The study of "Orchid Pavilion Preface", first of all, we must figure out what is written in "Orchid Pavilion Preface", many students take it and come, and they don't know what they are about after the end, and they don't know what the content is.
Orchid Pavilion Preface is the work of Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the writing background and emotional expression of this preface must have a certain degree of understanding, in order to fully understand the emotional outpouring of the calligrapher's creation, his artistic value is based on literary value, without this perception, without the impact of family and country feelings, it is difficult for Wang Xizhi to write this preface that has been passed down through the ages on that occasion, and it is impossible to incorporate his own writing skills in this article, forming the calligraphy appearance of "Orchid Pavilion Preface".
With an understanding of the content, when copying, you can combine the meaning of the text to write, and clearly know what you want to express, which not only improves the skills of calligraphy, but also sublimates your own literary accomplishment.
Learning "Orchid Pavilion Preface", everyone will have their own understanding, and in terms of application, there are also different ways of application. Here, we analyze from three aspects: structure, knotting, and chapter method.
The structure of the single word is very steep, the relationship between gathering and dispersing, the relationship between sparse and dense, are handled just right, even if there are some words slightly flawed, but the flaws are not concealed, the pen is in place, in theory to reach the highest level of calligraphy skills, from the steep back to the fair, if you do not observe, carefully figure, it is difficult to find the law, let alone learn to apply.
And on the "knot", this kind of joint relationship has formed the style of the whole calligraphy, so that the front and back echo, left and right reflection, which is also the focus of our learning, we need to find the right breath, analyze, copy, change different ways, and achieve the realm of free use.
To be able to use flexibly in the "connection", there is a primary stage of understanding of the "chapter", in order to achieve confidence, it is necessary to go through a lot of practice, so that practice makes perfect, even if it is written by letter, it can also be calm.
To learn "Lanting Preface", you must first find the key points you want to learn, and focus on digging what you want to learn, and you can't be untargeted, which will only waste your time and energy. "Orchid Pavilion Preface" is the culmination of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy, which contains a lot of bread, if you can't find a direction to study, it is easy to spend too much energy, and in the end it seems that all of them are involved, but in fact nothing is caught.
After finding the direction you want to learn, we focus on learning, analyzing and trying a lot, summarizing the rules, and finally turning them into our own use, which is the purpose of our learning and the process of learning calligraphy.
Finally, the whereabouts of the authentic work of the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" are unknown, whether we study the version written by later generations, or the facsimile, we must have a clear understanding, these versions are not genuine after all, compared with the real work, there are some discrepancies, even if it can be confused with the truth, but the fake is fake, compared with the real work, there are always shortcomings in things. With this understanding, we can go in and out calmly, and we will not be able to believe the meaning of the book.