Of the four major families of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, namely Wang, Xie, Xi and Yu, the Wang family is the most prominent, and the most outstanding calligraphic achievements also belong to the Wang family. The Wang family had the most calligraphers. In this calligraphy family, there are father and son to win, brother competition, and husband and wife to compete, in-laws learn from each other, and so on, each other, which is not only in the history of calligraphy is extremely dazzling, in the history of world art is also unique. In particular, there appeared the Sage of Calligraphy, Wang Xizhi, and his seventh son, Wang Xianzhi, who were known to the world as the Two Kings. The pride of the Wangs is here, and so is the pride of Eastern Jin Calligraphy.
Wang Xianzhi, with the character Zijing (子敬), and the small character Guannu (官奴), was the official of Zhongshu Ling (中書令), and was known as Wang Da Ling (王大令). His calligraphy was a combination of regular, running, cursive and clerical styles. Xianzhi learned from his father at an early age, and from a young age, he showed his superhuman talent, and his talent was vigorous and aggressive. Xianzhi was not confined by his father, and he created a new method to form his own style, which was very impressive. Unfortunately, God envied his talent and he died prematurely at the age of forty-two.
Wang Xianzhi's small regular script, represented by the thirteen rows of Luoshen Fu, is characterized by outward expansion of the brush, well-proportioned and tightly knit, like a lady of the house, with a charming and graceful posture.
Wang Xianzhi's running script is best known for his Duck's Head Pill post.
The Duck's Head Pill Post is a work of Wang Xianzhi in cursive script. Two lines, the text said: duck head pill, so not good. Tomorrow when will be set, when to meet with you.
***Fifteen words, is Wang Xianzhi to a friend's note. The original is now in the Shanghai Museum. The whole post with ink withered and moist. Jiang Kui renewed the spectrum of ink said: Where the regular script, the ink wants to be dry, but not too dry. Running and cursive are mixed with dryness and moistness, taking Yan by moistness and risk by dryness.
The duck head pill post two layers of meaning, dipped in ink twice, once a sentence, the ink color is moist and withered, from thick to light, ink color is clear. Thus showing the whole post of the rhythm of the ups and downs and natural changes in the rhyme.
Wang Xianzhi created his own style of calligraphy, and the Duck's Head Pill post is his masterpiece of cursive writing.
Wang Xianzhi's creation of the Draft Running Cursive was one of his major contributions, and the creation of the Cursive Script One Stroke Script was another major contribution, for he advanced Zhang Zhi's Zhang Cursive and his father Wang Xizhi's Imago Cursive by another layer. Cursive masterpieces in the mid-autumn post is a masterpiece of its calligraphy, the strokes are continuous, like a mighty river, a cascade, showing a kind of majestic and vigorous coolness, the world evaluated highly, was listed as one of the Qing Dynasty House of the three Xi two.
Xi dedication father and son, in calligraphy, each has its own unique style, xi to real behavior is obvious, dedication is to the cursive for can. During the Tang Dynasty, there was a period when Hsi and Xian were raised and suppressed. In fact, calligraphy cannot be evaluated by one type of calligraphy to determine which is inferior and which is superior. Wang Xianzhi can be unique under the shroud of his father, from this point alone can illustrate the Qi Zongzheng new book network Wang Xianzhi's superb talent.
Wang Xianzhi's brother Wang Hui Zhi, word Ziyou, official Huangmen Minister, sex Zhuo Rong uninhibited, untidy, good at real, cursive, Xuanhe Shu spectrum evaluation of its law to the family law, in the xi xian, heirloom works such as the crescent moon post.
Between Song, Qi, Liang and Chen in the Southern Dynasty, many people revered Wang Xianzhi's characters. Wang's descendants of great calligraphers Wang Sinqi, Wang Zhi father and son is particularly notable. The Liaoning Museum has a copy of the father and son, respectively, the eighth post Wang Yan post and the tenth post one day Wushen post in the Banzai Tongtian post.