It is said that Wang Shu's original work has been sacrificed by Emperor Taizong. In the Song Dynasty, Lu You said with emotion in the ancient poem "Postscript Feng Lanting": "Cocoon paper hides Zhaoling, and we will never see each other again in a thousand years.
This is bone, which is better than Lanting noodles. However, the Zhaoling Tomb of Emperor Taizong was stolen by Wen Tao in the Five Dynasties, and there was no Preface to Lanting Collection in the list of stolen items. Therefore, it is generally believed that Preface to Lanting Collection exists in Ganling where Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian were buried together.
Preface to Lanting Collection is also known as Preface to Lanting, Preface to Lanting, Preface to He Lin and Preface to Lanting Banquet. Calligrapher Wang Xizhi is known as "the best calligraphy in the world" and is a representative of the achievements of calligraphy in Jin Dynasty.
At the beginning of March in the 9th year of Jin Yonghe (353), there were 4 1 young talents such as Wang Xizhi's father and son, Wang, Wang, Sun Chuo, Xie An, Zhi Dun, Taiyuan Wang Yun, Xu Xun, Guanghan Wang Binzhi, Gao Yunping Tan and Yuyao Ling Xiesheng.
Preface to Lanting Collection is a preface written by Wang Xizhi for Lanting poems.
Wang Xizhi writes with a specially selected moustache and cocoon paper. First, he wrote about the grand occasion of the party, describing the environment-"Maolin pruning bamboo, clear water stirring turbulence", "the sky is clear and the air is clear, and the weather is sunny".
After that, his style changed to sadness, and writing about happiness was not long, and life was short. However, instead of advocating "eat, drink and be merry", he denounced Zhuangzi's argument of "death, life and sorrow". The whole language is fluent, unpretentious, popular and natural, and the combination of compound sentence and parallel prose is flexible and free, which can be called a masterpiece through the ages.
There are 324 words in Preface to Lanting Collection, and all the repeated words are different, including 2 1 word "zhi", each with its own charm and no similarities. After Wang Xizhi sobered up, he rewrote many original texts in a few days, but after all, it was not as good as what he wrote in Lanting.
The following picture shows Preface to the Collection of Lanting (The Dragon Book, generally considered to be the closest copy to the original, is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing).
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Creation background
In the 9th year of Jin Yonghe (353), on the third day of the third lunar month, Wang Xizhi, who "went to Zhejiang first and was determined to win", once held an elegant gathering with 4/kloc-0 celebrities such as Gao Shi Xie An and Sun Chuo in the Lanting under the shade of Huiji Mountain (now under the Zhu Lan Mountain outside Shaoxing).
Participants wrote poems, expressed their arms and copied them into collections. It is recommended that Wang Xizhi, the convener of this gathering, write a preface to record this elegant collection, that is, the preface to Lanting Collection.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Preface to Lanting Collection