王羲之

wáng xī zhī

Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖|书圣

王

wáng

king or monarch

羲

xī

same as Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 xi1], a mythical emperor

之

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])