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Lanting Xu

work by Wang Xizhi

Also known as: “Lantingxu”

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calligraphic style

In xingshu
…of early surviving Chinese calligraphy, Lanting Xu (“Essay on the Orchid Pavilion”), written in 353 by Wang Xizhi but surviving only in several fine tracing copies and other forms of duplication such as rubbings, is written in this script.
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discussed in biography

In Wang Xizhi
…of his writing is the Lantingxu (“Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion”), which recorded a famous gathering of some 42 literary figures during the Spring Purification Festival of 353 ce to compose poems and enjoy the companionship of wine. Wang’s work was written in the xingshu, or…
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