Wang Xianzhi practiced calligraphy with his father since childhood, and he was very ambitious. Later, he regarded Zhang Zhi as a whole. He is famous for his running script and cursive script, but he also has a deep foundation in regular script and official script, because Tang Taizong didn't appreciate his works very much, and his works were not as many as his father's. The masterpiece "Thirteen Lines of Luo Shen Fu" handed down from ancient times is also called "Thirteen Lines of Jade Edition".
Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy art mainly inherited the family style, but did not stick to the rules and made a breakthrough. In his calligraphy works handed down from generation to generation, it is not difficult to see his inheritance of family studies and traces of his own new way. The predecessors commented on Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy "Dancing in the snow, Yue Long in the clear spring". Precise and ingenious, unexpected. "His pen has changed from" internal extension "to" external extension ".
His cursive script is even more valuable. Yu Zhuo once said: "The cursive script was inherited from Zhang Zhi in the Han Dynasty, and the wonderful people were just government slaves." His cursive script Mo Bao handed down from generation to generation includes Duck Head Pill Post and Mid-Autumn Post, all of which are imitations of the Tang Dynasty. His "Duck Head Pill Tie" is a cursive script with the word * * * 15 in silk. In the Qing Dynasty, Wu Qizhen highly praised this post in the Book of Calligraphy and Painting, saying: "(This post) calligraphy is elegant and straight, beautiful and naturally interesting, and it is the supreme product." His Mid-Autumn Post is a cursive script with 22 words. It looks new and rare in the world. Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty listed it as a "national treasure" in Sanxitie.
He also created a "book", which turned his father's unconnected grass from top to bottom into connected grass, often a coherent number. Because of its magnificent calligraphy, it is valued by the world.
Like his father, Wang Xianzhi's study of books is not limited to the whole subject, but poor. Therefore, we can create our own unique style on the basis of "gathering the strengths of many families and the beauty of many bodies". Finally, he achieved an artistic position alongside Wang Xizhi. Book traces include Mid-Autumn Post written by Mi Fei in the Song Dynasty.
For a century and a half from the end of Jin Dynasty to Liang Dynasty, his influence even surpassed that of his father Wang Xizhi. Until the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong highly praised Wang Xizhi and belittled Wang Xianzhi. Some calligraphy critics began to think that Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy was inferior to his father Wang Xizhi. But Mi Fei, a calligrapher in Song Dynasty, mainly learned from Wang Xianzhi. Hu Xiaoshi, a famous modern scholar and calligrapher, thinks that Weeds by Zhang Xu and Huai Su was developed from Wang Xianzhi cursive script.
The story of Wang Xianzhi and his concubine Taoye has always been a hot topic in folklore. It is said that he once wrote a "Peach Leaf Song" for beautiful women.
Wang Xianzhi's daughter, Wang Shen Ai, was the queen of Sima Dezong, a famous dementia emperor in China history.
Wang Xianzhi was a giant among calligraphers in Wei and Jin Dynasties. The careful teaching and guidance of his father Wang Xizhi laid a solid foundation for his brushwork. As one of the masters in the late Wei and Jin Dynasties, he objectively provided him with the opportunity to learn from others and to be eclectic, and won the artistic status and prestige that kept pace with Wang Xizhi.
Wang Xianzhi's ink remains are rarely preserved, and the quantity is far less than that of Wang Xizhi. Because Taizong condescended to offer his books, Wang Xianzhi's books "only exist" in the imperial palace. Calligraphy in the early Song Dynasty emphasized "two kings". Song Taizong and Zhao Guangyi attached great importance to calligraphy, bought Mo Bao, a famous ancient emperor, and ordered Wang Shuzhu to copy ten volumes. This is the famous Spring Flower Pavilion. "Every minister who goes to the second palace will get a gift." Half of the posts are the works of "Two Kings". There are 73 pieces of Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy works, and more than 20 pieces have been verified by later generations as fakes or written by others. During the reign of Xuanhe in the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Huizong was good at Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy, and the collection of Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy in Xuanhe Pu Shu increased to more than 80 pieces. However, most of these ink books have not been preserved, and the remaining ink books are no more than seven, and they are all replicas. Fortunately, there are still some original prints of past dynasties, which have left valuable information for us to learn and understand Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy.
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Wang Xianzhi, the seventh son of Wang Xizhi, was smart and studious since childhood. He is good at cursive script and official script, and he is good at painting. He began to learn calligraphy at the age of seven or eight and studied under his father. On one occasion, Wang Xizhi saw that Xianzhi was practicing calligraphy attentively, so he quietly walked behind him and suddenly reached out to draw a brush in his hand. Xianzhi held the pen tightly and was not pulled out. The father was very happy and praised: "This son is going to be famous again." Xiaoxian was smug after hearing this. Another time, a friend of Xizhi asked Xian to write on a fan, and then he wrote with a brush. Suddenly, the pen fell on the fan and polluted the words. Xiaoxian had a brainwave and a calf came alive on the fan. In addition, people are full of praise for the calligraphy and painting provided, and the small quotation has cultivated pride. It was thoughtful of its parents to see this scene. ...
One day, Xiao Xianzhi asked her mother Xi, "I only need to write for another three years, right?" Mom shook her head. "Five years of head office?" Mother shook her head again.
I was anxious and said to my mother, "How long do you think it will take?" "Remember, after you write this 18 jar of water in the yard, your handwriting will be strong, and you will stand straight." My father stood behind him when I turned around. Wang Xianzhi refused to accept it and said nothing. He gritted his teeth for five years and showed his father a lot of written words, hoping to hear a few words of praise. Who knows, Wang Xizhi shook his head one by one. When the word "big" was raised, my father showed a satisfied expression, filled in a dot casually under the word "big", and then returned all the manuscripts to the dedication.
Xiaoxian was still not satisfied, so he showed all his calligraphy to his mother and said, "I practiced for another five years, completely according to my father's words." Look carefully, what's the difference between my dad and me? " Mother really looked at it carefully for three days, and finally pointed to the point added by Wang Xizhi under the word "big" and sighed and said, "My son has worn out three tanks of water, only a little like Xihe."
After listening to this, he was very discouraged and said weakly, "It's difficult! If this continues, when will there be good results? " Seeing that his arrogance had disappeared, his mother encouraged him to say, "Son, as long as you work hard, there is no river you can't cross or mountain you can't climb. As long as you keep practicing as you have in recent years, you will certainly achieve your goal! " After listening to the dedication, I was deeply moved and kept practicing. Everything comes to him who waits. He used 18 buckets of water to practice calligraphy, and calligraphy made rapid progress. Later, Wang Xianzhi's writing reached the level of penetrating paper and perfection. His ci is juxtaposed with Wang Xizhi and is called "Two Kings".