This is a Chinese name; the family name is 王 (Wang). Personal Names in Chinese culture follow a number of conventions different from those of personal names in Western cultures. Chinese family name is one of the hundreds or thousands of Family names that have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic Wang ( 王; Pinyin: Wáng is one of the most common and ancient Chinese family names It is ranked 8th in the Hundred Family Surnames, and

Calligraphy of Wang Xianzhi

Wang Xianzhi (traditional Chinese: 王獻之; simplified Chinese: 王献之; pinyin: Wáng Xiànzhī; Wade-Giles: Wang Hsienchih, 344–386), courtesy name Zijing (子敬), was a famous Chinese calligrapher of the Eastern Jin. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Wade-Giles (ˌweɪdˈʤaɪlz) sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system (phonetic notation and Transcription) for the Mandarin Events By Place Roman Empire Battle of Singara: The Roman Army of Constantius II is barely defeated by the Persian Army of Events By Place Roman Empire Theodosius I concludes peace with Persia, dividing Armenia between them A Chinese style name, sometimes also known as a courtesy name ( zì) is a given name to be used later in life China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The art of Calligraphy is widely practiced and revered in the East Asian Civilizations that use or used Chinese characters. The Jìn Dynasty ( 265 – 420) one of the Six Dynasties, followed the Three Kingdoms period and preceded the Southern and Northern Dynasties

He was the seventh and youngest son of the famed Wang Xizhi. Wang inherited his father's talent for the art, although his siblings were all notable calligraphers. His style is more fluid than his father's, demonstrating a response and reaction against Wang Xizhi's calligraphy. Amongst his innovations is the one-stroke cursive script, which blends all characters in the writing in a single stroke. Cursive script ( simplified草书 erroneously translated as Grass script is a style of Chinese calligraphy. Until the Tang Dynasty his influence rivaled and even surpassed that of his father. The Tang Dynasty ( Middle Chinese: dhɑng (June 18 618&ndashJune 4 907 was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by

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• Pang, Shutian, "Wei Xianzhi". Encyclopedia of China (Arts Edition), 1st ed. The Encyclopedia of China ( "China Great Encyclopedia" is the first large-entry modern Encyclopedia in the Chinese language.