Characteristics of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy:

Wang Xizhi, who is revered as the "Sage of Calligraphy", absorbed the essence of calligraphy from his predecessors and created his own style. He is good at regular script, running script and cursive script. His handwriting is beautiful and fresh. , "Floating like floating clouds, as sharp as a frightening dragon."

Based on the book reviews of the past dynasties, Wang Xizhi’s calligraphy style is the most magical, ever-changing, unique, and the pinnacle of regular script, running script and cursive script.

The three styles of Kai, Xing and Cao have been gradually evolving since the Han and Wei dynasties. The direction of evolution is to eliminate complexity and simplify it, making it fast and practical. The path of evolution is the respective efforts and mutual influence of folk craftsmen, official scholars, dignitaries, and elegant scholars. After being tempered and sublimated by outstanding calligraphers from high-ranking families, it became the mainstream. Wang Xizhi is a typical representative of these outstanding calligraphers.

Wang Xizhi (303-361, 321-379), courtesy name Yishao, Han nationality, was a famous calligrapher during the Eastern Jin Dynasty and was known as the "Sage of Calligraphy". A native of Langya (now Linyi, Shandong), he later moved to Shanyin, Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), and lived in seclusion in Jinting, Shan County in his later years. He successively served as secretary Ying, general Ningyuan, governor of Jiangzhou, and later as internal history of Kuaiji, leading the right general. His calligraphy is good at Li, Cao, Kai, Xing and other styles. He studies the styles carefully, imitates them with his heart and hands, draws on the strengths of others, prepares various styles, and cultivates them in one furnace. He breaks away from the writing style of Han and Wei Dynasties and becomes his own style with far-reaching influence.