A story about calligraphy

The story about calligraphy is as follows:

The stories of ancient calligraphers include: bamboo fan inscription, turning a book into a goose, assiduously studying ink for a meal, digging graves and stealing art, occasionally creating white flowers, writing a pen to remonstrate, and Wang Xizhi's worship in Tiantai Mountain, devoting himself to academics.

I. Inscription of Bamboo Fan

1. It is said that once, Wang Xizhi passed a bridge in Yin Shan. An old woman went to a charity sale with a basket of hexagonal bamboo fans. 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 sympathized with the old woman and went up to her and said, "This bamboo fan has no painting or words, so it can't be sold. 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 picked up a pen, wrote five words on each fan, and then gave it 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.

Second, the emperor practiced calligraphy.

Li Shimin was an emperor in China feudal society. When dealing with political affairs, he often devotes himself to practicing calligraphy in his spare time. At that time, Yu Shinan, known as one of the four great calligraphers in the early Tang Dynasty, worked in the palace. Because he is proficient in ancient and modern times, his words are like gods, so Emperor Taizong has always respected him and often copied and studied Yu Shinan's calligraphy.

2. In the process of practicing calligraphy, Emperor Taizong deeply felt that the word "ge" in Shinan font was the most difficult to write, and it was not easy to write its spirit. On one occasion, he practiced "Yan" for fear that his writing would be bad and disgraceful, lest ministers read its jokes and deliberately leave the word "Ge" blank and privately ask Yu Shinan to make it up.

3. In order to show that he has made progress in calligraphy, Emperor Taizong took several works for the admonition officer Wei Zhi to watch, and asked Wei Zhi's opinion: "Do you think my handwriting looks like that of bachelor Yu Shinan?" Wei Zhi looked at it respectfully and carefully, and kept silent with a smile.

4. At this time, Emperor Taizong asked him anxiously: "Is it like it? Why not talk? " Wei Zhi immediately said, "I dare not comment on your handwriting." Emperor Taizong said, "You can speak frankly. I forgive your innocence. " At this time, Wei said, "According to the minister, only the' Ge' in the right half of the word' Yan' is basically the same as what Yu wrote, and the rest are quite different."

Hearing these words, Emperor Taizong sighed deeply and admired Wei Zhi's eyesight, thus realizing that learning calligraphy can't be false. If you want to learn something, you must work hard.