二王

Èr Wáng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the Two Wangs, the Eastern Jin calligraphers Wang Xizhi and his son Wang Xianzhi

Examples

HSK 4
Èr Wáng shì yí duì fùzǐ.
The Two Wangs were father and son.
HSK 7-9
Hěnduō rén xué shūfǎ, dōu shì cóng línmó Èr Wáng de zìtiè kāishǐ de.
Many people learning calligraphy start by copying model books of the Two Wangs.

Tips

culture
王羲之 is the 书圣, the Sage of Calligraphy, and his seventh son 王献之 was nearly as famous. Their running and cursive scripts became the model that calligraphers have copied ever since.

Stroke Order

二 èr
王 wáng