The Influence Of Wei's Calligraphy Style On Wang Xizhi

From Tang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty,someone who talks about the calligraphy only respected the Zhongs and the Wangs and didn't praise the Weis.Wei Shuo,the last one among four famous people of the Weis,was known by the world just because the reason that he was Wang Xizhi's enlightenment teacher.During the three Kingdoms period and the West Jin Dynasty,the calligraphers in the Weis were prestigious in the northern area and had far-reaching consequences to the calligraphers in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Northern Dynasty.Kang Youwei highlighted the status of Weis in one chapter named the spreading of Weis belonging to the book named Guang Yi Zhou Shuang Ji.But what Kang Youwei said is just about what has happened in the Northern Dynasty.From the Tang Dynasty,the Zhongs and the Wangs were respected by the calligraphers,while the Weis was ignored.In fact,the principles and features of the Weis' calligraphy has been included and carried forward in the new system of the Wangs' calligraphy.During the Wei-jin period,calligraphy art was developing consciously,which was also a brilliant period of the development of Chinese calligraphy art.Although the calligraphers in Wei-jin period was given priority to Zhong Yao,but the Zhongs just has the inheritance of two generations.The Weis has four generations,which was aunique calligraphy family inheriting from generation to generation at that time and played an unique role in the t development of the Chinese calligraphy.As one of the key personnel in the faction of the Weis' calligraphy,Mrs Wei's achievement is an important component part of the outstanding contribution that the Weis' calligraphy contributes to the art of ancient Chinese calligraphy.She has important function during Wang Xizhi learned calligraphy.In the book named The Study about The Development of Calligraphy During Three Hundred Years,Mr Sha Menghai said that Wang Xizhi's calligraphy learned from the Weis directly and learned from Zhong Yao indirectly,which highly appreciated that Mrs Wei was the enlightenment teacher of Wang Xizhi.Wang Xizhi inherited and innovated the calligraphy style of the Weis,making the calligraphy style of the Zhongs' group get great development in Eastern Jin.Wang Xizhi have sacred status in the developing history of Chinese calligraphy and his calligraphy style was inherited from generation to generation.Some calligraphers in the Weis are good at one kind style of calligraphy style,while someones are good at different calligraphy styles.The style of the Weis' calligraphy is inherited from generation to generation and never ceased.All of calligraphers with some achievement at later times are affected by the style of the Weis' calligraphy directly or indirectly.They also carry forward the legacy of the style of the Weis' calligraphy.