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Wang Xizhi: China's most celebrated calligrapher

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How did Lanting Xu (Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion) come into being?

Let's trace its origin back to Shaoxing, where calligrapher Wang Xizhi (303-361) created some of the best-known calligraphic works in Chinese history.