Who are the calligraphers in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties?

During the Three Kingdoms (Wei) period, Zhong You was the first calligrapher to establish the status of regular script. His "Recommended Seasons Table" and "Declaration Form" have become the treasures handed down from generation to generation, keeping pace with Wei Ji, forming the calligraphy style of North and South.

Metaphysics flourished in Jin Dynasty. It is the ethos of the times to talk about metaphysics and elegance and advocate elegance and quality in life and work. Pursuing the beauty of neutrality and calmness in art, for a time, "father and son strive for victory, brothers strive for coolness" spread in the Southern Dynasties, among which there are many bamboo slips. The artistic taste of the two kings (Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi) met the requirements of the literati. Wang Xizhi's running script "Preface to the Lanting Pavilion" is known as "the best in the world" and is good at brushwork, thinking that it is like a floating cloud and smart.

Wang Xianzhi's "Ode to Luoshen" is valuable to calligraphers, and his "breaking the body" and "brushstroke" are a great contribution in the history of calligraphy. With the joint efforts of Lu, Wei, Suo, Wang, Xie, Yu, Liang and other calligraphers, Nanpai calligraphy will remain immortal.

In the Song Dynasty, Yang Xin, Qi Guo, Liang Xiaosou and Chen all followed in his footsteps.

Wei-Jin period is the key transitional stage of calligraphy art "inheriting the charm of Han Li and opening the voice of Tang Kai". Calligraphy in the early Northern Wei Dynasty was simple and solemn. Wei Bei's calligraphy has traces of Han Li's transformation into regular script, while Wei Bei shows the extremely high artistic achievements of official script at that time, especially in the Northern Wei Dynasty. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, seal script was both original and cursive.

The cursive script sprouted as early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, and basically took shape in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Running script is very popular in Jin Dynasty, and the pattern of regular script is very meaningful, and cursive script is very chic and hearty. At this time, Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, the "book saints" in the field of calligraphy art, are the most leading figures, and they are very prominent representatives in the whole history of calligraphy art in China.

Wang Xizhi's work Preface to Lanting is known as "the best running script in the world", and almost no one can surpass the peak of his calligraphy art.