The preface to Lanting is exquisite and wonderful. The ancients called Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Lanting Pavilion as "the breeze comes out of the sleeve and the moon falls into my arms". The full text consists of 28 lines and 324 words, each of which is "floating like a cloud, charming like Youlong, ups and downs, endless changes", which has changed the simple and steady book style since the Han and Wei Dynasties and opened a precedent for beauty and convenience, and its grandeur seems to be natural.

The author's demeanor, temperament, mind and sentiment have also entered the work. The composition, structure and brushwork are perfect, which is his masterpiece at the age of 33.

Preface to Lanting is a running script, but from its beautiful running script font, we can feel the completeness of the opening method in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the opening strength is implied in the beautiful running script. The regular script in the Southern Dynasties was very developed, but judging from the biography of Wang Xizhi, its outstanding achievement was obviously cursive.

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Preface to Lanting is a book written by Wang Xizhi at the age of 47. It tells the story that Xihe and his good friend Yashi gathered in Lanting (now southwest of Lanqing, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province) for a grand tour. His book is calm, elegant and full of vitality. It is said that Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, loved his calligraphy and thought the Preface to Lanting was "perfect", so he buried it in the mausoleum after his death.

There has been a great debate about the authenticity of Preface to Lanting, and Li Shimin's tomb was almost dug. However, the artistic value of Preface to Lanting is generally acknowledged. Mi Songfei's poem said: "Mo Han is the most romantic in the world. Who doesn't love Yin Shan in Goose Pond? Although this book decays to Zhaoling, stone carving is particularly precious. "There are dozens of copies of calligraphers in past dynasties, which is also a rare cultural phenomenon in the history of calligraphy. ?

Although Preface to Lanting is not as good as Wang Shu's cursive script, as an elegant, leisurely and chic style of the times, no one can surpass it and accompany it.

The elegant layout, graceful style, changeable brushwork, and free use of the situation make the later learners feel that they are facing an ordinary and mysterious tower and can't enter the door. As long as we look at the richness of their pens, there are various wonderful changes, such as hidden front, weighing ornaments, hanging pens to return to the front, tying lines, reflecting belts, turning from square to circle, and turning from circle to square.

Some horizontal pens and wave pens have the legacy of official script, which is unpredictable, new and better, and even and odd, which is also the permanent artistic charm of Lanting Preface.

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