Wang Xianzhi (344 -386), a calligrapher and poet in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was born in Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) and the seventh son of Wang Xizhi. In order to distinguish it from later calligrapher Wang Min, people called it Wang Daling. He and his father are also called "two kings". 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. His calligraphy masterpiece "Ode to the Goddess of Luo" has only 13 lines in the Song Dynasty, and there are jade carvings, which are known as "Thirteen Lines in the Jade Edition". In addition, works such as duck head pill post, Mid-Autumn post and Dongshan post are also treasures of calligraphy art.
-Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties was a period of great turmoil and great change in China's history. With this fission, Confucianism, which has always occupied the dominant position, began to disintegrate, and people's ideological realm also broke away from all kinds of shackles and tended to be free and open. Following the prosperity of metaphysics, Buddhism and Taoism, and the beginning of discussion and criticism, Cui Shu and literature and art have achieved unprecedented prosperity and development in the collision of positive and negative world views. As far as the evolution of calligraphy style is concerned, this is an era in which various calligraphy styles go hand in hand. When the official script began to flourish and began to decline, it came to the end of the program. In a very short time, Kai, Cao and Xing's calligraphy quickly completed fission transformation and blending, and gradually matured.
After the efforts and expansion of many calligraphers in Wei and Jin Dynasties, and the integration and innovation of Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, cursive and running scripts began to be displayed in new ways and gradually finalized. Because the two kings and their sons emphasized the use of pen, the pen gesture continued, the structure was rich in changes, the lines were smooth, and they had great charm, thus getting rid of Cao Zhang's waves and the rigidity of writing procedures, making writing more free and interesting. For more than 1000 years, cursive script, with its vertical and horizontal posture, ups and downs, elegance and charm, has become a widely used writing form for later calligraphers. It can be said that the two kings and their sons initiated the great beginning of expressing emotion in books and really raised calligraphy to an artistic level.
Cursive script was invented by two kings and their sons, and it was widely used in bamboo slips as the most convenient and fashionable style among scholars in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Because of getting rid of the stagnant writing procedure since the previous generation, it was upgraded to graceful and elegant brushwork, which made it simple and free, elegant and smart, with outstanding charm, so the new style was widely accepted by scholars and began to prevail. Today, we can only see a few lines of Wei and Jin notes and pieces of paper. Although they are all greetings and stories, they are all fascinating, charming or charming and impressive. Therefore, the popularity of cursive script in the Eastern Jin Dynasty is attributed to the two kings and their father and son, and their contribution in the history of calligraphy is immeasurable.