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Wang Xizhi

Calligrapher of the Eastern Jin known as the ‘Sage of Calligraphy’; he wrote the Lanting Preface at Kuaiji, today’s Shaoxing.

LivedAD 303 – AD 361
Known asCalligrapher
Birthplace or main placeShaoxing
Places on the mapNanjing
Map of the world around Wang Xizhi in AD 300Shaoxing
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Who ruled these places in his lifetime

PlaceAt birth (map of AD 300)At death (map of AD 300)
ShaoxingJinsame
NanjingJinsame

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Further reading

Contemporaries

LivedPerson
c. AD 320 – AD 360Ezana of AksumKing of Aksum
AD 272 – AD 337Constantine the GreatRoman emperor

Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.