From Wang Xizhi to Xu Wei:The Peak of Shaoxing Calligraphy Influenced by the Transformation of Yue Culture
Yue culture has primitive wildness and innovative genes.It shows a continuous and stable phe-nomenon of innovation and change in the art of calligraphy.This phenomenon is not only rich in quantity,but also has a qualitative leap,and its continuous trend is like peaks and ridges.Two of the peaks are the two major calligraphy changes represented by Wang Xizhi and Xu Wei.The calligraphy reforms of Wang Xizhi and Xu Wei took the calligraphy aesthetics of natural view as the ancestor,and pushed it forward re-spectively.Wang Xizhi advanced the aesthetic appreciation of"advocating image"to the level of"image-ry"and completed the expression of literati calligraphy,whilst Xu Wei pushed it to the level of"advoca-ting nature"and created the expression of pure artistic calligraphy.The breakthrough and transformation of Yue culture led to the transformation of philosophical thought.Wang Xizhi and Xu Wei's calligraphy re-forms correspond to the popularity of metaphysics in Yue culture and the prosperity of Yangming's Theory of Mind.