Wang Xizhi 王羲之
calligrapher · Eastern Jin China · 303–361
A calligrapher of the Eastern Jin, called the sage of calligraphy. In the spring of 353 he and forty-one friends drank by a stream and made poems, and he wrote the preface.
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March 3, 353
Those who come after will look at us as we now look at those before. How sad!
後之視今，亦猶今之視昔。悲夫！"Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection"
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