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Lantingji Xu (Preface to the Orchid Pavilion)
Lantingji Xu (Preface to the Orchid Pavilion)
Eastern Jin · Wang Xizhi · 353 CE · China
A drunkenly perfect calligraphic masterpiece, 324 characters describing a riverside gathering of poets. Wang Xizhi tried to rewrite it next day and could not match it. Later buried with an emperor.