Wang Xizhi
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| Names | |
|---|---|
| Chinese: | 王羲之 |
| Pinyin: | Wáng Xīzhī |
| Wade-Giles: | Wang Hsi-chih |
| Zi: | Yìshào (逸少) |
| Hao: | Dànzhāi (澹斋) |
| Also known as: | Sage of Calligraphy (Shūshèng, 書聖) |
Wang Xizhi (303-361) is a famous Chinese Calligrapher in the 4th century AD. His most famous work is the Lanting Xu, the preface of a collection of poems written by a number of poets when gathering at Lan Ting near the town of Shaoxing in Zhejiang province and engaging in a game called qu shui liu shang (曲水流觴). The original is lost, but there is a number of fine tracing copies and rubbings.
