Time: Eastern Jin Dynasty
Book title: Book Saint
Descendants: Wang Xianzhi, etc.
catalogue
family background
Masterpiece and Calligraphy Style
Biography introduction
Calligraphy attainments
Xiang LAN ju ting
Call an illness and abandon an official
Miaoshu Spring Festival couplets
Wang Xizhi and Taoism
The original of Preface to Lanting
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Dong Qichang review
Jiang Kui loved it in Song Dynasty.
Celebrity copywriting
Mourn for Zhaoling
The artistic influence of calligraphy on later generations is the same as that of later generations.
bookshop
Learning climax
Wang Xizhi's tomb
Historical Records, Biographies and Huijishan Documents
Preface to Golden Valley Poetry
Wang Xizhi's Writing Strategy of "On Books"
In the book
meaning
Inscriptions of Bamboo Fans in Related Allusions
perspicacious
White goose's book
Your son-in-law
Make up Spring Festival couplets skillfully
Xi zhi San chi
Wang Xizhi does not avoid "Zhi"
Modern auction of Wang Xizhi's cursive safety post
Wang Xizhi's cursive safety post
Cursive safety stickers sold at sky-high prices.
On the Family Background of Wang Xizhi's Original Works
Masterpiece and Calligraphy Style
Biography introduction
Calligraphy attainments
Xiang LAN ju ting
Call an illness and abandon an official
Miaoshu Spring Festival couplets
Wang Xizhi and Taoism
The original of Preface to Lanting
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range
Dong Qichang review
Jiang Kui loved it in Song Dynasty.
Celebrity copywriting
Mourn for Zhaoling
The artistic influence of calligraphy on later generations is the same as that of later generations.
bookshop
Learning climax
Wang Xizhi's tomb
Historical Records, Biographies and Huijishan Documents
Preface to Golden Valley Poetry
Wang Xizhi's On Books
Allusions related to the meaning of the book
The inscription on the bamboo fan was written into a three-point book and changed into a white goose belly bed. The third part of Spring Festival couplets is eaten by Wang Xizhi. Wang Xizhi does not avoid "Zhi".
Modern auction event Wang Xizhi's cursive safe post, cursive safe post, shot a sky-high price about Wang Xizhi's original work.
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Wang Xizhi was born in a noble family. Sitting statue of Wang Xizhi
An aristocratic family (Wang Langya) is the half-brother of Wang Lan, the great-grandfather in Twenty-four Filial Pieties, and Wang Xiang. Wang Lan is an official doctor, and Wang Xiang is an official taibao. From uncle Wang Dao to Qiu, father Wang Kuang to Huainan. /kloc-at the age of 0/4, the family helped Jinshi to cross the south and established Jiankang in the south of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (now Nanjing). Together with Chen Jun and Xie Jia, they are famous aristocratic families in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. There is a saying in Tang poetry that "in the old society, Wang Xietang died and flew into the homes of ordinary people". /kloc-When he was 0/6 years old, Xi Zhi was honored as the "son-in-law of the East Bed". At first, he was a doctor, and later he was recommended as General Ningyuan by General Yu Liang of the Western Expedition. He served as the general of Jiangzhou secretariat and Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) right army and literature and history. Due to the contradiction with Yangzhou secretariat Wang Shu, he resigned. When Wang Xizhi was the secretariat of Jiangzhou (AD 345-347), he once lived in Donggaopo, Linchuan County, and was called "New City" (now Wenchang School, Linchuan District, Fuzhou City). There is a well for living and a Mo Chi for washing face for practicing calligraphy in the house. In this regard, the Linchuan Story written by Xun Bozi, a famous litterateur in Liu and Song Dynasties in Southern Dynasties, and the Mo Chi Story written by Ceng Gong, a great litterateur in Song Dynasty, are recorded. The Mo Chi Collection is 285 words in length, which introduces the origin of Mo Chi and praises Wang Xizhi's hard-working spirit. During the Cultural Revolution, Mo Chi was destroyed. In June 2002, the Fuzhou Municipal Government introduced 5 million yuan of foreign capital to rebuild Mo Chi and restore its old appearance for tourists to enjoy. Wang Xizhi is good at calligraphy, but seldom learns from Mrs. Wei. Later, Zhang Zhi learned cursive script and Zhong You learned regular script. He learns from others and studies his own style carefully. Since the Han and Wei Dynasties, he has changed his pen style and created a fluent style. He is regarded as a "book saint". There are no original works, and all of them have been copied from generation to generation. His running scripts include Preface to Lanting Collection, Sunny Snow, Early Moon Cursive, Zhengshu Huangting Jing and Le Yi Lun. In Wang Xizhi's anthology, there is a Linchuan post: "Linchuan, Mo Wen, Mo You. Zi Song's son is here, and there are several envoys. I have to ask him. " Expressed concern for Linchuan. His "Mo Chi" spirit of "Mu Zhangzhi, Lin Chixue Shu, Chi Shuihei" has always inspired Linchuan students.
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The Jinshi family moved south to the north, while the people moved south and merged in the south of the Yangtze River. The royal family in Langya, Shandong Province, passed through Wang Lan (206 -278) and Wang Zheng to Wang Kuang (about 274 -328), and reached the Jin Dynasty (266 -3 16), where the Eight Kings Rebellion (290 -306) took place. Wang Kuang was good at sizing up the situation, imitating his ancestor Wang Lan, and lived in the south for 30 years at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Wuhu invaded Shandong, and Langya was in danger. Since 299, the rulers have been divided and the north has been fighting. In order to escape the war, Wang Kuang and his family settled in Wudi and Luoshe Township in the south of the Yangtze River for 300 years, and served as the governor of Danyang and general Anton for many years (302 -307). In 302 AD, when Wang Sima of Changsha killed Sima Tong, King of Qi, in Shandong, Wang Kuang's family had fled to the south and moved to Yin Shan (Shaoxing) to play in the court, suggesting that Jinshi move south. In 303 AD, on July 11th, the second year of Tai 'an in the Western Jin Dynasty, Wang Kuang's wife gave birth to a second son named Xizhi in the Luoshe family in the south of the Yangtze River. Wang Kuang's younger brother Wang Xun became his nephew Wang Xizhi's first teacher. Wang Xun, an all-rounder in literature and art, is known as "the first person to cross the river for painting and calligraphy". When Wang Xizhi was a child, he often accompanied his mother from the countryside to Wuxi to visit his uncle Wang Dao, who was deeply loved by Wang Dao. In 309, Wang Kuang led an army to the north and went straight to Bingzhou, where he was completely annihilated and captured by Liu Cong. Wang Xizhi studied his father's brushwork theory at his home in Wuxi, and his calligraphy made great progress. And I often go to Jianye with my mother to visit relatives and friends. In 3 16, a little-known Wang Xizhi was a guest in Zhouyi (269 -322). At the banquet, Zhouyi presented a cow heart to Xi. In 3 16, Sima Ye went to the Xiongnu and died in the Western Jin Dynasty. In 3 17, Liu Cong killed Sima Ye, who was under construction, and Si Marui, the king of Langya, was put on the throne. In the first year of Jianwu, it was renamed the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Wang Dao was appointed as the general of the right army and the secretariat of Yangzhou, supervising the military affairs in the south of the Yangtze River. In 3 18, in the first year of Daxing, Si Marui, Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Dao was worshipped as the prime minister and named as the general of a title of generals in ancient times. Yuan Di reigned for six years. In 322, he died of anger at the age of 47. This year, Wang Dun (another Tang Bo of Wang Xizhi) attacked Jiankang and killed Zhou Ai. Geng Liang, the general of the Western Expedition, was deeply impressed by Wang Xizhi's book Answer My Brother. He used Wang Xizhi's book to say, "... if you are a god, you will go back to your old point of view" and asked to join the army and move to a place with a long history. Before he left, he went to the imperial court and said that Xi was expensive and had good judgment. Not long after, Wang Xizhi moved to Jiangzhou General Ningyuan. Unexpectedly, Wang Xizhi left my mother in Wuxi and went to Jiangxi to take office, but was chased by the former Jiangzhou secretariat. Unable to take office, in anger, he traveled to Lushan to return to China and resigned. This year, Wang Dun rebelled, attacked health, and died. In 326 AD, Wang Xizhi studied calligraphy at home in the countryside, and was persuaded by his mother to visit relatives in Jiankang, and stayed at Wang Dao's home in Wuyi Lane. In the first year of He Cheng's accession to the throne, Wang Dao was worshipped as Stuart. Chi Jian, a general riding a chariot, led Xuzhou Secretariat to be stationed in Jingkou (Zhenjiang). At this time, shortly after Wang Dun's rebellion was pacified, for political reasons, he made an issue with Wang Dao, carried out Wang Yong's marriage, sent his family to the door to find a husband, entered the east wing, and the story of "a belly in the east bed" happened [1].
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Wang Xizhi's representative works are: Huang Tingjing in regular script, Le Yi Lun,
Wang Xizhi's calligraphy works (1 1) include seventeen cursive calligraphy posts, aunt's calligraphy post, sunny snow post, funeral post, preface to Lanting collection, and early moon post. Among them, Preface to Lanting Collection
Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Lanting Pavilion (20 pieces) is highly praised by calligraphers of all ages and is known as "the best running script in the world". Wang Jian is good at following the laws of Li, Cao, Kai and Xing, carefully studying the shape, imitating the shape with his heart, learning from others' strengths, preparing everything in one furnace, getting rid of the style of writing in Han and Wei Dynasties, and becoming a family of his own, which has far-reaching influence. His calligraphy is peaceful and natural, and his brushwork is euphemistic and subtle, graceful and graceful. The world often uses Cao Zhi's Ode to the Goddess of Luo: "If you are amazed, if you are graceful, if you are in Youlong, you will be glorious and autumn, and Hua Mao will be spring pine. It seems that if the moon is covered by light clouds, it will float like the wind flowing back to snow. " Praise the beauty of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy. Legend has it that Wang Xizhi practiced calligraphy hard when he was a child. After a long time, the pool water used to clean the brush turned black. Later generations commented: "If you are floating like a cloud, you will be surprised if you are smart", "Yue Long is in the sky, and tigers are lying in the phoenix pavilion", "Nature is natural, and the gods are abundant in the world", which was praised as "the sage of books" by later generations. There are some idioms about Wang Xizhi: "Being astute, getting married in the East ..." The most obvious feature of Wang Xizhi's writing style is his delicate brushwork and changeable structure. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy has influenced bookstores from generation to generation. Ou Yangxun, Yu Shinan, Zhu Suiliang, Xue Qi, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan in the Tang Dynasty, Yang Ningshi in the Five Dynasties, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu in the Yuan Dynasty and Dong Qichang in the Ming Dynasty were all completely convinced and admired by Wang Xizhi, so he was praised as a "book saint". Mourning column
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Wang Xizhi in Jin Dynasty was known as the "sage of books", and his calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, eight points, Feibai and Cao Zhang all entered the magical realm, becoming celebrities worshipped by later generations and models for learning.
Personal profile
Wang Xizhi (303-36 1 or 32 1-379) was born in Yin Shan, Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) and died in Jinting, Huiji. Wang Kuang, the father, is the prefect of Danyang, Huainan, and will record the internal history. Uncle Wang Dao, after three dynasties of Yuan Di, Ming Di and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, became a monk and became a teacher. Xihe was not good at words when he was young, but when he grew up, he was eloquent, honest and frank, and enjoyed a high reputation. Chi Jian, the commander in chief of the Jin Dynasty, chose him as his son-in-law, and the allusion of "bare belly and east bed" came from Wang Xizhi (see Shi Shuo Xin Yu Liang Ya). Court officials emphasized Wang Xizhi's talent and called him an official many times. He declined politely. Later, he joined the army as a general of the Western Expedition, moved to a long history, entered Ningyuan General and Jiangzhou Secretariat, and later went to the right army general to study literature and history. Known as "Wang Youjun" and "Wang Huiji". Later, I fell out with Uncle Wang of Taiyuan, saying that I was sick and left my post, and retired to the record and died.
Calligraphy attainments
Wang Xizhi loved calligraphy since childhood and was enlightened by his father Wang Kuang and his uncle Wang Biao. He was a good book at the age of seven. At the age of twelve, he stole the pen theory of the previous generation from his father's pillow. Wang Kuang's good deeds and official letters; Wang Kui is good at calligraphy and painting. Wang Sengqian once commented in "On Books": "Before crossing the river to the east and the right army, Wei Xiao was the best, painting was the teacher, and literature was the law of the right army." Wang Xizhi was deeply influenced by the Wangs in calligraphy since he was a child. Wang Xizhi studied under Mrs. Wei in his early years. Wei Shuo, who studied under Zhong You, inherited his method brilliantly. She taught Wang Xizhi the method of Zhong You, the method of learning calligraphy in Wei Dynasty, and her own calligraphy style and method. The Book Review of the Tang Dynasty said: "Mrs. Wei's books are as beautiful as flower arranging dancers. Another example is the beautiful woman's love goose map.
[2] Taiwan Province, fairy moth as a shadow, red lotus reflecting water, blue marsh floating. Shen, a modern man, said: "Xihe studied books with Mrs. Wei and was naturally influenced by her." As soon as she pressed the bell, she learned charm, which was also formed by it. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the trace of turning to beginning of spring is different from the new style of Zhong Fa handed down by Mrs. Wei, so she is dissatisfied with the teacher's biography. This started with post's study. As soon as she saw the tablet, she became interested and wanted to change her study. You can appreciate the charming style of the west, which is inexhaustible and deeply rooted. "Wang Xizhi is good at turning to many teachers. When he broke away from Mrs. Wei's calligraphy, he was at a new historical level. He once told himself this historical turning point: "it will be great to learn from Mrs. Wei's book;" And crossing the river to visit the famous mountains in the north, comparing books such as Lisi and Cao; And make a promise, see Zhong You, Liang Yu book; See Cai Yong's Three-body Book of The Book of Songs; At the meeting place with my brother, I saw Zhang Chang's Hua Yue Monument. It took me several years to learn Mrs. Wei's book. ..... I changed my division of labor and still learned from the monument. "From this passage, we can see Wang Xizhi's experience and intention of constantly broadening his horizons, studying extensively and exploring the source of enlightenment. Wang Xizhi is ambitious and creative. He learns from Zhong You, so he can change. Zhong Shu is still turning over, and the real book is also divided. The pen is still expanding and there is a tendency for birds to soar. The so-called bell-tailed falcon wave. Wang Xizhi likes to chase with his hands, but it is easy to turn into a song and subtract momentum. The so-called right army came down with a bang. He also expressed himself by imitating Zhang Zhi. In the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Huaigeng once pointed out this point in "Shu Duan": "It is a shame to compromise on the basis of a rough analysis of Zhang Gongcao; "Zhong Jun servant's profit and loss, though increased, is quaint. When it comes to research, it will do whatever it takes. " Wang Xizhi's "analysis" and "harmony" of Zhang Zhi's cursive script, and the "gain and loss" and "use" of Zhong You's official script, both calligraphy masters can "study its essence". Shen said: "Wang Xizhi didn't dish mud at the feet of his predecessors, and so did painting gourds." Instead, I want to use my heart and hands to make the ancients work for me, not to stick to the past and not to abandon the present. " . In his life, he exhausted all kinds of brushwork of Qin and Han seal script in the Expo, all of which were integrated into the real cursive script, forming the best posture of his time, bringing forth the new and opening up a new world for future generations. This is the reason why Wang Xizhi is highly regarded as "combining various laws and preparing one family".
Xiang LAN ju ting
In the ninth year of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 353), on the third day of the third lunar month, 465,438+0 people, such as Wang Xizhi, Xie An and Sun Chuo, were drinking and writing poems, and they made an impromptu Preface to Lanting. This is the famous Preface to Lanting Collection. This post is a draft with 28 lines and 324 words. Described the scene of the collection of literati at that time. Because the author was in high spirits and was very proud of his writing. It is said that I couldn't write anymore. Among them, there are more than twenty "zhi" characters, which are written in different ways. Mi Fei called it "the best running script in the world" in Song Dynasty.
Call an illness and abandon an official
In March of the 11th year of Yonghe (A.D. 355), Wang abandoned his official position because of illness, and moved to Jinting with his son Cao from Wuxi. Build a library, plant mulberry, teach children, write poems, and do calligraphy and painting entertainment. And with Xu Xun, Zhi Dun and other celebrities, all over the landscape. Since Wang settled in Jinting, calligraphy has risen. His descendants are good at painting and calligraphy, and their works are hung all over the hall and study, so they are called "Huayuan Painting Hall". Later generations named the village "Huatang" and "Xizhi Love Goose"
[3], along the said so far. Wang Xizhi's remains are all over the county. Duxiu Mountain, west of Shengli West, is Wang Xizhi's reading place, and the plaque of "Old Tour Place of Right Army" is hung in guanyin temple on the mountain. The main temple in Taoyuan Township is built in the foothills, with Wang Youjun as the township owner. Xizhiping of Lushan Mountain in the north of Shengsheng, Yin Qing Temple in the east of Shengsheng, and Wanghanling at the junction of Shengsheng, etc. They are all places for Wang's recreation, and there are still traces to be found so far. In the fifth year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (36 1), Wang was buried in Jinting Waterfall Mountain (also known as Ziteng Mountain), and the home of the fifth Sun Heng was Jinting Temple, and the site still exists. During the reign of Liang Datong (535-546), Sun Jianyou Temple was built in front of the tomb, and a bookstore and Mo Chi were built beside the temple. Tang Peitong is the author of Jin Ting Guan Jin Youjun Bookstore Mo Chi's Book. In the seventh year of the Great Cause of Sui Dynasty (6 1 1), Sun Zhiyong, a seven-monk, instructed his disciple Shang Gao (Shaomen of Yongxin Temple in Xing Wu) to go to the Jinting to pay homage to the grave, and wrote an exhibition on the Tomb of Waterfall Mountain to erect a monument in front of the grave. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Tuguan erected a monument to the right of the tomb. In the fifteenth year of Hongzhi (1502), the stone tablet of "Wang Jin You Jun Tomb" was rebuilt, and it still exists today. In the winter of the 29th year of Qing Daoguang (1849), Wang's successor built the memorial archway of the right army in Jintingguan, which is still well preserved.
Miaoshu Spring Festival couplets
Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, moved from his hometown to Shaoxing, Zhejiang. At this time, it was the end of the year, and Wang Xizhi wrote a pair of Spring Festival couplets for his family and posted them on both sides of the gate. Couplets include: spring breeze, spring rain, spring scenery, new year, new year's new scene. Unexpectedly, because Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is unparalleled, he is respected by the world. As soon as this couplet was posted, it was unveiled at night. After the family told Wang Xizhi, Wang Xizhi was not angry, so he picked up a pen and wrote a pair for his family to post again. This picture reads: Yan language in Beichen, the southern suburb of Ti Ying, but when I saw it in the morning, it was uncovered again. But this day is already New Year's Eve, and the next day is New Year's Day. Seeing that every household in the neighborhood hung up Spring Festival couplets, but the door of her house was empty, Mrs. Wang was anxious to urge her husband to find a way. Wang Xizhi thought for a moment, smiled and wrote another pair. After writing, he asked his family to cut off a couplet and stick the first half at the door: it never rains but it pours. Someone really stole it at night. But in the moonlight, I can see that this couplet is unlucky. Although Wang Xizhi is a famous calligrapher, he can't take down this couplet full of dangerous predictions and hang it up. The thief had to sigh and slip away in the night. At the dawn of the first day, Wang Xizhi went out in person and pasted the second half cut yesterday. At this time, many people are watching. When you look at it, the couplet becomes: Last night, it never rains but it pours. When everyone saw it, they cheered in unison and applauded.
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Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, reached the height of "reaching the peak". The reason is closely related to Wang Xizhi's belief in Taoism and the unity of calligraphy and Taoism. Taoism, which was born and bred, produced Taoist symbols very early. When copying Confucian classics, it must be copied by students who are good at calligraphy, but in the process of writing Confucian classics, they are unconsciously influenced by Taoist culture. Many Taoist scholars in history are famous painters and calligraphers. They are self-cultivation, proficient in Taoism, and will splash ink and put pen to paper. Wang Xizhi is a typical representative in this respect. He combined monasticism with calligraphy art, which brought out great artistic charm. Wang Xizhi's Taoist belief has a profound family background. The Wang family is the most representative cultural gentry in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. I believe in Huang Lao's theory from top to bottom. The Book of Jin Volume Eighty Biography Fifty records that the Wangs are "proficient in books." Taoist classics recorded the story that Wang Zijin, the founder of Wang Xizhi, yearned for the spiritual emptiness of immortals and marched to the 27th Cave of Tongbai Mountain in Jinting, the north gate of Tiantai (one of the 36th caves in Taoism). "On the Hidden Husband" records: "Because of the royal family, the descendants of the world like to cultivate the art of nature and immortality." It can be seen that both Wang Xizhi's ancestors, his descendants, relatives and friends are devout Taoist believers. At the same time, the Wang family is still a noble family, and has always attached importance to the cultivation of cultural literacy of family members. Wang Xizhi's contact is no exception.
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Wang Xizhi's Preface to Lanting Collection is also called Preface to Lanting Collection, Preface to He Lin, Preface to Zan, Zantie and Lanting Collection.
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Yonghe nine years, aged in Guichou, will gather in Lanting to repair things in late spring and early spring. A group of wise men never failed, but a full-length portrait of Wang Xizhi was missing.
[4] salty collection. There are mountains here, and there are bamboo cultivation in Maolin; There is also a clear stream, which reflects left and right, thinking it is a stream, followed by a row. Although it is not as prosperous as the string of silk and bamboo, it is enough to love. It's sunny, sunny and breezy. Looking up at the size of the universe and overlooking the variety, it's enough to enjoy watching and listening. I believe in coke. The phase of a lady, pitching for a lifetime, or taking a bosom, realizing a room; Let the waves go because of the entrustment. Although the fun is different, the calmness is different. When they are happy with what they have encountered, they are temporarily satisfied with themselves, and they are self-sufficient. They never know that old age is coming. What he is tired of is that his feelings are advancing with the times and his feelings are sentimental. I'm happy about it. It's a thing of the past between pitches, so I still have to be happy about it. The situation is short-lived, and it will end in the end. The ancients said, "Life and death are great." It hurts! Every time we look at the reasons for the excitement of the ancients, if we unite, we will not be without sorrow, and we can't compare it to something in our chests. Knowing that a dead life is a false birthday and the destruction of Peng Qi is a mistake. Look at the present in the future or look at the past today. Sad husband! Therefore, as soon as people go public, they record what they say. Although the world is different, they are happy and they are one. Later visitors will also be impressed by Sven.
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Huai Chan's Micro-engraving Preface to Lanting Collection
[5] Yonghe nine years, the annual star in Guichou. On the third day of March, we met in Lanting, Shanyin County, Huiji, and held a baby-raising activity. Many celebrities came, and young people and old people gathered together. There are high mountains, dense forests and slender bamboo. There are also clear rapids that surround the left and right, attracting winding water into streams. Everyone sat by the water in turn. Although there is no grand occasion of piano, chess, calligraphy, painting and flute ringing, it is enough to talk about your feelings while drinking. On this day, the sky is clear, the air is fresh, and the wind is sunny. Looking up at the vastness of the sky and looking down at the variety of everything, we can enjoy the fun of our eyes and ears, which is real joy. People get along with each other for a short time. Some pour out their ambitions and talk with friends in a room; Some rely on hobbies to pin their interests and lead an indulgent life. Although everyone's pursuit and abandonment are very different, and their personality is quiet and impetuous, when they are happy with what they have touched and temporarily obtained, they become complacent and don't know the coming of aging. When they are tired of what they seek or get, they will change with things and their feelings will change with them. I can't help feeling that the things I used to like are out of date in a short time. Moreover, the length of life, with the changes in nature, will eventually come to an end. The ancients said, "Life and death are also important events." Aren't you sad? Every time I see the reasons that people feel sorry before, they are in line with our agreement, and I don't sigh sadly in the previous article, but I don't understand it in my heart. We can see that death is illusory, and it is absurd to regard long life and short life as one thing. How sad it is that later people look at the present as if they were looking at the past now! So I wrote down the people who attended the meeting one by one and copied the poems they made. Although times are different and things are different, the reasons why people have feelings are still the same. Those who read these poems in later generations will also have some feelings about them.
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Wang Xizhi regarded the Preface to the Lanting Pavilion as a family heirloom, which was handed down from generation to generation until the seventh generation of the Wangs used it. However, Zhiyong somehow became a monk in yunmen temple, Shaoxing. Naturally, there were no children behind him, so he passed on the original ancestral book to his disciple, monk Cai Bian. In the early Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin collected a large number of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy treasures and studied them frequently. He praised the original work "Preface to Lanting" and offered many rewards for it, but there was no result. Later, it was discovered that the original work of Preface to Lanting was in the hands of a monk named Cai Bian in Yongji Yongxin Temple (present-day yunmen temple), which led to the legendary story that Emperor Taizong defrauded Preface to Lanting, and the original work was buried in Zhaoling with Emperor Taizong. This story adds a legendary and mysterious atmosphere to the Preface to Lanting.
Dong Qichang review
Dong Qichang wrote in "Essays on Painting Zen Rooms": "The Preface to Lanting of the Right Army is the first in ancient and modern times, and its word is" The Wild Goose in the West "
[6] They are all embodied in the belt, small or big, and they are all in the Dharma, so they are also gods. "Later generations cherish the beauty of white cloth. Although the copyist inevitably infiltrated his brushwork, no one changed his composition slightly. As Jie Jin said in "Miscellanies of Spring Rain": "The Syrian Pavilion of the Right Army has beautiful words and beautiful layout. The so-called gain is too long, and the loss is too short. "The composition of Preface to Lanting Collection is like dancing with natural beauty, and its dancing beauty is unparalleled. The restoration of Lanting made Wang Xizhi realize the beauty of mountains and rivers, the mystery of the universe and the true meaning of life. In the ecstasy, he wrote the famous work "Preface to Lanting" in one go. Because of his deep affection, he can attach importance to his feelings and enjoy it. Because of its meticulous brushwork, it can make the bottom of the pen like flowing water, with both form and spirit; And because he has all kinds of beauty, he can make the writing of this manuscript finally reach the realm of elegance and harmony. In the face of this perfect work, although later famous artists tried their best to imitate it, they failed to get all of it. Zhang Boyun of the Southern Tang Dynasty said, "Those who are good at dharma books must join the right army. If we say that Yu Shinan lost her beauty, Ou Yangxun lost her tenderness, Chu Suiliang lost her change, and Xue Ji lost her embarrassment. "And Wang Xizhi himself only wrote this masterpiece. Later, he wrote Preface to Lanting, which was not as wonderful as the original. Shen said, "I was young at that time, and I was perfect", and praised the Excellence of Preface to Lanting, which was naturally beyond others' reach.