Our daily drafts are really sloppy. I may not recognize the dog's handwriting when I look back, but people at Wang Xizhi's level can't recognize it. He practiced every word painstakingly and knew by heart how to write these words in the most perfect state. Therefore, although the Preface to Lanting is a draft, there is no problem with the font. More accurately, it is a draft of the content rather than a draft of the font. Wang Xizhi may not be able to write better when he comes back to copy. After all, regular handwriting is not as free and easy as drunkenness.

02. Artistic conception is also a part of calligraphy.

Preface to Lanting was written by Wang Xizhi after he was drunk, so Wang Xizhi was drunk at that time. His imagination is different when he is drunk, and his mood is different when he is sober. The soul of a good work and the soul of the author are interrelated. Drunk Wang Xizhi has reached a higher level, and his heart is more free and easy. He doesn't need to consider any constraints or care about many rules. Wang Xizhi, sober, was not so pure when he wrote, and the words he wrote would not be so pure again.

03. In a very high realm, it is easier to create miracles inadvertently.

Just as many girls are saying that the meatballs carefully tied on weekdays are not as beautiful as those pulled casually, Wang Xizhi didn't notice that the casually written words are even more beautiful than the carefully written words.

Doing anything to a certain extent depends not on strength, but on inspiration and opportunity. The drunken Wang Xizhi's very free and easy brushwork created the same free and easy Preface to Lanting, which is perfect and cannot be copied. People who are creating perfection will not think about whether it is perfect or not. Perfection is born inadvertently.