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Wang Xizhi, the "Calligraphy Saint", is the person with the greatest influence and the most "disciples" in the history of calligraphy. Starting from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, anyone who studies the three major scripts, regular script, running script, and cursive script, almost cannot avoid him. The regular script "Huangting Jing" and "Lie Yi Lun", the running script "Lanting Xu" and "Shengjiao Xu", and the cursive script "Shiqi Tie" can be called "calligraphy treasures".

For most people, Wang Xizhi's running script and cursive script are famous enough, but his regular script is relatively unfamiliar, which has led people to underestimate the level and status of Wang Xizhi's regular script. Regular script was separated from official script. Zhong Yao of the Cao Wei Dynasty was praised as the "ancestor of regular script" and the "originator of small regular script". The ancient and simple style of calligraphy he created has become a major system of small regular script.

Wang Xianzhi, the son of Wang Xizhi, created a style of beautiful and elegant small regular script. His "Thirteen Lines on Jade Plate" is the pinnacle of perfection in every word. Zhong Shaojing, Zhao Mengfu and Wen Zhengming all learned from him in later generations, and his style became another system of small regular script.

Wang Xizhi was between Zhong Yao and Wang Xianzhi. He improved the strokes and word formation of Zhong Yao's small regular script, making it change from "ancient quality" to "modern beauty". It was on the basis of his father's that Wang Xianzhi developed his own style. From this, we can also see the exquisiteness and epoch-making significance of Wang Xizhi's small regular script.

Wang Xizhi wrote a lot of small regular script in his life, and he often exchanged these works for geese. Li Bai wrote in his poem, "If I meet the Taoist priest in Shanyin, I should write Huangting in exchange for a white goose." However, a discovery in the United States in the last century may overturn Li Bai's statement.

In the 1990s, when the Hanhe Library of Harvard University in the United States was sorting out its collection of cultural relics, it unexpectedly discovered Wang Xizhi's small regular scriptThe original copy of the Tang Dynasty Daodejing, and the whole text of more than 5,000 words is intact. This work has been handed down in an orderly manner and was bought by the Japanese during the Republic of China period. Later, this work was handed over to an overseas Chinese, who donated this "Tao Te Ching" to Harvard for free.

Once this work was discovered, it caused a sensation in the calligraphy circle. Not only is it the only copy of "Tao Te Ching" in Wang's character, but it also has an authentication postscript by Chu Suiliang at the end of the scroll, making it extremely authentic.This work also has the most characters and the longest size among Wang Xizhi's small regular script, which is 22 cm in length and over 1036 cm in width.

Chu Suiliang wrote at the end of the scroll, "The right Tao Te Ching was written by Wang Xizhi of the Jin Dynasty and left it to Taoist Liu in Shanyin. The Taoist presented a flock of geese to Youjun. It went through four dynasties, Song, Qi, Liang and Chen, and was ordered into the secret palace. Suiliang reflected on it and was able to observe it and respectfully recorded it afterwards." From this we can know that what Wang Xizhi used to exchange for the geese was not the "Huangting Jing" but the "Tao Te Ching".

The strokes of this work are vigorous and varied. The tip of the brush is hidden at the beginning, and the center of the brush is the main focus. The tip of the brush is lifted, pressed, light and heavy, and the power is accumulated. The characters are changed from Zhong Yao's wide and flat to the middle and dignified, with different heights on the left and right, and look around.

The strokes and structure of this book are rigorous and delicate, with rich rules. Every word is meticulous and without any mistakes.The academic community believes that it is worth any amount of money to buy back this work!If we want to appreciate the most authentic Wei and Jin brushwork and improve our brushwork skills, this work is an excellent choice.

Now, we have made an ultra-high-definition reproduction of Wang Xizhi's "Tao Te Ching" in small regular script. The stroke details are exactly the same as the original, which is very convenient for you to copy and appreciate. If you are interested, please click the link below to take a look!