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Wang Xizhi was born in Linyi of Shandong Province. He served as a general and officer in the Jin Dynasty, and was a famous calligrapher. Wang is still famous as the Calligraphy Sage (圣人).
Wang's uncles and cousins were all famous calligraphers of their time. At seven, Wang began a systematic(系统性的)study of calligraphy under a female calligrapher, Wei Shuo. He kept copying the Wei-style calligraphy for years and learned much from the works of calligraphers.
To practise calligraphy, wherever he went, he would try to find out the styles of previous(之前的)calligraphers and copy them, through collecting many calligraphic materials. There were writing brushes, inksticks and inkstones in his study, yard and even outside the toilet. Whenever he thought of a well-structured character, he would write it down right away.
Wang wrote with smoothness and grandness(宏伟). Wang was good at many types of calligraphy but the xingshu-style Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection(《兰亭集序》)is the most popular of his works.
There is a story behind this work. In 353, Wang invited famous people to get together at a party with 41 guests at the Orchid Pavilion, where they drank. The guests were asked to write poems. The poems were collected, and Wang wrote Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection on his own, describing how happy these men were. Wang's talent for calligraphy was brought into full play during it.
The Song Dynasty scholar Mi Fu called Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection the world's best work in xingshu style. It's said that Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty treasured the work and had it buried in his tomb(墓). Wang left behind many great calligraphic works, and Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection is one of them.
1. What title is Wang Xizhi known as?
He is known as the Calligraphy Sage.
2. What can be found everywhere around Wang Xizhi's living places?
Writing brushes, inksticks and inkstones.
3. What did the guests do at the Orchid Pavilion party?
They drank and wrote poems.
4. What did Mi Fu think of Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection?
He thought it was the world's best work in xingshu style.
5. What can we learn from Wang Xizhi when we practise handwriting?
We should keep practising and learn from excellent works.