Huang Xiang, whose birth and death dates are unknown, named Xiu Ming, was born in Jiangdu, Guangling (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu). A famous calligrapher from Soochow during the Three Kingdoms period. He once served as an official servant and governor of Qingzhou. He is good at Bafen and Xiaozhuan, especially Zhangcao. His Zhangcao, Cao Buxing's paintings, Yan Wu's Go and other seven people's unique skills at that time were collectively known as the "Eight Wonders". Huang Xiang's Zhang Cao is of exquisite quality, and his representative work is "Jijiu Zhang". "Ji Jiu Zhang" is an ancient literacy textbook. Among the "Ji Jiu Zhang" written by calligraphers handed down from generation to generation, Huang Xiang was the earliest. The "Songjiang version" of its engravings is the most famous. The original carved stone is now in the Shanghai Songjiang County Museum. The word count is as high as 1394. The strokes are clear and the structure is standardized, which is a good model for learning Zhang Cao. Huang Xiang's calligraphy has distinctive characteristics and high achievements, and has been praised by calligraphers of all ages. For example, Song Yangxin of the Southern Dynasty said: "The emperor of Wu is like a man of grass, and he is known as calm and happy." Dou Fu of the Tang Dynasty described his calligraphy as "like a dragon crawling when it stings, stretching out its plate and walking again". Zhang Huaiguan said: "Youjun's official script has one shape but many shapes, and all the characters are different; Xiu Mingzhangcao has many shapes but one shape, all the characters are the same, and each has its own unique style."
Suo Jing (239～303), named Youan, was from Dunhuang. Zhang Zhi's sister and grandson. The officials of the Western Jin Dynasty were Shangshu Lang, Jiuquan Prefect, Sima Zhengxi, etc. He and Wei Guan, another calligrapher, worked together at Shangshutai, and they were known as "One Taiwan and Two Wonders". Good cursive writing, amazing quality. Compared with Zhang Zhi, his cursive calligraphy has its own advantages. People say that "it is extremely skilled, but not as good as Zhang's; it is wonderful and graceful, but not as good as Zhang's". He himself described his calligraphy as "silver hooked tail". Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty commented on his book: "It is like a sudden lift of the wind, or a sudden flight of a bird of prey." The representative work is "Yue Yi Tie", with 11 chapters, it is a long masterpiece. The waves are sharp without any hint of delicacy. It can be confirmed that his self-assessment of "silver hook and tail" is very pertinent. His handed down works include "Ode to the Master", "July Tie", etc.
"Ping Fu Tie" Lu Ji