1, Tan
Tan (1880- 1930), a native of Chaling, Hunan, was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Tan's ci is like his people, he has a strong atmosphere, he is broad-minded and complacent. After Qian Feng in Qing Dynasty, another person wrote Yan Ti. From the Republic of China to the present, no one is better than Tan. He is especially famous for regular script. Tan spent his whole life basically attacking Yan Shu.
Tan's good poetry couplets, broken books and short letters are all extremely exquisite. Calligraphy works have both artistic and cultural values, and most of the domestic folk collections are concentrated in Hunan. People all over the world have different views on him. Some people call him a "perfect man of the Republic of China", a great politician who is tolerant and mediocre, some people call him a "pillar of the party and the country" and "licorice in medicine", and some people say that he is a versatile "crystal ball" and "a living Feng Dao with food and flowers".
2. Wu Jingheng
Wu Jingheng (1865- 1953) was born in Xueyan Bridge at the junction of Wujin, Jiangsu, China and Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. Politician, educator, calligrapher and academician of Academia Sinica.
Shi Guwen, young and old, writes calmly and safely, as if he didn't have that kind of jumping restlessness. Moreover, his pen is fresh and clean, and the lines are straight and slightly curved, which makes the words vivid and flexible. From beginning to end, it was fun. Compared with the strong trend of old-style calligraphy, Wu Zhihui's literati calligraphy is somewhat shy and unprofessional. However, it is precisely because of this amateur state of calligraphers that interest arises.
3. Hu
Hu (1879 65438+February 9 ~1936 May 12), formerly known as a native of Panyu, Guangdong. China Kuomintang veteran and one of the early main leaders. He has a lot of research on calligraphy, and he is unique in his own system. "Hu, calligraphy, Qing pavilion jun pull, can close Chu Sui Liang, Mi Fei for one. Cao Quanbei, a post-worker, is very similar, and his ci collection is poetry for himself. "
4. Yu Youren
Yu Youren (1879 April11-kloc-0/96411-0) was originally named as Bo Xun, whose word was attractive, and was later named as "attractive" homonym "You Ren"; My ancestral home is Jingyang, a native of Sanyuan, Shaanxi, and a veteran of the Kuomintang. Also known as "Sao Xin" and "Beard Weng", later it was "Taiping Old Man".
Yu Youren 1932 founded the standard cursive script society in Shanghai. Based on the principles of easy recognition, easy writing, accuracy and beauty, he sorted out, studied and popularized cursive scripts, compiled them into systematic cursive symbols, and compiled the Standard Cursive Script of 1000 Words (1936, the first edition of Shanghai Articles Publishing House), which had a far-reaching impact and is still being reprinted today. Known as the "contemporary grass sage"
Common calligraphy fonts
1, seal script
Seal script is the general name of big seal script and small seal script, which originated in the pre-Qin period. It is characterized by fine and powerful brushwork and is an important font in ancient Chinese characters. There are three basic fonts of seal script, namely, Da Zhuan, Xiao Zhuan and Qin Zhuan. Among them, Xiao Zhuan is a simplified font of Qin Zhuan, which is the early stage of calligraphy. The basic strokes of seal script are, round pen and sharp pen, among which the font of Xiao seal script is special, which not only keeps the basic characteristics of seal script, but also simplifies it to make it more concise and beautiful.
2, cursive script
Cursive script is a font of Chinese characters, which is characterized by simple structure and continuous strokes. The cursive script was formed in the Han Dynasty and evolved from the official script for simplicity. Cursive script evolved from official script. The feature of cursive script is that its artistic appreciation value is greater than its practical value, and it is generally divided into Cao Zhang and Cao Jin.
3. Regular script
Regular script is a kind of calligraphy font, which was founded by Ou Yangxun and formed in the Jin Dynasty. Regular script is characterized by square shape and straight strokes, which can be used as a model. Regular script prevailed in Wei and Jin Dynasties, represented by Wang Xizhi and Zhong You. Regular script is the basic font of China's calligraphy and one of the basic elements of calligraphy art, and its strokes are concise and neat, suitable for writing and printing.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Four Great Calligraphers in the Republic of China