What's the story of the bamboo fan inscription?

Story of bamboo fan inscription: Once, Wang Xizhi passed a bridge in Yin Shan (now Shaoxing) and saw an old woman carrying a basket of hexagonal bamboo fans for sale at a collection. That kind of bamboo fan is very simple, without any decoration, which can't attract the interest of passers-by. It seems that it can't be sold, and the old woman is very anxious. Seeing this situation, Wang Xizhi felt sorry for the old woman, so he went up to her and said, "You can't sell this bamboo fan because there are no pictures or words on it." How about I write an inscription for you? "

The old woman doesn't know Wang Xizhi. Seeing his enthusiasm, she wrote him a bamboo fan. Wang Xizhi took a pen, wrote five words on each fan and gave them back to the old woman. The old woman can't read, and she feels that his handwriting is scrawled, so she is very unhappy.

Wang Xizhi comforted her and said, "Don't worry. You told the fan buyer that it was written by Wang Youjun. " As soon as Wang Xizhi left, the old woman did as he said. Collectors rushed to buy Wang Youjun's calligraphy after seeing it. A basket of bamboo fans soon sold out.

The story of this bamboo fan inscription comes from the Book of Jin.

Original text: Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. I saw an old man selling hexagonal fans in Lushan. The Book of Xi has its fans, and each fan has five roles. There is sorrow at the beginning of the sun. Xi's reason is that Mu said, "But Wang Youjun wrote a book to get 100 yuan." Like he said, someone made an offer. See Xihe again in the future and ask him for a book. Xihe just laughed.

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Wang Xizhi (303-36 1 year) was born in Linyi (now Linyi City, Shandong Province). Minister and calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, son of Yin in Danyang, son-in-law of Jane, known as "Book Sage". With the help of the shadow of the door, he became an official, serving as a doctor, a secretariat of Jiangzhou, a satrap of Huiji, and a general of the right army, known as "Wang Youjun" in history. In the ninth year of Yonghe (353), he organized the Lanting Elegant Collection. His Preface to Lanting has become "the best running script in the world". In the 11th year of Yonghe (355), he claimed to be ill, abandoned his official position and moved to Shaoxing Jinting. He died in the fifth year of Shengping (36 1) and was buried in waterfall mountain.

Wang Xizhi is good at calligraphy. He is good at calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy and calligraphy. He learned body posture, imitated hands, learned from others' strengths, prepared his body, melted into one furnace, and got rid of the style of writing in Han and Wei dynasties, which had far-reaching influence. The style is peaceful and natural, the brushwork is euphemistic and subtle, and it is beautiful. In the history of calligraphy, he was called "Zhong Wang" with Zhong You and "Two Kings" with his son Wang Xianzhi. Li Zhimin commented: "Wang Xizhi's calligraphy not only shows simplicity and abstinence based on the philosophy of Laozi and Zhuangzi, but also shows harmony based on the Confucian doctrine of the mean."

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Wang Xizhi (calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty)