Indeed, there was something lacking within that artistic conception, or perhaps, one might better define it as an absence of certain emotional richness.
What has allowed the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion to maintain its status as the supreme piece of calligraphy throughout all time?
Because its creative environment was uniquely unrepeatable.
The backdrop was the Orchid Pavilion at Kuaiji Mountain, a gathering hub for poets and calligraphers, where they congregated to drink and indulge in the craft of poetry.
Upon their turn, each participant would compose a poem; failure to do so resulted in the obligation to drink three cups of wine.
The event boasted the presence of over forty scholars, collectively generating thirty-seven poems.
This was the renowned Orchid Pavilion Gathering, an event revered across the epochs.
