Chapter 19: The First Book of the World
After Mi Ke polished the ink and laid the rice paper, Li Yi walked to the table, picked up the inferior wolf pen at home that was a little half-bald, dipped it in ink pulp, brushed it, and wrote on the rice paper!
At this moment, Li Yi stands like a green pine, holds a pen like a dragon, is freehand, and his momentum is like a rainbow.
"Could it be that this bastard really knows how to write calligraphy?" Mi Ke squatted on the corner of the table with some curiosity, looked at the rice paper, and saw rows of chic and handsome words displayed under Li Yi's pen!
"In the ninth year of Yonghe, the age is ugly, and at the beginning of late spring, I will be in the Lanting of Huiji Shanyin, and I will repair things. The sages are complete, and the young are salty. There are lofty mountains and mountains here, lush forests and bamboos, and clear streams and turbulent ......
"I'll go, the calligraphy of this product is really beautiful...... It's not just beautiful, it's just handsome! How did he practice?"
Mi Ke looked at the brush words on the rice paper stupidly, and there was a gurgling sound in his throat, until Li Yi finished writing the text in one fell swoop, and he still didn't come back to his senses.
"I said, don't waste my ink, you have to leave some homework! Rice paper is also very expensive, a dollar a piece!"
Li Ting didn't think that her brother could write anything at all, and she didn't look at the table.
The last calligraphy homework was written by her for her brother. Usually Li Yi grinds, and he can only draw ugly paintings such as chickens pecking rice, wasting paper.
"Meow! Meow!"
Without waiting for Li Yi to speak, Mi Ke preemptively protested.
"You big-chested and brainless foodie, what is a waste of ink, do you know how well your brother's brush writing is? God, why can this bastard write such a good handwriting, I'm going to die of jealousy!"
Li Ting couldn't understand what Mi Ke was protesting with "meowing", but when she saw her claws dancing, she laughed and said, "Brother, what kind of ugly thing did you draw to scare Mimi like this?"
"Meow!" Miko's ears plumped for a moment.
The communication between different species is indeed an insurmountable gap, especially when the other party is big-chested!
"Wouldn't you just come and see?" Li Yi unfolded the rice paper and blew it lightly, so that the ink on it would dry quickly.
Li Ting walked to her brother's side indifferently and looked at the rice paper, and her eyes suddenly widened!
"Eh, eh, is this a sticker in school?"
"What kind of calligraphy? Have you ever seen a calligraphy that hasn't even dried up?" Li Yi smiled at his sister.
"But it's ......" Li Ting smacked her lips, "This character is so good-looking, so imposing! It must not be written by you, you can't even hold a brush! God, this character is so handsome, it can't even compare to ...... stickers."
Of course, I didn't write it. Li Yi waved the rice paper to let it continue to dry, "It was written by Wang Xizhi, didn't you see the content on it?"
"Nani?" Li Ting's eyes widened, and she couldn't help but read the words on the rice paper, "In the ninth year of Yonghe, the age is in Guichou, and at the beginning of late spring, he will be in the Lanting of Huiji Shanyin to repair things." The sages are complete, and the young are long and salty...... This is the Lanting Collection! Brother, what you wrote is the Lanting Collection!"
"That's right, it's "Lanting Collection Preface", so it's Wang Xizhi's real work, don't be mistaken!"
"Lanting Collection Preface" is also known as "Lanting Banquet Collection Preface", "Lanting Preface", "Linhe Preface", "Xuxuan Preface" and "Xuti".
In the ninth year of Emperor Mu Yonghe of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, that is, about 2,000 years ago, Wang Xizhi and Xie An, Sun Sui and other 41 high-ranking military and political officials, "repaired" in the Lanting Pavilion in Shanyin, and everyone made poems at the meeting, and Wang Xizhi wrote the preface manuscript for their poems, which is the "Lanting Collection Preface".
Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is good at both the body, grass, Kai, and line, and the body is carefully studied, the heart is followed by the hand, the strengths of the people are widely absorbed, the body is refined, and the smelt is in a furnace, getting rid of the Han and Wei pen style, becoming a family of its own, and having a far-reaching influence.
Among the calligraphers of all dynasties in China, no one can be better than Wang Xizhi, so Wang Xizhi enjoys the reputation of "calligraphy saint".
And this eternal book saint, the most proud work is "Lanting Collection Preface"!
The full text of "Orchid Pavilion Preface" is 28 lines and 324 words, the whole text is charming and elegant, the words are exquisite, the dot painting is like a dance, like the help of gods and men, and it has been regarded as the best by the book circles of the past dynasties.
Song Dynasty calligraphy Mi Fu called it "the first post of Chinese calligraphy". In later generations, all those who learn to practice calligraphy will fall in love with Lanting and cannot extricate themselves. The dancing brushwork of "Orchid Pavilion Preface" really makes our younger generations of calligraphers look at it, admire Wang Xi's superb calligraphy skills, and admire Wang Xizhi's smooth writing like water.
The calligraphers of all dynasties have copied the "Orchid Pavilion Collection Preface", and the more famous ones are the five major copies of the Tang Dynasty.
"Yu Ben" is the Tang Dynasty calligrapher Yu Shinan Lin, because there is a Yuan Tianli in the volume of the Tibetan seal, also known as the "Tianli book". Yu Shinan has the true biography of Zhiyong, the direct Wei and Jin Dynasty charm, and Wang Xizhi's calligraphy rhyme is very close, with a thick brush, dot painting is heavy, it is the copy that can best reflect the rhyme of Lanting
"Chu Ben" for the Tang Dynasty calligrapher Chu Suiliang presence, because there is Mi Fu inscription poem after the volume, so it is also known as "Mi Fu poem inscription". This volume of the pen is light and strong, the dot painting is warm, the blood is smooth, the wind is sprinkled, and it has won the charm of Lanting. It is the facsimile that best reflects the soul of Rantei.
"Feng Ben" is a copy of Feng Chengsu, an official of the Tang Dynasty, because the first part of the volume has the left half of the word "Shenlong", and later generations also called it "Shenlong Ben", because of the use of "double hook" copy, it is the closest to the authentic work of Lanting in the Tang Dynasty copy. It is the facsimile that best reflects the original appearance of the Rantei.
"Dingwu Ben" is the great calligrapher Ouyang Xun of the Tang Dynasty Linben, in the Northern Song Dynasty Xuanhe period outlined the stone, because in the Northern Song Dynasty Qingli period found in Hebei Dingwu and named. Dingwu original stone for a long time only rubbing, this is the original stone rubbing, is the most precious version of Dingwu Lanting carving. It is also the facsimile that best reflects the style of Lanting.
The five major facsimiles of the Tang Dynasty have their own strengths, showing the charm of "the first book in the world" from different levels, and are the originators of the two major systems of Lanting in later generations. It can be said that each of these five facsimiles is a priceless treasure and a precious historical heritage of the Chinese nation.
As the first book in the world, the copy is still a priceless treasure, and the original value is naturally unimaginable. It is a pity that the treasure of the calligraphy industry of "the first line of calligraphy in the world" and "Guiyue group products, ancient and modern Mo Er" is still confusing and missing.
It is said that Wang Xizhi himself also cherished his "divine help" work "Lanting Collection Preface", and regarded it as a family heirloom, all the way down to the 7th generation of Sun Zhiyong. Zhiyong became a monk at a young age, and died at the age of 100, before his death, he passed this treasure to his disciple Distinguishing Monk, and then his whereabouts were unknown.
"So, Wang Xizhi's authentic handwriting does not exist in the world, so you want to fake it? Brother, I admit that your writing is good, but why don't you wait for the ink to dry and then blow it? The real copy of "Orchid Pavilion Preface" is an antique from 2,000 years ago, even a three-year-old child will not believe that you are real!"
"Haha, Xiaoting, don't be in a hurry, come step by step. Li Yi smiled slightly, "I'm afraid that when the time comes, only you in the world don't believe that it's genuine!"