Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi have a father-son relationship. At the same time, because they are both unique in the art of calligraphy and have far-reaching influence, later generations will call Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, the father and son of the great calligraphers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the "Two Kings".

Wang Yizhi is not a historical figure and has no direct relationship with the "two kings".

Wang Xizhi was good at Li, Cao, Kai and Xing. He studied the styles carefully, imitated them with his heart and followed them with his hands. He picked up the strengths of others, prepared various styles, and refined them in one furnace. He got rid of the writing styles of the Han and Wei dynasties. , a family of its own, with far-reaching influence. His calligraphy is gentle and natural, his writing style is euphemistic and subtle, and he is beautiful and graceful. The most obvious feature of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy style is his delicate brushwork and changeable structure.

Wang Xianzhi’s calligraphy art throughout his life was not conservative, and unlike his father, he liked to have long characters. Wang Xianzhi comes from a well-educated family and is diligent in his studies. His poetry and calligraphy were a rising star in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The cursive script he writes is skillful, graceful, and graceful. In the century and a half from the late Jin Dynasty to the Liang Dynasty, his influence even exceeded that of his father Wang Xizhi.

Mi Fu, a calligrapher of the Northern Song Dynasty, mainly learned from Wang Xianzhi. Hu Xiaoshi, a famous modern scholar and calligrapher, even believes that the "kuangcao" of Zhang Xu and Huaisu's school was developed from Wang Xianzhi's cursive calligraphy.

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Comparing Wang Xizhi's cursive script with Wang Xianzhi's, we can see the "female character" and "manly character". Wang Xizhi's "Xing Rang Tie" is less dynamic and steep, which is "female material". Wang Xianzhi's "Mid-Autumn Tie" is written in one stroke, one line to the end, and the multi-wave momentum and indulgence are "manly". This is the biggest change from Wang Xizhi's cursive script to Wang Xianzhi's cursive script.

Wang Xizhi can be said to have created Jincao, but before Jincao entered Dacao, Wang Xianzhi founded Dacao. Wang Xizhi's cursive writing still has traces of Zhang cursive writing. His "Chu Yue Tie" and "Auntie's Tie" are the mainstream forms of Wang Xizhi's cursive script. Wang Xizhi's current grass is only walking grass, and there is no complete grass. "July Tie" and "Shangyu Tie" both add cursive script to the running script, which is running cursive.

Wang Xianzhi made an important suggestion to his father: Xiaocao and Zhangcao should be changed into independent Dacao. The advice given by young Wang Xianzhi to Wang Xizhi was like a wake-up call. Until Wang Xizhi's death, Wang Xianzhi was only 18 years old. At such a young age, he gave his father very important opinions on the improvement of calligraphy style, but Wang Xizhi did not fully accept it.

The six characters "sister", "dang", "gui", "xian", "xu" and "bi" in Wang Xianzhi's "Equn Tie" are based on the calligraphy of Xu Shen's "Shuowen Jiezi" of the Western Han Dynasty. It seems that they are all inconsistent with Liushu. In the process of transforming into a new style, Wang Xizhi had to pay more attention to observing the Six Books. Wang Xianzhi said that if he wanted to create a new style of calligraphy to express the artistic conception of our emotions, it would inevitably be different from the Six Books, and he would have to sacrifice some rules on writing and create Dacao.

This is the key point of Wang Xianzhi finally breaking through the limitations of Jincao and creating Dacao. Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi are the successors in cursive script, while Wang Xianzhi is the creator in cursive script.

If Zhang Zhi and Wang Xizhi are the pioneers and developers of this main line, Wang Xianzhi is the completer. If the great successors of Wang Xizhi's regular script and running script are Yan Zhenqing, Su Dongpo, Mi Fu and Zhao Mengfu, then the great successors of Wang Xianzhi's cursive script are Zhang Xu, Huai Su, Huang Tingjian and Xu Wei.

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