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Top 20 Ancient Calligraphers
1. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy has reached the height of "the more expensive the group, the second in ancient and modern times" and is honored as a generation of "book saints"

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2. Yan Zhenqing is a representative figure of calligraphy innovation in the middle Tang Dynasty, and his regular script is dignified and magnificent. Running script is vigorous, comfortable and colorful.

Fly. His calligraphy is not only influenced by the charm and charm of the previous calligraphy style, but also not bound by the ancient law. It breaks through the conventions of the early Tang Dynasty and is unique, which is called "Yan Ti". The book style is full of bones and muscles. After the cursive script of mourning for nephew, it was rated as "the best in the world"

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3. Liu Gongquan, whose book structure is tight, his brushwork is sharp and obvious, and he emphasizes bone strength, and his book style is charming and vigorous.

Yan Zhenqing's vigorous and graceful writing style is equal, and he is praised as Yan Gu by later generations. It has a great influence in the history of calligraphy. , later generations learn.

Regular script is mostly "to get started with Liu's style, to see the merits in person." Author of Mysterious Tower Monument.

Wang Xianzhi is known as "Dancing in Danxue, Yue Long in Qingquan". Exquisite, thoughtful ",and refined, line, grass, official. "

Not limited to learning one subject, but poor and proficient, so you can create on the basis of "gathering the strengths of many families and the beauty of many bodies"

He created his own unique style and was called "two kings" with his father Wang Xizhi.

Zhu Suiliang, his characteristic is that he is good at combining Yu and European brushwork, and he has both, which is more relaxed than his predecessors.

In the book review of the Tang Dynasty, Chu Suiliang's ci was praised as "golden, smooth, just Wen Ya and beautiful". Mi Fei, a great painter in the Song Dynasty, praised him: "Nine dances are played, cranes and herons are full of courtyards, and jade sounds are loud and graceful" to show that Chu's font structure has a strong personality charm.

6. Zhong You, a calligrapher, learned from others and became his own, especially Li and Kai. If books fly in the sea, cranes jump in the sky. Posterity review

His career is fascinating, and he is very exciting. He and Zhao Hu, a great calligrapher, are also called "the first leader in Hu Fei". Also known as "Zhong Wang" with the King of Jinxi. Zhongyou

His calligraphy is simple and elegant, with alternating font sizes and strict and meticulous overall layout, and he has made great achievements in past dynasties' comments.

7. Ou Yangxun, who studied Wang Xizhi's father and son, took part in the official law, being bold and sharp, seeing danger in peace and elegance in rules.

Later people called it "European style". Representative regular script includes Jiuchenggong Huangfushengchen Monument, Huadu Temple Monument and Lanting Collection.

This book has a running script of 1000 words. Ou Yangxun's Tactics of Teaching Calligraphy, Theory of Using Calligraphy, Eight Methods and Thirty-six Methods are all summaries of his own experience in learning calligraphy, summarizing the formal skills and aesthetic requirements of calligraphy, such as using calligraphy, structure and composition, which are valuable heritages of calligraphy theory.

8. Su Shi, who is good at running script and regular script, can find a new way, and his pen is full of ups and downs. The changes of Shenlong are unpredictable, and it is earth-shattering to occasionally show his handwritten Huangzhou cold food poems and posts. The color of brush and ink in calligraphy also changes with the change of poetic realm, ups and downs, extraordinary momentum and one go, reaching the almost perfect state of "both hands are smooth".

9. Huai Su is a leading figure of coquettish cursive writers in the history of China. He called his cursive script "Crazy Grass". His pen is round and powerful, making it smooth and smooth, just like another cursive writer, Zhang Xu. Later generations were called "Zhang Dian was crazy" or "Zhang Dian was drunk". Cursive works include autobiographical notes, fish-eating notes, bitter bamboo shoots notes, Notre Dame notes and so on.

10. Mi Fei and Mi Fei are painters, appraisers and collectors who are good at poetry, calligraphy and painting and fine appraisal. Mi Fei is a beginner of Ou Yangxun and Liu Gongquan, with tight fonts and strong strokes. Later, he transferred to Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, who developed posture and brushwork. They call themselves "brush strokes" and have a very deep foundation in calligraphy. They are also called "Song Sijia" with Su Shi, Huang Tingjian and Cai Xiang.

165438+ Su Shu is still interesting, and Huang Shu is still charming; The yellow book has a vertical trend. Together with Su Shi, he pushed the humanistic spirit of calligraphy in Song Dynasty to the peak.

12. Yu Shinan, the pen is round, soft outside and firm inside, dense and graceful. Legend has it that Emperor Taizong once took Yu Shinan as his teacher's book. Author of Confucius Temple Monument. The calligraphy of this tablet is delicate and mellow, and the font is slightly long and narrow, which is particularly beautiful. Horizontal and vertical, the brushwork is stretched, which is a peaceful and elegant image. In the Song Dynasty, Huang Tingjian wrote a poem praising: "Yu Shu Temple is carved in Zhenguan, and two thousand gold can be bought."

13. Zhang Zhi, who is good at Cao Zhang in cursive writing, changed the ancient cursive writing method of distinguishing characters and writing strokes into a new writing method with up and down meanings, which was unique at that time and had great influence, and was known as the sage of grass. His book "A Book" is "written in one stroke", "like running water, plucking hair, linking up and down, or borrowing words from bottom to top, odd-shaped clutch, with both numbers and meanings".

14. Wen Zhiming and Wen Zhiming have their own accomplishments in calligraphy, such as seal script, official script, regular script, calligraphy and calligraphy. Especially good at running script and small letters, warm and beautiful, rigorous statutes and vivid ideas. Although there is no vigorous momentum, it has the charm of Jin and Tang calligraphy and has its own certain style. Small letters are euphemistic and slow-paced, which complements his painting style and is known as "the first in Ming Dynasty".

15. Zhao Mengfu's works are delicate, vigorous and consistent, showing no signs of shrinking. His calligraphy and painting are very good, but his calligraphy is very good, especially regular script and Cao Zhang. His big characters are Huang Tingjian's brushwork, elegant and good at bone rhyme. Zhu Yunming and Wang Chong pay equal attention.

16. Dong Qichang, an ancient legal master, is proficient in "six-body" and "eight-body". At that time, he was "famous in a foreign country, short in size, spread among the people, and competed with each other." ("Ming history? Biography of Wen Yuan). Cursive calligraphy is the most successful calligraphy, with accurate brushwork, which can always keep the front, and there are few pen-pressing and pen-stagnation in the works; Ink is also very particular, dry and wet, wonderful; The style is natural, simple and peaceful.

17. Cai Yong, Emperor Ling ordered workers to repair the Hongdu Department (known as Hongdu in the Eastern Han Dynasty). The craftsman used a broom to sweep white powder to write on the wall, and Cai Yong was inspired to write "Flying White Book". This style of writing, which is a simple sketch, seems to be written with a dry pen, and it is a unique style. Zhang Tang Huaiguan commented on Cai Yong's "Flying White Book" in the preface, saying that "flying white is wonderful and moving".

18. Zhang Xu has the highest calligraphy in cursive script. He himself is proud of inheriting the tradition of "two kings" and writes very well. On the other hand, he imitated Zhang Zhi's cursive art and created a unique and unpredictable weed, which shocked the world. His cursive script, Li Bai's poems and Pei Min's sword dance are also called "three musts".

19. Wang Xizhi's seventh Sun Zhiyong became a monk in his early years. His calligraphy style is greatly influenced by family law and he studies hard. According to legend, he did not go downstairs for decades and eventually became a great calligrapher. At that time, there were so many people looking for books that the wooden threshold in the temple was trampled through. The most famous is the elegant and handsome "True Grass Thousand Characters", which is regarded as the best model for learning cursive script.

20. Cai Xiang's and Cai Xiang's calligraphy is vigorous and dignified, simple and beautiful, and has its own style. When I exhibited Cai Xiang's calligraphy, I suddenly felt a spring breeze on my face, full of gorgeous Wen Ya breath. His calligraphy was highly praised by his contemporaries and enjoyed a high reputation. His ink handed down from ancient times includes "Poem from the book" and "Poem from the thank-you book".